NY State Senate Bill 2013-S4654A

Senate Bill S4654A

Vetoed By Governor

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Creates the New York city transit authority safety advisory panel to study and report on safety from terrorist acts

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- In Committee Senate
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Vetoed By Governor
Signed By Governor

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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Dec 29, 2014	vetoed memo.580
Dec 17, 2014	delivered to governor
Jun 18, 2014	returned to senate passed assembly ordered to third reading rules cal.384 substituted for a2924a
Jun 16, 2014	referred to ways and means delivered to assembly passed senate ordered to third reading cal.1382 committee discharged and committed to rules
Jun 03, 2014	reported and committed to finance
Jan 08, 2014	referred to transportation
Nov 18, 2013	print number 4654a
Nov 18, 2013	amend and recommit to transportation
Apr 17, 2013	referred to transportation

Votes

- Jun 16, 2014 - Floor Vote
  S4654A
  
  57
  
  Aye
  
  0
  
  Nay
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  4
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Floor Vote: Jun 16, 2014
      
      aye (57)
      
      Addabbo Jr.
      
      Avella
      
      Ball
      
      Bonacic
      
      Boyle
      
      Breslin
      
      Carlucci
      
      DeFrancisco
      
      Diaz
      
      Dilan
      
      Farley
      
      Felder
      
      Flanagan
      
      Gallivan
      
      Gianaris
      
      Gipson
      
      Griffo
      
      Grisanti
      
      Hannon
      
      Hoylman-Sigal
      
      Kennedy
      
      Klein
      
      Krueger
      
      LaValle
      
      Lanza
      
      Larkin
      
      Latimer
      
      Libous
      
      Little
      
      Marcellino
      
      Marchione
      
      Martins
      
      Maziarz
      
      Montgomery
      
      Nozzolio
      
      O'Brien
      
      O'Mara
      
      Parker
      
      Peralta
      
      Perkins
      
      Ranzenhofer
      
      Ritchie
      
      Rivera
      
      Robach
      
      Sampson
      
      Sanders Jr.
      
      Savino
      
      Serrano
      
      Seward
      
      Skelos
      
      Squadron
      
      Stavisky
      
      Stewart-Cousins
      
      Tkaczyk
      
      Valesky
      
      Young
      
      Zeldin
      
      excused (4)
      
      Espaillat
      
      Golden
      
      Hassell-Thompson
      
      Smith
  Jun 3, 2014 - Transportation Committee Vote
  S4654A
  
  17
  
  Aye
  
  0
  
  Nay
  
  2
  
  Aye with Reservations
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Transportation Committee Vote: Jun 3, 2014
      
      aye (17)
      
      Avella
      
      Carlucci
      
      Diaz
      
      Dilan
      
      Gallivan
      
      Gipson
      
      Kennedy
      
      Larkin
      
      Marcellino
      
      Maziarz
      
      Nozzolio
      
      Perkins
      
      Robach
      
      Squadron
      
      Stavisky
      
      Young
      
      Zeldin
      
      aye wr (2)
      
      O'Mara
      
      Ranzenhofer
  Jun 16, 2014 - Rules Committee Vote
  S4654A
  
  22
  
  Aye
  
  0
  
  Nay
  
  1
  
  Aye with Reservations
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  2
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Rules Committee Vote: Jun 16, 2014
      
      aye (22)
      
      Bonacic
      
      Breslin
      
      Carlucci
      
      Dilan
      
      Farley
      
      Flanagan
      
      Gianaris
      
      Hannon
      
      LaValle
      
      Larkin
      
      Libous
      
      Little
      
      Marcellino
      
      Maziarz
      
      Montgomery
      
      Nozzolio
      
      Parker
      
      Perkins
      
      Seward
      
      Skelos
      
      Stewart-Cousins
      
      Valesky
      
      aye wr (1)
      
      Krueger
      
      excused (2)
      
      Espaillat
      
      Hassell-Thompson

Bill Amendments

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co-Sponsors

2013-S4654 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A2924
Law Section:: Public Authorities Law
Laws Affected:: Add §§1204-f & 1205-b, Pub Auth L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2009-2010: S3772, A1442
2011-2012: S4528, A641
2015-2016: A1876
2017-2018: A7266
2019-2020: A3388
2021-2022: A3775
2023-2024: A9582

2013-S4654 - Summary

Creates the New York city transit authority safety advisory panel to study and report on safety from terrorist acts and to provide a moratorium on the closing of token booths and minimum staffing levels on trains operated in passenger service in the NYC transit system.

