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2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 5 - Public Utility Authorities › Title 10-D - Nassau County Sewer and Storm Water Finance Authority › 1232 - Legislative Intent.

§  1232.  Legislative  intent. The state legislature hereby recognizes
  that the creation of a Nassau  county  sewer  and  storm  water  finance
  authority  will be an effective mechanism to achieve substantial savings
  for past and prospective sewer  and  storm  water  capital  investments.
  Moreover,  such  authority will help ensure the health and well-being of
  all Nassau county residents and promote local environmental  protection.
  As  such, the state legislature herein effectuates these laudable public
  purposes through the establishment of said authority  for  the  specific
  and  limited  objective of refinancing outstanding sewer and storm water
  debt issued by or on behalf of the county and financing future sewer and
  storm water projects. In no manner is this legislation designed to alter
  the county's  administration  or  delivery  of  sewer  and  storm  water
  services to county residents nor is the authority intended to impose any
  additional  pecuniary  burden  on its ratepayers. As a vehicle expressly
  created to consolidate existing sewer districts, refinance debt, provide
  a means for financing new debt and prepare  for  pending  federal  storm
  water  regulatory requirements, the authority will serve as an important
  tool to aid the county's fiscal recovery and benefit  county  taxpayers.
  Further,  the State legislature recognizes that the enactment of chapter
  three hundred fourteen of the laws of two thousand three, extending  the
  oversight capacity of the Nassau county interim finance authority (NIFA)
  through  calendar  year two thousand seven, together with the chapter of
  the laws of two  thousand  three  which  added  this  title,  offers  an
  opportunity  for  NIFA to continue financing the county's tax certiorari
  settlements, thereby providing additional budgetary  relief  and  fiscal
  stability.
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 5 - Public Utility Authorities › Title 10-D - Nassau County Sewer and Storm Water Finance Authority › 1232-E - Advances on Behalf of the Authority; Transfer of Property to Authority.

§ 1232-e. Advances on behalf of the authority; transfer of property to
  authority. 1. In addition to any powers granted to it by law, the county
  from  time  to time may appropriate sums of money to or on behalf of the
  authority to defray costs and expenses of the authority. Subject to  the
  rights  of  bondholders,  the  county  may  determine  if  the moneys so
  appropriated shall be subject to  repayment  by  the  authority  to  the
  county  and,  in  such  event,  the  manner  and  time or times for such
  repayment.
2. The county or any other municipality may give, grant, sell, convey,
  loan, license the use of or lease  to  the  authority  any  property  or
  facility  which  is  useful  to  the authority in order to carry out its
  powers under this title; provided, however, that any  such  transfer  of
  property  shall  be  upon  such  terms and conditions and subject to the
  rights of the holders of any bonds, as the authority and the  county  or
  other  municipality  may  agree.  Notwithstanding  the provisions of any
  state or local law to the contrary, the county  shall  transfer  to  the
  authority  any  funds  which  were in the prior districts' accounts upon
  dissolution thereof, as well as any prior district fund balance held  by
  the  county  on  behalf  of  the  prior  districts,  or grant recoveries
  received in connection with assets acquired by the  authority  from  the
  county,  which  funds  shall  be  used  by the authority for the limited
  purposes of supporting necessary capital investments, debt service, debt
  service-related expenses and reserve requirements in a manner consistent
  with the rate stabilization program established in section  six  of  the
  chapter of the laws of two thousand three which added this title.
3.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, the county shall not have authority
  to give, grant or sell to the authority any  real  property  upon  which
  county owned facilities are located.
4.  Notwithstanding  the provisions of any other law, general, special
  or local to the contrary, real property acquired by the authority or the
  county from the state may be used  for  any  corporate  purpose  of  the
  authority.
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 5 - Public Utility Authorities › Title 10-D - Nassau County Sewer and Storm Water Finance Authority › 1232-F - Governmental Capacity of the Authority and Municipalities.

§  1232-f.  Governmental capacity of the authority and municipalities.
  The authority, the county and the other municipalities, in carrying  out
  their  respective powers and duties under this title, shall be deemed to
  be acting in a governmental  capacity  and  in  the  performance  of  an
  essential governmental function.
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 5 - Public Utility Authorities › Title 10-D - Nassau County Sewer and Storm Water Finance Authority › 1232-I - State and County Not Liable on Authority Bonds.

