Senate Bill S4288

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Withdraws Orange county from the metropolitan commuter transportation district

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Transportation Committee


  • 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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2025-S4288 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Transportation
Law Section:
Public Authorities Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §1279-b, Pub Auth L

2025-S4288 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Withdraws Orange county from the metropolitan commuter transportation district.

2025-S4288 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S4288 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4288
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 3, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. SKOUFIS -- 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  withdrawing
   Orange county from the metropolitan commuter transportation district
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 1279-b of the public authorities law, as  added  by
 chapter 669 of the laws of 1986 and the opening paragraph of subdivision
 1, the opening paragraph of paragraph (a) of subdivision 1, and subdivi-
 sions  3 and 5 as amended by chapter 670 of the laws of 1986, is amended
 to read as follows:
   § 1279-b.  Transition--election  to  withdraw  from  the  metropolitan
 commuter  transportation  district.  1. The counties of Dutchess, Orange
 and Rockland shall have an option  to  withdraw  from  the  metropolitan
 commuter transportation district and have such withdrawal take effect on
 either:  (a)  January  first, nineteen hundred eighty-seven. If any such
 county plans to withdraw from the district on  January  first,  nineteen
 hundred eighty-seven, it shall (i) no later than seventy-five days after
 the  effective  date of this section, furnish the commissioner of trans-
 portation, and [chairman] CHAIR of the authority and the other  counties
 which  have  an  option  to withdraw, a resolution adopted by the county
 legislature providing notice of intent to withdraw, (ii)  on  or  before
 October  first, nineteen hundred eighty-six, furnish to the commissioner
 of transportation, the [chairman] CHAIR of the authority and other coun-
 ties which have an option to withdraw, a resolution adopted by the coun-
 ty legislature providing for  a  public  transportation  plan.  For  the
 purposes  of  this  section, a "public transportation plan" shall mean a
 plan  that  maintains  adequate  and  continuous  public  transportation
 services  from  the  withdrawing  county  to the city of New York or any
 terminus previously served, provides a reasonable level of rail  passen-
 ger service, provides a schedule for implementing such service, protects
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD07870-01-5
              

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