2013-S4654 - Sponsor Memo

                                BILL NUMBER:S4654

TITLE OF BILL:  An act to amend the public authorities law, in
relation to creating a New York city transit authority safety advisory
panel to study and report on safety from terrorist acts and to provide
for a moratorium on the closing of token booths and minimum staffing
levels on trains operated in passenger service in the New York city
transit system

PURPOSE:  This bill would enhance the security and safety of subway
passengers by creating a transit authority safety advisory panel to
study, report on and make recommendations regarding safety from
terrorist acts and to provide for a moratorium on the closing of token
booths and minimum staffing levels on trains operated in passenger
service in the New York City transit system.

SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section one of the bill establishes the "Transit Authority Passenger
Security and Safety Act."

Section two of the bill amends the Public Authorities Law by adding a
new section 1205-f requiring minimum staffing on trains operated in
passenger service. This section outlines the conditions upon which the
authority shall ensure that at least one train operator and one
conductor shall be deployed on trains in passenger service.

Section three of the bill amends the Public Authorities Law by adding
a new section 1205-b, which creates the New York City Transit
Authority Safety Advisory Panel (the "Advisory Panel"). The Advisory
Panel is required to undertake a study evaluating various strategies
available to ensure public safety in passenger stations of the New
York City Transit Authority, its subsidiaries and the Staten Island
rapid transit operating authority and to make recommendations. The
examination of public safety includes areas of ingress and egress at
passenger stations, as well as terrorist threats and criminal mischief
at such stations. Finally, this section places a moratorium on token
booth closures at passenger stations until submission of the Advisory
Panel report.

Section four of the bill provides that this act shall take effect
immediately.

EXISTING LAW: New law

JUSTIFICATION:  The threat of terrorist attacks in New York City
demands that the New York City Transit Authority make every effort to
ensure the security and safety of its passengers. New York City
continues to be a primary target for terrorists after the attack in
2001. Security specialist emphasize that the transit system,
especially subway trains in tunnels, under bodies of water or on
bridges, are a prized target by these enemies to our democracy who
seek to generate maximum media exposure and inflict heavy casualties
on innocent civilians dense- ly packed into a small space. The
presence of trained conductors and operators on such trains can and do
act as a deterrent to these enemies of our country, and the presence
of station agents in protected booths within the system, can greatly


facilitate evacuations and reaction time from first responders in the
event of life threatening emergencies underground.

Accordingly, existing staffing levels should be maintained at least at
current levels, until a comprehensive assessment and evaluation is
completed by security experts that will assess the systemic security
needs of the mass transit system in NYC in the event of foreseeable
emergencies. To do less not only endangers the safety and lives of
passengers using mass transit facilities, but encourages our enemies
to exploit a perceived "weak link" in our security defenses.

PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:  2011-2012: S.4528 - Referred to
Transportation

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS: None.

EFFECTIVE DATE:  This act shall take effect immediately.

2013-S4654 - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  4654

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             April 17, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  GOLDEN -- 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  creating  a
  New  York  city  transit  authority safety advisory panel to study and
  report on safety from terrorist acts and to provide for  a  moratorium
  on  the  closing of token booths and minimum staffing levels on trains
  operated in passenger service in the New York city transit system

