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A05084 Summary:

BILL NO	A05084
SAME AS	SAME AS S03837
SPONSOR	Brennan (MS)
COSPNSR	Lentol, Jacobs, Gottfried, Millman, Sweeney, Cahill, Abinanti, Cook, Crespo, Gunther, Kellner, Rodriguez, Schimel, Jaffee, Clark, Gabryszak, Titone, Rosenthal, Peoples-Stokes, Brindisi, Steck
MLTSPNSR	Abbate, Benedetto, Buchwald, Colton, Cusick, DenDekker, Glick, Kavanagh, Magee, Malliotakis, Markey, Nolan, Paulin, Perry, Pretlow, Stevenson, Weinstein, Weisenberg, Weprin, Wright
Amd S182, Exec L
Relates to a prohibition on diversion of funds dedicated to public transportation systems.

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A05084 Floor Votes:

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A05084 Memo:

NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY
MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION
 submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)



 
BILL NUMBER: A5084
 
SPONSOR: Brennan (MS)

 
TITLE OF BILL:  An act to amend the executive law, in relation to a
prohibition on diversion of funds dedicated to public transportation
systems
 
 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: The bill amends section 182 of the
Executive law, to prohibit funds raised to support public transportation
systems from being diverted towards another purpose unless a statute is
enacted to authorize such a diversion.
 
The bill defines "public transportation systems" to include any public
benefit corporation constituting a transportation authority which

provides or contract for mass transit services, a subsidiary thereof, or
any county or city which provides or contracts for mass transit
services.
 
The bill declares that the only condition where it is acceptable for
these funds to be diverted is through legislation, and that legislation
must include a diversion impact statement Such statement must include
the amount of the diversion from each fund listed separately, the amount
diverted expressed as current monthly transit fares, the cumulative
amount of diversion from the previous 5 years and a detailed estimate of
the impact of the diversion from dedicated mass transit funds will have
on service, maintenance, security and the current capital program. The
funds affected are listed as including, but not limited to §§ 88-a, 89-c
or 92-ff of the state finance law and chapter 25 of the Laws of 2009.
 
 
JUSTIFICATION: This bill requires that these funds, which were put

into law far the express purpose of funding public transportation
systems, be used for their intended purpose or provide a detailed state-
ment on the effects of not doing so. By retaining these funds for the
system, we stabilize fares and protect funding for the system's opera-
tion.
 
 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
 
An expansion of A.6766c of 2011 which only applied to the MTA and its
subsidiaries.
2012 - A9017a/S6170a - Reported by Ways and Means to Assembly Rules.
 
 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS TO STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT:
 
None.   
EFFECTIVE DATE: Immediately.

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