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- Referred to transportation
- Referred to transportation
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Title of bill
An act to amend the public authorities law, in relation to directing the metropolitan commuter transportation authority to implement a program or arrangement to enable passengers to conveniently and efficiently traverse over the Queens county and Nassau county boundaries
Purpose
Requires the Metropolitan Transportation Authority to provide adequate means for disabled individuals to cross the Queens County and Nassau County borders.
Summary of provisions
Section 1 amends the public authorities law Section 1266 to add a new subdivision 4-a dealing with the accessibility of transportation between counties.
Section 2 states that this act shall not affect any collective bargaining agreements currently in effect.
Section 3 creates an effective date.
Justification
This legislation will eliminate a problem for individuals who need to get across county borders and whose only means of transportation are buses provided by the Metropolitan Commuter Authority. It will allow for passengers to easily and effectively cross over the Queens County and Nassau County border within a 5 mile radius from such boundaries. Queens and Nassau Counties provide services that allow for convenient travel by disabled persons who are generally unable to utilize mass transportation. Persons who use this system of transportation include those who are disabled due to illness, injury, age, or other semi-permanent incapacity. Individuals are picked up at their residences and transported by this service. Currently, the systems fail individuals when they need to reach destinations for purposes such as medical treatment and the facility happens to be on the other side of the county's borderline. In such a case, an individual would be dropped off at the border of Queens County and then be required to cross over on their own or be picked up by the Nassau county bus.
Legislative history
2007-08: S.3865: Referred to Transportation 2005-06: S.3575A: Passed both houses; Vetoed by the Governor; Veto Memo 221
Fiscal implications
To be determined.
Effective date
This act shall take effect immediately; provided that the program is put into effect on or before the one hundred eightieth day after this act becomes law and a report is completed containing the purpose and provisions of the act 30 days prior to its implementation.
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