§  1232-i. State and county not liable on authority bonds. Neither the
  state nor the county shall be liable on the bonds of the  authority  and
  such  bonds  shall  not  be  a debt of the state or the county, and such
  bonds shall contain, on the face thereof, a statement to such effect.
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 5 - Public Utility Authorities › Title 10-D - Nassau County Sewer and Storm Water Finance Authority › 1232-K - Bonds Legal Investments for Fiduciaries.

§  1232-k.  Bonds  legal investments for fiduciaries. The bonds of the
  authority are hereby made securities in which all public  officials  and
  bodies  of the state and all municipalities, all insurance companies and
  associations and other persons carrying on an  insurance  business,  all
  banks, bankers, trust companies, savings banks and savings associations,
  including  savings and loan associations, investment companies and other
  persons carrying on a banking business, and  administrators,  guardians,
  executors,   trustees  and  other  fiduciaries  and  all  other  persons
  whatsoever, who are authorized to invest in bonds or  other  obligations
  of the state, may properly and legally invest funds including capital in
  their  control  or  belonging  to  them.  The bonds are also hereby made
  securities which may be deposited with and may be received by all public
  officers and bodies  of  this  state  and  all  municipalities  for  any
  purposes  for  which  the  deposit of bonds or other obligations of this
  state is authorized.
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 5 - Public Utility Authorities › Title 10-D - Nassau County Sewer and Storm Water Finance Authority › 1232-L - Agreement of the State.

§  1232-l. Agreement of the state. The state does hereby pledge to and
  agree with the holders of any bonds issued by the authority pursuant  to
  this  title  that  the  state  will not alter or limit the rights hereby
  vested in the authority to finance or refinance the acquisition, design,
  construction,  reconstruction,   rehabilitation   and   improvement   of
  facilities  and  to  fulfill the terms of any agreement made with or for
  the benefit of the holders of the bonds or with any  public  corporation
  or  person with reference to such project or part thereof, or in any way
  impair the rights and remedies of  the  bondholders,  until  the  bonds,
  together  with  the  interest  thereon, including interest on any unpaid
  installments of interest, and all costs and expenses in connection  with
  any  action or proceeding by or on behalf of such holders, are fully met
  and discharged. The state does also hereby pledge to and agree with  the
  holders of any bonds issued by the authority pursuant to this title that
  the  state  will  not alter or limit the rights of the county to assess,
  levy and collect special assessments within the district or the county's
  ability to collect any such charges, rents or  fees.  The  authority  is
  authorized  to  include  this  pledge  and agreement of the state in any
  agreement  with  bondholders.  Notwithstanding  any  provision  to   the
  contrary,  nothing  contained  in this title shall be deemed to restrict
  the right of the state or county of Nassau to amend, modify or otherwise
  alter laws, ordinances, resolutions or agreements imposing  or  relating
  to taxes or fees or appropriations relating thereto. The authority shall
  not  include  in any resolution or contract or agreement with the holder
  of its bonds any provision which provides that a default shall occur  as
  a result of the state or county exercising its right to amend, modify or
  otherwise  alter laws, ordinances, resolutions or agreements imposing or
  relating to taxes or fees or appropriations relating thereto.
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 5 - Public Utility Authorities › Title 10-D - Nassau County Sewer and Storm Water Finance Authority › 1232-M - Tax Exemption and Tax Contract by the State.

§ 1232-m. Tax exemption and tax contract by the state. 1. It is hereby
  determined  that  the  creation of the authority and the carrying out of
  its corporate purposes is in all respects for the benefit of the  people
  of  the  state  of  New  York  and is a public purpose. Accordingly, the
  authority shall be regarded  as  performing  an  essential  governmental
  function  in the exercise of the powers conferred upon it by this title,
  and the authority shall not be required to pay any fees, taxes,  special
  ad  valorem  levies  or assessments of any kind, whether state or local,
  including but not limited to fees, taxes, special ad valorem  levies  or
  assessments  on  real  property,  franchise  taxes, sales taxes or other
  taxes, upon or with respect to any property owned by  it  or  under  its
  jurisdiction,  control or supervision, or upon the uses thereof, or upon
  or with respect to its activities or operations in  furtherance  of  the
  powers  conferred  upon it by this title, or upon or with respect to any
  fares, tolls, rentals, rates, charges, fees, revenues  or  other  income
  received by the authority.
2.  Any  bonds  issued pursuant to this title together with the income
  therefrom shall at all times be exempt from taxation.
3. The state  hereby  covenants  with  the  purchasers  and  with  all
  subsequent  holders  and  transferees  of  bonds issued by the authority
  pursuant to this title,  in  consideration  of  the  acceptance  of  and
  payment  for  the bonds, that the bonds of the authority issued pursuant
  to this title and the income therefrom and  all  revenues,  monies,  and
  other  property  pledged  to  pay or to secure the payment of such bonds
  shall at all times be free from taxation.
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 5 - Public Utility Authorities › Title 10-D - Nassau County Sewer and Storm Water Finance Authority › 1232-N - Actions Against Authority.

