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Jan 06, 2016 |
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Jan 29, 2015 |
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Assembly Bill A4197
2015-2016 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
CAHILL
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly 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
2015-A4197 (ACTIVE) - Details
2015-A4197 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Directs the NYS Thruway Authority and NYS Bridge Authority to jointly study and report on methods to share services and combine functions and on feasibility of merging as a single entity; requires a report be issued to the governor and legislature within one year from the effective date.
2015-A4197 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 4197 2015-2016 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y January 29, 2015 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. CAHILL -- read once and referred to the Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions AN ACT in relation to directing the New York State Thruway Authority and the New York State Bridge Authority to jointly study and report on methods that can be implemented to share services and combine func- tions, and on the feasibility of merging into a single entity THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. 1. The New York state thruway authority and the New York state bridge authority shall jointly conduct a study to explore the sharing and consolidation of services and functions in order to reduce each authority's overall administrative, operational and/or capital costs. Such authorities shall additionally conduct a study to explore the feasibility of a merger of the authorities into a single entity. Such authorities may employ the use of outside consultants in the conducting of either study, subject to competitive bidding requirements. a. Sharing and consolidation of services study. The joint study to explore the sharing and consolidation of services and functions should be designed with the ultimate goal of streamlining the functions of each authority in order to reduce overall costs and increase efficiencies, and shall include, at a minimum, an examination of methods that can be implemented by each authority in order to: (i) consolidate central administrative functions, such as purchasing, personnel management, hiring and employee benefits administration; (ii) consolidate or share optional functions, such as maintenance, security services, toll collections and payment processing; and (iii) develop and implement a joint capital plan whereby long term capital projects at each individual authority are jointly designed and constructed. b. Merger study. The joint study to explore the feasibility of a merg- er of the New York state thruway authority and the New York state bridge EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD08325-01-5
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