NY State Senate Bill 2023-S7821

Senate Bill S7821

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Requires continuous work until completion for the design, construction, maintenance, or renovation of any transit facility, transportation facility, or equipment of the metropolitan transportation authority

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Transportation Committee

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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
- On Floor Calendar Assembly
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
Delivered to Governor
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Jan 03, 2024	referred to transportation
Dec 20, 2023	referred to rules

2023-S7821 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Transportation
Law Section:: Public Authorities Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §1266-c, Pub Auth L

2023-S7821 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that in the design, construction, maintenance, or renovation of any transit facility, transportation facility, or equipment of the metropolitan transportation authority, work shall take place over a continuous period of time until such point at which the project has been completed.

2023-S7821 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S7821

SPONSOR: WEBER
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the public authorities law, in relation to certain
construction work periods for the metropolitan transportation authority;
and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof

 
PURPOSE:

To shorten the duration of Metropolitan Transportation Authority transit
projects by requiring work to be done on a continual basis until
completed.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section I. Defines legislative intent.

Section 2. Section 1266-c of the public authorities law is amended by
adding a new subdivision 16.

Section 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day
after it shall have become law and shall expire and be deemed repealed

three years after such effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

The cost of designing public transit projects for the Metropolitan
Transportation Authority (MTA) far exceed national and global compet-
itors. The MTA's fiscal performance on recent major projects has severe-
ly limited further investment in maintaining, modernizing, and expanding
transit service.

It is imperative that public transit is operated in a manner which
delivers quality service to riders at an affordable cost. While it is
important to minimize service disruptions, the current process of stop-
ping and starting work ends up extending the period of construction, and
cost taxpayers millions in additional labor costs.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

None

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

Unknown.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after it
shall have become law and shall expire and be deemed repealed three
years after such effective date.

2023-S7821 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7821
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             December 20, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  WEBER  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 AN ACT to amend the public  authorities  law,  in  relation  to  certain
   construction work periods for the metropolitan transportation authori-
   ty;  and  providing  for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration
   thereof

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Legislative intent. The legislature finds that the cost of
 design of public transit projects for  the  metropolitan  transportation
 authority  far  exceed national and global competitors. The metropolitan
 transportation authority's fiscal performance on recent  major  projects
 has severely limited further investment in maintaining, modernizing, and
 expanding transit service. It is imperative that public transit is oper-
 ated in a manner which delivers quality service to riders at an afforda-
 ble  cost.  While  it  is important to minimize service disruptions, the
 current process of stopping and starting  work  ends  up  extending  the
 period  of construction, and cost taxpayers millions in additional labor
 costs. It is therefore the intent of the legislature to direct that  the
 work  done  on  transit  projects  for  the  metropolitan transportation
 authority be done on a continual  basis  until  such  project  has  been
 completed.
   § 2. Section 1266-c of the public authorities law is amended by adding
 a new subdivision 16 to read as follows:
   16.  IN  THE  DESIGN,  CONSTRUCTION, MAINTENANCE, OR RENOVATION OF ANY
 TRANSIT FACILITY, TRANSPORTATION FACILITY, OR EQUIPMENT AS DEFINED UNDER
 SECTION TWELVE HUNDRED OR TWELVE HUNDRED SIXTY-ONE OF THIS CHAPTER, WORK
 SHALL TAKE PLACE OVER A CONTINUOUS PERIOD OF TIME UNTIL  SUCH  POINT  AT
 WHICH THE PROJECT HAS BEEN COMPLETED.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13793-01-3
 S. 7821                             2

   § 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 it shall have become a law and shall expire and be deemed repealed three
 years after such effective date.

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