§  1232-n.  Actions  against  authority.  1.  Except  in an action for
wrongful death, no action or special proceeding shall be  prosecuted  or
maintained  against  the authority for personal injury or damage to real
or personal property alleged to have been sustained  by  reason  of  the
negligence or wrongful act of the authority or of any member, officer or
agent thereof, unless:
(a)  a  notice  of  claim  shall  have  been  made and served upon the
authority within the time limit prescribed by  and  in  compliance  with
section fifty-e of the general municipal law;
(b) it shall appear by and as an allegation in the complaint or moving
papers  that at least thirty days have elapsed since the service of such
notice and that adjustment or payment  thereof  has  been  neglected  or
refused; and
(c)  the  action  or  special proceeding shall be commenced within one
year and ninety days after the happening of the  event  upon  which  the
claim is based. An action against the authority for wrongful death shall
be  commenced in accordance with the notice of claim and time limitation
provisions of title eleven of article nine of this chapter.
2. Wherever a notice of claim is served upon the authority,  it  shall
have  the right to demand an examination of the claimant relative to the
occurrence and extent of the injuries or damages for which  a  claim  is
made,  in  accordance  with  the  provisions  of  section fifty-h of the
general municipal law. The authority  shall  have  power  to  settle  or
adjust all claims in favor of or against the authority.
3.  Any  action  or proceeding to which the authority or the people of
the state may be parties,  in  which  any  question  arises  as  to  the
validity  of  this title, shall be preferred over all other civil causes
of action or cases, except election causes of action or  cases,  in  all
courts  of the state, and shall be heard and determined in preference to
all  other  civil  business  pending  therein  except  election  causes,
irrespective  of  position on the calendar. The same preference shall be
granted upon application of the authority or its counsel in  any  action
or  proceeding  questioning  the  validity  of  this  title in which the
authority may be allowed to intervene. The venue of any such  action  or
proceeding shall be laid in the state supreme court of the county.
4.  The rate of interest to be paid by the authority upon any judgment
for which it is liable, other than a judgment against the  authority  on
its bonds, shall be the rate prescribed by section five thousand four of
the  civil  practice law and rules. Interest on payments of principal or
interest on any bonds in default shall accrue at the rate or  rates  set
forth  in  such  bonds from the due date thereof until paid or otherwise
satisfied.
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 5 - Public Utility Authorities › Title 10-D - Nassau County Sewer and Storm Water Finance Authority › 1232-O - Prevailing Wage.

§  1232-o.  Prevailing wage. Each contract to which the authority is a
  party including, but not limited to, any contract, lease,  grant,  bond,
  covenant  or other debt agreement entered into directly or indirectly by
  the authority  financing  or  refinancing  in  whole  or  in  part,  the
  construction,  demolition,  reconstruction,  excavation, rehabilitation,
  repair, renovation or alteration of a  facility  or  an  improvement  to
  property  shall  require that the work covered by such contract shall be
  deemed "public work" and subject to and  performed  in  accordance  with
  articles  eight  and  nine  of  the  labor  law and, for the purposes of
  article fifteen-A of the executive law only, the contracting party under
  such contracts shall be deemed a state agency as that term is defined in
  such article and such contracts shall be deemed state  contracts  within
  the  meaning  of  that  term as set forth in such article. Project labor
  agreements may be entered into wherever possible in order to protect the
  financial interest of the county in  such  project  by  fostering  labor
  harmony  in  promoting  efficient  adoption  of  labor  work  rules  and
  practices.
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 5 - Public Utility Authorities › Title 10-D - Nassau County Sewer and Storm Water Finance Authority › 1232-Q - Audit, Annual Report and Budget Review.

