Bill Text: NY S02337 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Provides for the continuation of express bus service to the south shore of Staten Island.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2016-06-09 - referred to corporations, authorities and commissions [S02337 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-S02337-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         2337--A
                               2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                    January 22, 2015
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        Introduced  by  Sen.  LANZA  -- 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 provision
          of express bus service to the south shore of Staten Island
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. The public authorities law  is  amended  by  adding  a  new
     2  section 1266-k to read as follows:
     3    §  1266-k.  Staten Island express bus service. The authority is hereby
     4  directed to continue to fund and operate express bus service  transport-
     5  ing  riders  between  the  communities  of Tottenville, Richmond Valley,
     6  Prince's Bay, Pleasant Plains,  Charleston,  Woodrow  and  Rossville  in
     7  Staten  Island  to  the  downtown  and/or  midtown business districts of
     8  Manhattan on all routes operating such service on April  thirtieth,  two
     9  thousand seventeen. The authority is hereby directed to assume and oper-
    10  ate  the  two  express  bus  routes serving the communities of Huguenot,
    11  Princess Bay, Woodrow, Rossville, Annadale  and  Arden  Heights  to  the
    12  midtown business district of Manhattan and being operated by Academy Bus
    13  Company  on  April  thirtieth, two thousand eighteen and better known as
    14  routes numbered X23 and X24.
    15    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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