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

  Section  1.  Short  title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
the "transit authority passenger security and safety act".
  S 2. The public authorities law is amended by  adding  a  new  section
1204-f to read as follows:
  S 1204-F. MINIMUM STAFFING OF TRAINS OPERATED IN PASSENGER SERVICE. 1.
THE  LEGISLATURE  FINDS  THAT THE PRESENCE OF TRAIN CONDUCTORS AND TRAIN
OPERATORS ON SUBWAY TRAINS OPERATED BY  THE  AUTHORITY  IS  PARTICULARLY
ESSENTIAL  TO  THE SAFETY OF PASSENGERS WHEN EMERGENCIES ARISE INCLUDING
WHEN TRAINS ARE IN TUNNELS UNDER BODIES OF WATER  OR  ON  BRIDGES,  WHEN
TRAINS  ARE  LONG  OR  COMPOSED  OF NUMEROUS CARS, AND DURING PERIODS OF
HEAVY PASSENGER VOLUME.
  2. THE AUTHORITY SHALL INSURE THAT AT LEAST ONE TRAIN OPERATOR AND ONE
CONDUCTOR SHALL BE DEPLOYED ON EACH AND EVERY TRAIN IN PASSENGER SERVICE
WHICH MEETS ONE OF THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS:
  A. THE TRAIN IS MADE UP OF MORE THAN FOUR RAILROAD CARS OR IS  GREATER
THAN THREE HUNDRED SIXTY FEET IN LENGTH; OR
  B.  THE TRAIN SERVES PASSENGERS ON A LINE THAT PASSES THROUGH A TUNNEL
UNDER A RIVER OR TIDAL ESTUARY OR ON BRIDGES; OR
  C. THE TRAIN IS OPERATING IN PASSENGER SERVICE ON  A  LINE  WHERE  THE
POTENTIAL  PASSENGER LOAD ON THE TRAIN AT ANY POINT IN TIME IS IN EXCESS
OF SEVEN HUNDRED FIFTY PASSENGERS.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD00746-01-3

S. 4654                             2

  S 3. The public authorities law is amended by  adding  a  new  section
1205-b to read as follows:
  S  1205-B.  NEW YORK CITY TRANSIT AUTHORITY SAFETY ADVISORY PANEL.  1.
A. THERE IS HEREBY CREATED THE NEW YORK CITY  TRANSIT  AUTHORITY  SAFETY
ADVISORY  PANEL, TO STUDY, MONITOR AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS WITH RESPECT
TO THE PUBLIC SAFETY FROM TERRORIST THREATS  AND  CRIMINAL  MISCHIEF  IN
PASSENGER  STATIONS  OF  THE  AUTHORITY, ITS SUBSIDIARIES AND THE STATEN
ISLAND RAPID TRANSIT OPERATING AUTHORITY.
  B. THE NEW YORK CITY TRANSIT AUTHORITY  SAFETY  ADVISORY  PANEL  SHALL
CONSIST  OF SEVEN MEMBERS APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNOR, OF WHOM TWO MEMBERS
SHALL BE APPOINTED UPON THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE TEMPORARY PRESIDENT OF
THE SENATE AND TWO MEMBERS SHALL BE APPOINTED UPON THE RECOMMENDATION OF
THE SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY. THE MEMBERS OF THE NEW  YORK  CITY  TRANSIT
AUTHORITY  SAFETY ADVISORY PANEL SHALL BE SELECTED FROM THE LAW ENFORCE-
MENT, EMERGENCY RESPONSE MANAGEMENT, WORKER AND RIDER ADVOCATE  COMMUNI-
TIES  AND  SHALL  INCLUDE  AT  LEAST THREE MEMBERS WHO ARE COMMUTERS WHO
REGULARLY USE THE TRANSPORTATION SERVICES OF THE AUTHORITIES REFERRED TO
IN PARAGRAPH A OF THIS SUBDIVISION. THE CHAIRPERSON SHALL  BE  A  MEMBER
SELECTED  BY  THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE COMMITTEE. VACANCIES OCCURRING SHALL
BE FILLED IN THE SAME MANNER AS THE ORIGINAL APPOINTMENTS.
  C. THE MEMBERS OF THE NEW YORK CITY TRANSIT AUTHORITY SAFETY  ADVISORY
PANEL  SHALL  RECEIVE  NO  COMPENSATION  FOR THEIR SERVICES BUT SHALL BE
REIMBURSED FOR ACTUAL AND NECESSARY EXPENSES INCURRED IN THE PERFORMANCE
OF THEIR DUTIES.
  2. A. THE NEW YORK CITY TRANSIT AUTHORITY SAFETY ADVISORY PANEL  SHALL
UNDERTAKE  A  STUDY  TO  EVALUATE  THE  RANGE OF STRATEGIES AVAILABLE TO
ENSURE THE SAFETY OF THE PUBLIC, INCLUDING ITS INGRESS AND  EGRESS  FROM
PASSENGER  STATIONS,  AND  ALL  MEANS OF DETERRING TERRORIST ATTACKS AND
CRIMINAL MISCHIEF. SUCH STUDY SHALL BE SUBMITTED TO THE GOVERNOR AND THE
LEGISLATURE, AND MADE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC, WITHIN THREE YEARS OF THE
EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION. SUCH REPORT SHALL BE MADE  AVAILABLE  TO
THE  PUBLIC IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING ITS SUBMISSION TO THE GOVERNOR AND THE
LEGISLATURE.
  B. NO TOKEN BOOTHS WITHIN THE PASSENGER STATIONS OF THE AUTHORITY, ITS
SUBSIDIARIES OR THE STATEN  ISLAND  RAPID  TRANSIT  OPERATING  AUTHORITY
SHALL  BE  CLOSED  OR PARTIALLY CLOSED, EXCEPT FOR PURPOSES OF REPAIR OR
RENOVATION OR IN CASE OF EMERGENCY, UNTIL THE LATER OF JULY  FIRST,  TWO
THOUSAND  FOURTEEN OR THE DATE OF THE SUBMISSION OF THE ADVISORY PANEL'S
REPORT TO THE GOVERNOR AND THE LEGISLATURE.
  3. THE NEW YORK CITY  TRANSIT  AUTHORITY  SAFETY  ADVISORY  PANEL  MAY
REQUEST  AND SHALL RECEIVE FROM ANY DEPARTMENT, DIVISION, BOARD, BUREAU,
COMMISSION, AGENCY, PUBLIC AUTHORITY OF THE STATE OR ANY PUBLIC SUBDIVI-
SION THEREOF SUCH ASSISTANCE AND DATA AS  WILL  ENABLE  IT  TO  PROPERLY
CARRY  OUT  ITS  ACTIVITIES  AND TO EFFECTUATE THE PURPOSES SET FORTH IN
THIS SECTION.
  S 4. This act shall take effect immediately.