§  1232-q.  Audit,  annual  report and budget review. 1. In conformity
  with the provisions  of  section  five  of  article  ten  of  the  state
  constitution,  the  accounts  of  the  authority shall be subject to the
  supervision of the comptroller and an annual audit shall be performed by
  an independent certified public accountant. The authority shall annually
  submit to the governor, comptroller, chairperson of the  senate  finance
  committee  and  chairperson  of  the assembly ways and means committee a
  detailed report pursuant  to  the  provisions  of  section  twenty-eight
  hundred  of  this chapter, and a copy of such report shall be filed with
  the county executive, the clerk of the county  legislature,  the  county
  treasurer and each member of the county legislature.
2.  The  authority  shall  be  subject  to the oversight of the county
  office of legislative budget review.
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 5 - Public Utility Authorities › Title 10-D - Nassau County Sewer and Storm Water Finance Authority › 1232-R - Limited Liability.

§  1232-r.  Limited  liability.  Neither  the members of the governing
  body, nor any municipality, officer or employee acting  on  its  behalf,
  while  acting  within  the scope of their authority, shall be subject to
  any personal liability resulting from the construction,  maintenance  or
  operation of any of the properties of the authority or from carrying out
  any of the powers expressly given in this title; provided, however, that
  this section shall not be deemed to apply to any independent contractor.
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 5 - Public Utility Authorities › Title 10-D - Nassau County Sewer and Storm Water Finance Authority › 1232-S - Environmental Application, Proceedings, Approvals and Permits.

§   1232-s.  Environmental  application,  proceedings,  approvals  and
  permits.   1.  Any  application  in  relation  to  the  purposes  of  or
  contemplated  by  this  title  filed prior to the effective date of this
  title, or any proceeding commenced prior to the effective date  of  this
  title,  by the county with the department of environmental conservation,
  the department of health, the department of  transportation,  any  other
  state agency or instrumentality, or with the United States environmental
  protection  agency  or any other federal agency or instrumentality shall
  inure to and for the benefit of the authority to the same extent and  in
  the same manner as if the authority had been a party to such application
  or  proceeding  from  its inception, and the authority shall be deemed a
  party thereto, to the extent not prohibited  by  any  federal  law.  Any
  license,  approval,  permit or decision issued or granted pursuant to or
  as a result of any such application or proceeding  shall  inure  to  the
  benefit  of  and be binding upon the authority and shall be assigned and
  transferred by the county or any agency thereof to the authority, unless
  such assignment and transfer is prohibited by federal law.
2. All such applications, proceedings,  licenses,  approvals,  permits
  and  decisions  shall  further  inure  to  and for the benefit of and be
  binding upon any person leasing, acquiring,  constructing,  maintaining,
  using  or  occupying  any  facility  financed in whole or in part by the
  authority.
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 5 - Public Utility Authorities › Title 10-D - Nassau County Sewer and Storm Water Finance Authority › 1232-T - Separability.

§  1232-t.  Separability.  If any section, clause or provision of this
  title shall  be  held  by  a  court  of  competent  jurisdiction  to  be
  unconstitutional  or ineffective in whole or in part, to the extent that
  it is not unconstitutional  or  ineffective,  such  section,  clause  or
  provision  shall be valid and effective, and no other section, clause or
  provision shall on account thereof be deemed invalid or ineffective.
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 5 - Public Utility Authorities › Title 10-D - Nassau County Sewer and Storm Water Finance Authority › 1232-U - Effect of Inconsistent Provisions.

§  1232-u.  Effect  of  inconsistent  provisions.  In  so  far  as the
  provisions of this title are inconsistent with  the  provisions  of  any
  other  provision  of  law,  general or special, or of any charter, local
  law, ordinance or resolution of any municipality, the provisions of this
  title shall be controlling. Nothing contained in this section  shall  be
  held  to  supplement  or  otherwise  expand  the powers or duties of the
  authority otherwise set forth in  this  title.  Except  as  specifically
  provided  for in this title, in the performance of any of its functions,
  powers and duties, the authority shall  be  subject  to  all  applicable
  general  or special laws of the state, the county charter, and any local
  law, ordinance or resolution of the  county.  Nothing  in  this  section
  shall  be  construed  to affect section twelve hundred twenty-one of the
  county charter, which shall remain in full force and effect.
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 5 - Public Utility Authorities › Title 11 - Metropolitan Commuter Transportation Authority › 1262 - Metropolitan Commuter Transportation District.

§ 1262. Metropolitan commuter transportation district. There is hereby
  created  and  established a commuter transportation district to be known
  as the metropolitan commuter transportation district which shall embrace
  the city of New York and  the  counties  of  Dutchess,  Nassau,  Orange,
  Putnam,  Rockland,  Suffolk and Westchester, provided, however, that the
  district shall not include a county that has withdrawn from the district
  pursuant to section twelve hundred seventy-nine-b of this article.
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 5 - Public Utility Authorities › Title 11 - Metropolitan Commuter Transportation Authority › 1264 - Purposes of the Authority.

