Bill Text: NY S01403 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Relates to the election by certain counties to withdraw from the metropolitan commuter transportation district; and permits the county of Putnam to make such election.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-14 - PRINT NUMBER 1403A [S01403 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-S01403-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         1403--A
                               2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                    January 12, 2015
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        Introduced  by Sen. CARLUCCI -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation  --  recom-
          mitted  to  the  Committee on Transportation in accordance with Senate
          Rule  6,  sec.  8  --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended,  ordered
          reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
        AN  ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to the election
          by certain counties to withdraw from the metropolitan commuter  trans-
          portation district; and in relation to permitting the county of Putnam
          to make such election
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Section 1279-b of the public authorities law, as  added  by
     2  chapter 669 of the laws of 1986, the opening paragraph of subdivision 1,
     3  the opening paragraph of paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 and subdivisions
     4  3  and  5  as  amended by chapter 670 of the laws of 1986, is amended to
     5  read as follows:
     6    § 1279-b.  Transition--election  to  withdraw  from  the  metropolitan
     7  commuter  transportation  district. 1. The counties of Dutchess, Orange,
     8  Putnam and Rockland shall have an option to withdraw from the  metropol-
     9  itan  commuter  transportation  district  and  have such withdrawal take
    10  effect on either: (a) [January] April first, [nineteen  hundred  eighty-
    11  seven]  two thousand eighteen. If any such county plans to withdraw from
    12  the district on [January] April first, [nineteen  hundred  eighty-seven]
    13  two  thousand  eighteen,  it  shall  (i) no later than seventy-five days
    14  after the effective date of this section, furnish  the  commissioner  of
    15  transportation,  and  chairman  of  the authority and the other counties
    16  which have an option to withdraw, a resolution  adopted  by  the  county
    17  legislature  providing  notice  of intent to withdraw, (ii) on or before
    18  [October] January first,  [nineteen  hundred  eighty-six]  two  thousand
    19  seventeen,  furnish  to the commissioner of transportation, the chairman
    20  of the authority and other counties which have an option to withdraw,  a
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD00638-02-6