co-Sponsors

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2013-S4654A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A2924
Law Section:: Public Authorities Law
Laws Affected:: Add §§1204-f & 1205-b, Pub Auth L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2009-2010: S3772, A1442
2011-2012: S4528, A641
2015-2016: A1876
2017-2018: A7266
2019-2020: A3388
2021-2022: A3775
2023-2024: A9582

2013-S4654A (ACTIVE) - Summary

2013-S4654A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                BILL NUMBER:S4654A

TITLE OF BILL:  An act to amend the public authorities law, in relation
to creating a New York city transit authority safety advisory panel to
study and report on safety from terrorist acts and to provide for a
moratorium on the closing of token booths and minimum staffing levels on
trains operated in passenger service in the New York city transit system

PURPOSE: This bill would enhance the security and safety of subway
passengers by creating a transit authority safety advisory panel to
study, report on and make recommendations regarding safety from terror-
ist acts and to provide for a moratorium on the closing of token booths
and minimum staffing levels on trains operated in passenger service in
the New York City transit system.

SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section one of the bill establishes the "Transit Authority Passenger
Security and Safety Act."

Section two of the bill amends the Public Authorities Law by adding a
new section 1205-f requiring minimum staffing on trains operated in
passenger service. This section outlines the conditions upon which the
authority shall ensure that at least one train operator and one conduc-
tor shall be deployed on trains in passenger service.

Section three of the bill amends the Public Authorities Law by adding a
new section 1204-f, which creates the New York City Transit Authority
Safety Advisory Panel (the "Advisory Panel"). The Advisory Panel is
required to undertake a study evaluating various strategies available to
ensure public safety in passenger stations of the New York City Transit
Authority, its subsidiaries and the Staten Island rapid transit operat-
ing authority and to make recommendations. The examination of public
safety includes areas of ingress and egress at passenger stations, as
well as terrorist threats and criminal mischief at such stations. Final-
ly, this section places a moratorium on token booth closures at passen-
ger stations until submission of the Advisory Panel report.

Section four of the bill provides that this act shall take effect imme-
diately.

EXISTING LAW: New law

JUSTIFICATION: The threat of terrorist attacks in New York City demands
that the New York City Transit Authority make every effort to ensure the
security and safety of its passengers. New York City continues to be a
primary target for terrorists after the attack in 2001. Security
specialist emphasize that the transit system, especially subway trains
in tunnels, under bodies of water or on bridges, are a prized target by
these enemies to our democracy who seek to generate maximum media expo-
sure and inflict heavy casualties on innocent. civilians densely packed
into a small space. The presence of trained conductors and operators on

such trains can and do act as a deterrent to these enemies of our coun-
try, and the presence of station agents in protected booths within the
system, can greatly facilitate evacuations and reaction time from first
responders in the event of life threatening emergencies underground.