§  1264.  Purposes  of the authority. 1. The purposes of the authority
  shall  be  the  continuance,  further  development  and  improvement  of
  commuter  transportation  and  other services related thereto within the
  metropolitan commuter transportation district, including but not limited
  to  such  transportation  by  railroad,  omnibus,  marine  and  air,  in
  accordance  with  the  provisions of this title. It shall be the further
  purpose of the authority, consistent with its status as the  ex  officio
  board  of  both  the  New York city transit authority and the triborough
  bridge and tunnel authority, to develop and  implement  a  unified  mass
  transportation   policy   for   such   district   in  an  efficient  and
  cost-effective manner that includes the use of design-build  contracting
  on  all  projects  over  two  hundred  million  dollars  in cost for new
  construction and all projects over four hundred million dollars in  cost
  for  projects  that  are  predominantly rehabilitation or replacement of
  existing assets except where a waiver is granted by the New  York  state
  budget  director  pursuant to a request in writing from the metropolitan
  transportation authority. For purposes of granting a waiver pursuant  to
  this  section,  such  review  shall  consider  whether  the design build
  contracting method is appropriate for the project that  such  waiver  is
  sought  for,  and  the  amount of savings and efficiencies that could be
  achieved using such method. The determination for such waiver  shall  be
  made  in  writing within forty-five days from request or shall be deemed
  granted.
2. It is hereby found and declared  that  such  purposes  are  in  all
  respects  for the benefit of the people of the state of New York and the
  authority shall be regarded  as  performing  an  essential  governmental
  function  in  carrying  out  its  purposes  and in exercising the powers
  granted by this title.
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 5 - Public Utility Authorities › Title 11 - Metropolitan Commuter Transportation Authority › 1266-A - Medical Emergency Services.

§   1266-a.  Medical  emergency  services.  The  authority  is  hereby
  authorized and directed to  prepare  and  develop  a  medical  emergency
  services  program  to  be  implemented at a time to be specified in such
  program for the benefit of persons utilizing  transportation  and  other
  related  services  of the authority. Such program may include but not be
  limited to provision for  the  following:  The  training  of  designated
  employees  in  first  aid, emergency techniques and procedures, handling
  and positioning of stricken commuters, and knowledge of  procedures  and
  equipment  used  for  respiratory  and cardiac emergencies. Such program
  shall be submitted to the legislature not later than one hundred  eighty
  days next succeeding the effective date of this section.
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 5 - Public Utility Authorities › Title 11 - Metropolitan Commuter Transportation Authority › 1266-B - Medical Emergency Services Plan; Implementation on Long Island Rail Road.

§  1266-b.  Medical  emergency  services  plan; implementation on Long
  Island Rail Road. 1. a. The authority  in  consultation  with  the  Long
  Island  Rail  Road  is  hereby  authorized  and  directed to implement a
  comprehensive medical emergency services program, including an emergency
  response protocol, not later than September first,  two  thousand  five,
  for  the  benefit  of persons utilizing transportation and other related
  services of the Long Island Rail Road. Such program  shall  include  but
  not  be  limited  to  provision  for  the  following:  The  training  of
  designated employees in first aid, emergency techniques and  procedures,
  handling  and positioning of stricken commuters, knowledge of procedures
  and equipment used  for  respiratory  and  cardiac  emergencies  and  an
  emergency response protocol for all employees.
b. Such program and plan shall be submitted to the temporary president
  of the senate, the speaker of the assembly and the governor on or before
  September  first,  two thousand five, and shall be updated as necessary.
  The authority will issue an annual report on or before  April  first  of
  each  year  beginning  April first, two thousand six, which will include
  current updates, descriptions  of  medical  emergencies,  responses  and
  outcomes since the most recent report, information regarding training of
  personnel,  analysis  of  the  current  plan and any recommendations for
  improving the program.
2. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of any general,  special
  or local law, a designated employee employed upon facilities of the Long
  Island Rail Road who has been trained in first aid, emergency techniques
  and  procedures, handling and positioning of stricken commuters, and the
  applicable procedures and equipment used  for  respiratory  and  cardiac
  emergencies  who  voluntarily  and  without  the expectation of monetary
  compensation renders any of the foregoing treatment in an emergency to a
  commuter  upon  facilities  of  the  Long  Island  Rail  Road   who   is
  unconscious, ill or injured shall not be liable for damages for injuries
  alleged  to  have been sustained by such commuter or for damages for the
  death of such commuter alleged to have occurred by reason of an  act  or
  omission in the rendering of such treatment in an emergency unless it is
  established  that  such  injuries were or such death was caused by gross
  negligence on the part of such designated employee.
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 5 - Public Utility Authorities › Title 11 - Metropolitan Commuter Transportation Authority › 1266-D - Long Island Rail Road Commuter's Council.

