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Senate Bill S5032
2011-2012 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Transportation Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
co-Sponsors
(D) Senate District
2011-S5032 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A7208
- Current Committee:
- Senate Transportation
- Law Section:
- Transportation Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §§403, 404 & 405, ren Art 16 §408 to be §410, add §§408 & 409, Transp L
- Versions Introduced in 2013-2014 Legislative Session:
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A1175
2011-S5032 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S5032 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the transportation law, in relation to the New York city transit authority on-track and surface omnibus program PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: To provide the NY Transit Authority with a procedure that will ensure that busses are inspected and safe to drive on a daily basis. SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS: Amends section 403 of the transportation law, as added by chapter 209 of the laws of 2007 to include surface vehicles in the requirements for inspection and safety procedures that currently exist to ensure that trains run by the New York Transit Authority are operated safely. This bill also provides that procedures will be established that prior to the daily use of any surface or track to insure that vehicles are inspected before they are put into service to ensure they are safe. This bill also requires that no person should be compelled to operate a vehicle that does not pass inspection. Additionally there are Whistleblower protections to ensure the privacy and safety of people that report violations.
2011-S5032 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 5032 2011-2012 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E May 2, 2011 ___________ Introduced by Sen. DILAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation AN ACT to amend the transportation law, in relation to the New York city transit authority on-track and surface omnibus program THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 403 of the transportation law, as added by chapter 209 of the laws of 2007, is amended to read as follows: S 403. Definitions. For the purposes of this article: 1. "New York city transit authority" shall be deemed to include its subsidiary, the Manhattan and Bronx Surface Transit Operating Authority, and any other agency that may come under the control of the New York city transit authority. 2. "New York city transit authority's on-track AND SURFACE OMNIBUS safety program" shall mean the program as described in section four hundred six AND SECTION FOUR HUNDRED EIGHT of this article. S 2. Section 404 of the transportation law, as added by chapter 209 of the laws of 2007, is amended to read as follows: S 404. Establishment of the New York city transit authority track AND SURFACE OMNIBUS safety task force. There is hereby established the New York city transit track AND SURFACE OMNIBUS safety task force with responsibility for the review of the New York city transit authority's on-track AND SURFACE OMNIBUS safety program, including the following: 1. training and qualifications of affected employees; 2. appropriate procedures for protecting New York city transit author- ity employees engaged in work along the track right-of-way, AND OPERA- TORS OF SURFACE OMNIBUS VEHICLES including good faith challenge proce- dures; 3. instructions to train AND SURFACE OMNIBUS operators; 4. relevant New York city transit authority rules; 5. third rail safety; EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD10549-01-1
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