Accordingly, existing staffing levels should be maintained at least at
current levels, until a comprehensive assessment and evaluation is
completed by security experts that will assess the systemic security
needs of the mass transit system in NYC in the event of foreseeable
emergencies. To do less not only endangers the safety and lives of
passengers using mass transit facilities, but encourages our enemies to
exploit a perceived "weak link" in our security defenses.

PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:  2013: 4654: - Referred to Transportation
2011-2012: S.4528 - Referred to Transportation

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS: None.

EFFECTIVE DATE: This act shall take effect immediately.

2013-S4654A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                 4654--A

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             April 17, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sens.  GOLDEN, ADDABBO, AVELLA -- read twice and ordered
  printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee  on  Trans-
  portation  -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as
  amended and recommitted to said committee

AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation  to  creating  a
  New  York  city  transit  authority safety advisory panel to study and
  report on safety from terrorist acts and to provide for  a  moratorium
  on  the  closing of token booths and minimum staffing levels on trains
  operated in passenger service in the New York city transit system

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

  Section  1.  Short  title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
the "transit authority passenger security and safety act".
  S 2. The public authorities law is amended by  adding  a  new  section
1204-f to read as follows:
  S 1204-F. MINIMUM STAFFING OF TRAINS OPERATED IN PASSENGER SERVICE. 1.
THE  LEGISLATURE  FINDS  THAT THE PRESENCE OF TRAIN CONDUCTORS AND TRAIN
OPERATORS ON SUBWAY TRAINS OPERATED BY  THE  AUTHORITY  IS  PARTICULARLY
ESSENTIAL  TO  THE SAFETY OF PASSENGERS WHEN EMERGENCIES ARISE INCLUDING
WHEN TRAINS ARE IN TUNNELS UNDER BODIES OF WATER  OR  ON  BRIDGES,  WHEN
TRAINS  ARE  LONG  OR  COMPOSED  OF NUMEROUS CARS, AND DURING PERIODS OF
HEAVY PASSENGER VOLUME.
  2. THE AUTHORITY SHALL INSURE THAT AT LEAST ONE TRAIN OPERATOR AND ONE
CONDUCTOR SHALL BE DEPLOYED ON EACH AND EVERY TRAIN IN PASSENGER SERVICE
WHICH MEETS ONE OF THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS:
  A. THE TRAIN IS MADE UP OF MORE THAN FOUR RAILROAD CARS OR IS  GREATER
THAN THREE HUNDRED SIXTY FEET IN LENGTH; OR
  B.  THE TRAIN SERVES PASSENGERS ON A LINE THAT PASSES THROUGH A TUNNEL
UNDER A RIVER OR TIDAL ESTUARY OR ON BRIDGES; OR