§ 1266-d. Long Island rail road commuter's council. 1. There is hereby
  created  the  Long  Island  rail  road  commuter's  council,  to  study,
  investigate, monitor  and  make  recommendations  with  respect  to  the
  maintenance  and  operation  of  the Long Island rail road. Such council
  shall study and investigate all aspects of the day to day operations  of
  such  railroad, monitor its performance and recommend changes to improve
  the efficiency of the operation thereof. Such council  shall  study  and
  make  recommendations  in  regard  to  improving  bicycle and pedestrian
  access at bridges, stations and other facilities operated  by  the  Long
  Island  Railroad  and  submit  such  recommendations to the metropolitan
  transportation  authority  on  or  before  June  first,   two   thousand
  twenty-two and every five years thereafter.
2.  Such  council  shall  consist  of  thirteen  members  who shall be
  commuters  who  regularly  use  the  transportation  services  of   such
  railroad,  and  who  shall  be  residents  of Nassau, Suffolk, Queens or
  Brooklyn county.  Members shall be appointed by the  governor  upon  the
  recommendation  of  the  county executive of each such county, provided,
  however, that such members shall be chosen from  a  list  of  ten  names
  submitted  by  each  such  county executive and provided further however
  that no more than six members of such  council  shall  be  residents  of
  either  such  county.    Provided,  however,  that  one  member shall be
  appointed on the recommendation of the borough president of  Queens  and
  one  member  shall  be  appointed  on  the recommendation of the borough
  president of Brooklyn.   Provided, however, that  one  member  shall  be
  appointed  who has a demonstrated expertise or interest in the promotion
  and development of improved bicycle and pedestrian  access  at  bridges,
  stations  and  other  facilities  operated  by  the  authority  and  its
  affiliates and subsidiaries. Vacancies occurring in  the  membership  of
  the council shall be filled in the same manner as original appointments,
  provided,  however,  that  such  vacancy  shall be filled from a list of
  three names submitted by each such county executive.
3. The members of the council shall receive no compensation for  their
  services  but  shall  be  reimbursed  for  their  expenses  actually and
  necessarily incurred in the performance of their duties hereunder.
4. The council may request and  shall  receive  from  any  department,
  division,  board,  bureau,  commission,  agency, public authority of the
  state or any political subdivision thereof such assistance and  data  as
  will  enable  it  properly  to  carry  out  its activities hereunder and
  effectuate the purposes set forth herein.
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 5 - Public Utility Authorities › Title 11 - Metropolitan Commuter Transportation Authority › 1266-F - Medical Emergency Services Plan; Implementation on Metro-North Commuter Railroad Company.

§   1266-f.   Medical   emergency  services  plan;  implementation  on
  Metro-North Commuter  Railroad  Company.  1.  The  authority  is  hereby
  authorized  and  directed  to  implement  a  medical  emergency services
  program not later than April first, nineteen hundred eighty-six, for the
  benefit of persons utilizing transportation and other  related  services
  of the Metro-North Commuter Railroad Company. Such program shall include
  but  not  be  limited  to  provision  for the following: The training of
  conductors, trainmen  and  other  designated  employees  in  first  aid,
  emergency   techniques  and  procedures,  handling  and  positioning  of
  stricken commuters, and knowledge of procedures and equipment  used  for
  respiratory and cardiac emergencies.
2.  Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of any general, special
  or local law, a designated employee  employed  upon  facilities  of  the
  Metro-North  Commuter  Railroad Company who has successfully completed a
  course  in  first   aid,   including   instruction   and   training   in
  cardiopulmonary   resuscitation   and   who   voluntarily   and  without
  expectation  of  monetary  compensation  renders  first  aid,  emergency
  treatment  or  cardiopulmonary resuscitation at the scene of an accident
  or other emergency, in the course of his duties as an  employee  of  the
  Metro-North  Commuter  Railroad  Company to a person who is unconscious,
  ill or injured, shall not be liable for damages and injuries alleged  to
  have  been  sustained  by  such  person or for damages for death of such
  person alleged to have occurred by reason of an act or omission  in  the
  rendering  of  such  first  aid,  emergency treatment or cardiopulmonary
  resuscitation unless it is established that such injuries were  or  such
  death  was  caused  by  gross  negligence on the part of such designated
  employee.
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 5 - Public Utility Authorities › Title 11 - Metropolitan Commuter Transportation Authority › 1266-I - The Permanent Citizens Advisory Committee.

