Senate Bill S1374

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Requires a public hearing for substantial change in transit authority service by the New York city transit authority

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2009-S1374 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A1335
Current Committee:
Senate Transportation
Law Section:
Public Authorities Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยงยง1205 & 1263, Pub Auth L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: S1216, A639
2013-2014: S466, A5854
2015-2016: S3170, A1453
2017-2018: S6263, A6890
2019-2020: S2532, A3309
2021-2022: S5817, A3869
2023-2024: S2876, A9583

2009-S1374 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Conditions the institution of any substantial change in surface route or rapid transit route service upon approval by the metropolitan transportation authority and committee on operations of the NYC transit authority and upon public hearing; sets allotted individual and aggregate speaking time during such hearings.

2009-S1374 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S1374 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  1374

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            January 29, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sens. STAVISKY, ADAMS, DIAZ, DUANE, PARKER -- read twice
  and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee
  on Transportation

AN ACT to amend the public authorities law,  in  relation  to  requiring
  public  notice  and hearing prior to any planned substantial change in
  service

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1.  Section  1205 of the public authorities law is amended by
adding a new subdivision 9 to read as follows:
  9. (A) FOR  PURPOSES  OF  THIS  SUBDIVISION,  "SUBSTANTIAL  CHANGE  IN
SERVICE" MEANS:
  (I)  ANY  CHANGE  IN  FREQUENCY OF SERVICE OF A SURFACE ROUTE OR RAPID
TRANSIT ROUTE WHICH RESULTS IN A CHANGE OF TWENTY-FIVE PERCENT  OR  MORE
DURING ANY TWO CONSECUTIVE HOURS AT ANY RAPID TRANSIT STATION, OR ON ANY
PORTION  AT LEAST ONE-HALF MILE IN LENGTH OF ANY SURFACE ROUTE, COMPARED
WITH THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF SERVICE PROVIDED DURING THE SAME SUCH HOURS IN
THE PREVIOUS THREE YEARS; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT  WHERE  A  SUBSTANTIAL
CHANGE  IN SERVICE FREQUENCY ON SUCH ROUTE AT SUCH HOURS HAS BEEN IMPLE-
MENTED PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION  WITHIN  THE  PREVIOUS
THREE  YEARS,  ANY SUBSEQUENT CHANGE IN SERVICE SHALL BE DEEMED SUBSTAN-
TIAL ONLY IF  IT  RESULTS  IN  A  CHANGE  IN  FREQUENCY  OF  SERVICE  OF
TWENTY-FIVE  PERCENT  OR  MORE  DURING  ANY TWO CONSECUTIVE HOURS AT ANY
RAPID TRANSIT STATION, OR ON ANY  PORTION  AT  LEAST  ONE-HALF  MILE  IN
LENGTH  OF ANY SURFACE ROUTE, COMPARED WITH THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF SERVICE
PROVIDED DURING THE SAME SUCH HOURS DURING THE PERIOD OF TIME COMMENCING
WITH THE DATE OF IMPLEMENTATION OF SUCH PRECEDING SUBSTANTIAL CHANGE  IN
SERVICE; OR
  (II) ANY COMPLETE OR PARTIAL CLOSING OF A PASSENGER STATION WITHIN THE
CITY OF NEW YORK, OR ANY MEANS OF PUBLIC ACCESS TO SUCH FACILITY.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD00149-01-9

              

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