Bill Text: NY A08029 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Directs the metropolitan transportation authority and the New York city transit authority to rename the 23rd Street subway station to the 23 St-Baruch College station.

Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 12-1)

Status: (Passed) 2024-09-27 - signed chap.348 [A08029 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A08029-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         8029--C

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                   September 13, 2023
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  M.  of A. EPSTEIN, FAHY, LUCAS, AUBRY, SEAWRIGHT, GLICK,
          KIM, LEVENBERG, CHANG -- read once and referred to  the  Committee  on
          Corporations,  Authorities  and  Commissions  -- committee discharged,
          bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended  and  recommitted  to  said
          committee -- recommitted to the Committee on Corporations, Authorities
          and  Commissions in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- commit-
          tee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and  recom-
          mitted  to  said  committee -- again reported from said committee with
          amendments, ordered reprinted  as  amended  and  recommitted  to  said
          committee

        AN  ACT  directing the metropolitan transportation authority and the New
          York city transit authority to rename the 23rd Street  subway  station
          to  the  23  St-Baruch College station; and provides 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:

     1    Section  1.  Upon  a  determination by the metropolitan transportation
     2  authority or the New York city transit authority that  sufficient  funds
     3  have  been  committed to it specifically for such purpose, the metropol-
     4  itan transportation authority, the public benefit corporation created by
     5  section 1263 of the public authorities law, and the New York city trans-
     6  it authority, the public benefit corporation created by section 1201  of
     7  the  public authorities law, shall use such specifically committed funds
     8  to rename the 23rd Street subway station on  the  IRT  Lexington  Avenue
     9  line  of  the  New York city subway to the 23 St-Baruch College station.
    10  The metropolitan transportation authority shall ensure  that  all  signs
    11  and  any other items issued by the metropolitan transportation authority
    12  are updated to accurately reflect the new name of the station.
    13    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall  expire  and  be
    14  deemed  repealed  after  the  signs  and  any other items are accurately
    15  updated. The chief executive officer of the metropolitan  transportation

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD11931-08-4
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     1  authority  or  president  of  the  New York city transit authority shall
     2  notify the legislative bill drafting commission upon the  completion  of
     3  such  updates  in order that the commission may maintain an accurate and
     4  timely effective data base of the official text of the laws of the state
     5  of  New York in furtherance of effectuating the provisions of section 44
     6  of the legislative law and section 70-b of the public officers law.