§  1266-i.  The permanent citizens advisory committee. There is hereby
  established a permanent citizens advisory committee. The members of  the
  committee  shall  consist of the following members: the Long Island Rail
  Road commuter's council, the Metro-North commuter council, and  the  New
  York  city  transit  authority  advisory  council, as defined in section
  twelve hundred four-e of this chapter.
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 5 - Public Utility Authorities › Title 11 - Metropolitan Commuter Transportation Authority › 1266-J - Metropolitan Transportation Authority Pledge to Customers.

§  1266-j.  Metropolitan transportation authority pledge to customers.
1. A metropolitan transportation authority pledge to customers shall  be
created and adopted by the metropolitan transportation authority. A copy
of  such  pledge  shall  be  posted on the web site of the authority and
shall be posted in stations where the authority makes regular  postings.
The  authority  shall  post  the  pledge in the language or languages it
deems necessary and appropriate.
2. The metropolitan transportation authority pledge to customers shall
be in the form and manner as prescribed by the  authority,  include  the
contact  information  of  the authority, and include, but not be limited
to, the following:
(a) a description of the authority's commitment to  provide  safe  and
reliable services;
(b)  a description of the authority's commitment to provide timely and
accurate information on its services;
(c) a commitment that employees will provide service  in  a  courteous
manner;
(d)  a  description  of  the  authority's commitment to maintain clean
stations, facilities, subways and buses;
(e) a description  of  the  authority's  policies  when  it  comes  to
arranging alternative transportation when service is interrupted;
(f)  when  service  is  interrupted,  a description of the authority's
policies when it comes to  considering  the  comfort  of  inconvenienced
customers;
(g)   when  service  is  interrupted  due  to  weather  conditions,  a
description of the authority's policies on notifying customers;
(h) when  service  is  severely  interrupted,  a  description  of  the
authority's policies on service restoration.
3.  The  authority  from  time  to  time  may,  update  and  amend the
metropolitan transportation authority pledge to customers  as  it  deems
necessary  and proper and may adopt rules and regulations for the proper
administration of this section.
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 5 - Public Utility Authorities › Title 11 - Metropolitan Commuter Transportation Authority › 1266-K - Expired Fare Transfer Policy.

* §  1266-k.  Expired  fare transfer policy. Notwithstanding any other
  provision of law to the contrary, the  authority  shall,  within  ninety
  days  of  the  effective date of this section, establish an expired fare
  transfer policy that may be amended from time to time. Such policy shall
  provide any person who purchases a fare  the  ability  to  transfer  any
  remaining balance for two years after such fare is deemed expired.
* NB Repealed December 31, 2029
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 5 - Public Utility Authorities › Title 11 - Metropolitan Commuter Transportation Authority › 1266-L - Surveillance Cameras; Subway Stations.

* § 1266-l. Surveillance cameras; subway stations. The authority shall
  install and reasonably maintain proper operation of surveillance cameras
  at  all  subway  stations  operated  by the authority. Such surveillance
  cameras may be placed in all areas, including but not limited to,  areas
  frequented by passengers and all train platforms.
* NB There are 2 § 1266's
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 5 - Public Utility Authorities › Title 11 - Metropolitan Commuter Transportation Authority › 1266-L*2 - Light Duty for Employees.

* §  1266-l.  Light duty for employees. 1. Should any employee engaged
  in the service of any commuter rail service owned  or  operated  by  the
  authority  or  its  subsidiary,  who  is  pregnant  be prevented by such
  pregnancy  from  performing  the  activities  involved  in  her  regular
  assigned  duties  due,  but  is  able,  as  determined by the employee's
  medical provider, to perform specified types of light duty, the employer
  shall make available such light duty to the employee, provided, however,
  that such light duty shall enable her to continue to be entitled to  her
  concurrent  assignment  earnings, including increases thereof and fringe
  benefits, to which she would have been entitled  if  she  were  able  to
  perform her regular assigned duties.
2.  Nothing  in  this  section shall be deemed to diminish the rights,
  privileges, or remedies of any employee under any collective  bargaining
  agreement or employment contract.
* NB There are 2 § 1266-l's
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 5 - Public Utility Authorities › Title 11 - Metropolitan Commuter Transportation Authority › 1266-M - Information Concerning Services for Human Trafficking Victims.

