Bill Text: NY S07647 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Amended

New York Senate Bill 7647

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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: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-05-23 - SUBSTITUTED BY A8029C [S07647 Detail]

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                         7647--A

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                    September 1, 2023
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by Sen. GONZALEZ -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules  --  recommitted  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 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 IND Sixth Avenue line of
     9  the New York city subway to the 23 St-Baruch College station. The metro-
    10  politan  transportation  authority  shall  ensure that all signs and any
    11  other items issued by  the  metropolitan  transportation  authority  are
    12  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
    16  authority or president of the New  York  city  transit  authority  shall
    17  notify  the  legislative bill drafting commission upon the completion of
    18  such updates in order that the commission may maintain an  accurate  and
    19  timely effective data base of the official text of the laws of the state
    20  of  New York in furtherance of effectuating the provisions of section 44
    21  of the legislative law and section 70-b of the public officers law.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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