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD00746-03-3

S. 4654--A                          2

  C. THE TRAIN IS OPERATING IN PASSENGER SERVICE ON  A  LINE  WHERE  THE
POTENTIAL  PASSENGER LOAD ON THE TRAIN AT ANY POINT IN TIME IS IN EXCESS
OF SEVEN HUNDRED FIFTY PASSENGERS.
  S  3.  The  public  authorities law is amended by adding a new section
1205-b to read as follows:
  S 1205-B. NEW YORK CITY TRANSIT AUTHORITY SAFETY ADVISORY PANEL.    1.
A.  THERE  IS  HEREBY CREATED THE NEW YORK CITY TRANSIT AUTHORITY SAFETY
ADVISORY PANEL, TO STUDY, MONITOR AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS WITH  RESPECT
TO  THE  PUBLIC  SAFETY  FROM TERRORIST THREATS AND CRIMINAL MISCHIEF IN
PASSENGER STATIONS OF THE AUTHORITY, ITS  SUBSIDIARIES  AND  THE  STATEN
ISLAND RAPID TRANSIT OPERATING AUTHORITY.
  B.  THE  NEW  YORK  CITY TRANSIT AUTHORITY SAFETY ADVISORY PANEL SHALL
CONSIST OF SEVEN MEMBERS APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNOR, OF WHOM TWO  MEMBERS
SHALL BE APPOINTED UPON THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE TEMPORARY PRESIDENT OF
THE SENATE AND TWO MEMBERS SHALL BE APPOINTED UPON THE RECOMMENDATION OF
THE  SPEAKER  OF  THE ASSEMBLY. THE MEMBERS OF THE NEW YORK CITY TRANSIT
AUTHORITY SAFETY ADVISORY PANEL SHALL BE SELECTED FROM THE LAW  ENFORCE-
MENT,  EMERGENCY RESPONSE MANAGEMENT, WORKER AND RIDER ADVOCATE COMMUNI-
TIES AND SHALL INCLUDE AT LEAST THREE  MEMBERS  WHO  ARE  COMMUTERS  WHO
REGULARLY USE THE TRANSPORTATION SERVICES OF THE AUTHORITIES REFERRED TO
IN  PARAGRAPH  A  OF THIS SUBDIVISION. THE CHAIRPERSON SHALL BE A MEMBER
SELECTED BY THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE COMMITTEE. VACANCIES  OCCURRING  SHALL
BE FILLED IN THE SAME MANNER AS THE ORIGINAL APPOINTMENTS.
  C.  THE MEMBERS OF THE NEW YORK CITY TRANSIT AUTHORITY SAFETY ADVISORY
PANEL SHALL RECEIVE NO COMPENSATION FOR  THEIR  SERVICES  BUT  SHALL  BE
REIMBURSED FOR ACTUAL AND NECESSARY EXPENSES INCURRED IN THE PERFORMANCE
OF THEIR DUTIES.
  2.  A. THE NEW YORK CITY TRANSIT AUTHORITY SAFETY ADVISORY PANEL SHALL
UNDERTAKE A STUDY TO EVALUATE  THE  RANGE  OF  STRATEGIES  AVAILABLE  TO
ENSURE  THE  SAFETY OF THE PUBLIC, INCLUDING ITS INGRESS AND EGRESS FROM
PASSENGER STATIONS, AND ALL MEANS OF  DETERRING  TERRORIST  ATTACKS  AND
CRIMINAL MISCHIEF. SUCH STUDY SHALL BE SUBMITTED TO THE GOVERNOR AND THE
LEGISLATURE, AND MADE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC, WITHIN THREE YEARS OF THE
EFFECTIVE  DATE  OF THIS SECTION. SUCH REPORT SHALL BE MADE AVAILABLE TO
THE PUBLIC IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING ITS SUBMISSION TO THE GOVERNOR AND  THE
LEGISLATURE.
  B. NO TOKEN BOOTHS WITHIN THE PASSENGER STATIONS OF THE AUTHORITY, ITS
SUBSIDIARIES  OR  THE  STATEN  ISLAND  RAPID TRANSIT OPERATING AUTHORITY
SHALL BE CLOSED OR PARTIALLY CLOSED, EXCEPT FOR PURPOSES  OF  REPAIR  OR
RENOVATION  OR  IN CASE OF EMERGENCY, UNTIL THE LATER OF JULY FIRST, TWO
THOUSAND FIFTEEN OR THE DATE OF THE SUBMISSION OF THE  ADVISORY  PANEL'S
REPORT TO THE GOVERNOR AND THE LEGISLATURE.
  3.  THE  NEW  YORK  CITY  TRANSIT  AUTHORITY SAFETY ADVISORY PANEL MAY
REQUEST AND SHALL RECEIVE FROM ANY DEPARTMENT, DIVISION, BOARD,  BUREAU,
COMMISSION, AGENCY, PUBLIC AUTHORITY OF THE STATE OR ANY PUBLIC SUBDIVI-
SION  THEREOF  SUCH  ASSISTANCE  AND  DATA AS WILL ENABLE IT TO PROPERLY
CARRY OUT ITS ACTIVITIES AND TO EFFECTUATE THE  PURPOSES  SET  FORTH  IN
THIS SECTION.
  S 4. This act shall take effect immediately.

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2013-S4654 - Details

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2013-S4654 - Sponsor Memo

2013-S4654 - Bill Text download pdf

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2013-S4654A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2013-S4654A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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