Senate Bill S1601

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to the interagency coordinating committee on rural public transportation

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Archive: Last 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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2019-S1601 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Transportation
Law Section:
Transportation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §73-d, Transp L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: S5794
2017-2018: S3931
2021-2022: S5501

2019-S1601 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the interagency coordinating committee on rural public transportation.

2019-S1601 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S1601 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1601
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 15, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  O'MARA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation
 
 AN ACT to amend the transportation law, in relation to  the  interagency
   coordinating committee on rural public transportation
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 73-d of the transportation law, as amended by chap-
 ter 562 of the laws of 1987, is amended to read as follows:
   § 73-d. Interagency coordinating committee on rural public transporta-
 tion. 1. There is hereby created a committee to be known as the "intera-
 gency coordinating committee on  rural  public  transportation",  to  be
 comprised  of  nineteen members. The commissioner or his or her designee
 shall serve as chairperson. Twelve of such members shall be the  follow-
 ing  or  his  or her duly designated representative: the director of the
 office for the aging; the commissioner of education; the commissioner of
 labor; the commissioner of health; the commissioner  of  the  office  of
 mental  health;  THE  COMMISSIONER  OF  THE  OFFICE  OF  ALCOHOLISM  AND
 SUBSTANCE ABUSE; the commissioner of the office [of  mental  retardation
 and]  FOR  PEOPLE  WITH  developmental disabilities; the commissioner of
 [social services; state advocate for the disabled] THE OFFICE FOR TEMPO-
 RARY AND DISABILITY ASSISTANCE; THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE  NEW  YORK
 STATE  JUSTICE  CENTER  FOR THE PROTECTION OF PEOPLE WITH SPECIAL NEEDS;
 THE secretary of state; THE commissioner of  agriculture  and  markets[;
 the  director  of  the office of rural affairs] and the [director of the
 division for youth] COMMISSIONER OF THE OFFICE OF  CHILDREN  AND  FAMILY
 SERVICES.  Six  additional  members, all of whom shall be transportation
 providers or consumers representing rural counties shall be appointed to
 serve a term of three years as follows: two by the  [president  pro-tem-
 pore]  TEMPORARY  PRESIDENT  of  the  senate,  two by the speaker of the
 assembly, one by the minority leader of  the  senate,  and  one  by  the
 minority  leader  of  the  assembly.  Efforts shall be made to provide a
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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