§  1266-m.  Information  concerning  services  for  human  trafficking
victims. 1. The authority shall make available in plain view  and  in  a
conspicuous  place  and  manner  in  the  public  restrooms  and  in any
lactation rooms of any  transit  facility  operated  by  the  authority,
informational cards and/or signs developed by:
(a)  the office of temporary and disability assistance in consultation
with the New York state interagency task force on human trafficking; or
(b) the United States Department of Homeland Security.
2. All informational cards and signs shall  only  contain  information
concerning  services for human trafficking victims and shall prominently
include the national human trafficking hotline telephone number.
3. For purposes of this section, the term "lactation room" shall  mean
a hygienic place, other than a restroom, that is intended to be used for
the primary purpose of breastfeeding or expressing breast milk.
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 5 - Public Utility Authorities › Title 11 - Metropolitan Commuter Transportation Authority › 1267-A - Acquisition and Disposition of Real Property by Department of Transportation.

§  1267-a.  Acquisition and disposition of real property by department
  of transportation. If funds are made available by the authority for  the
  payment  of  the  cost  and  expense  of  the  acquisition  thereof, the
  commissioner of transportation of the state of New York, when  requested
  by  the  authority,  may  acquire  such real property in the name of the
  state as may be determined from time to time by the authority  as  being
  necessary,  convenient  or  desirable to effectuate the purposes of this
  title, may remove the owner or  occupant  thereof  where  necessary  and
  obtain  possession  and, when requested by the authority, may dispose of
  any real property so acquired, all according to the  procedure  provided
  in section thirty of the highway law. The authority shall have the right
  to  possess and use for its corporate purposes all such real property so
  acquired. Claims for the value of  the  property  appropriated  and  for
  legal  damages  caused  by  any such appropriation shall be adjusted and
  determined by such commissioner with the approval of the authority or by
  the court of claims as provided in section thirty of  the  highway  law.
  When a claim has been filed with the court of claims, the claimant shall
  cause  a  copy  of  such  claim  to be served upon the authority and the
  authority shall have the right to be represented and heard  before  such
  court.   All awards and judgments arising from such claims shall be paid
  out of moneys of  the  authority.  No  real  property  may  be  acquired
  pursuant  to  the  provisions  of this section for purposes other than a
  transportation facility unless the governing body of the  city,  village
  or  town  in  which such real property is located shall first consent to
  such acquisition. The provisions of this section shall not be applicable
  to the acquisition or disposition of  real  property  required  for  the
  construction  of  the  two  highway  bridges  crossing Long Island sound
  referred to in section twelve hundred sixty-six  of  this  chapter.  The
  authority  shall  be  empowered  to lease for such other purposes as the
  authority may determine any part or parts of Republic airport not needed
  for transportation purposes.
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 5 - Public Utility Authorities › Title 11 - Metropolitan Commuter Transportation Authority › 1268 - Co-Operation and Assistance of Other Agencies.

§  1268.  Co-operation  and  assistance of other agencies. 1. To avoid
  duplication of effort and in the interests of economy, the authority may
  make use of existing studies, surveys, plans, data and  other  materials
  in  the  possession of any state agency or any municipality or political
  subdivision of the state. Each such agency, municipality or  subdivision
  is  hereby  authorized  to  make the same available to the authority and
  otherwise to assist it in the  performance  of  its  functions.  At  the
  request  of the authority, each such agency, municipality or subdivision
  which is engaged in highway or other  transportation  activities  or  in
  land  use  or development planning, or which is charged with the duty of
  providing or regulating any transportation facility or any other  public
  facility,   is   further   authorized  to  provide  the  authority  with
  information   regarding   its   plans   and   programs   affecting   the
  transportation  district  so that the authority may have available to it
  current information with respect thereto. The officers and personnel  of
  such   agencies,  municipalities  or  subdivisions,  and  of  any  other
  government or agency whatever, may serve at the request of the authority
  upon such advisory committees as the authority shall determine to create
  and such officers and personnel may serve upon such  committees  without
  forfeiture of office or employment and with no loss or diminution in the
  compensation, status, rights and privileges which they otherwise enjoy.
2.   The  authority  shall,  at  the  request  of  any  state  agency,
  municipality or political subdivision of the state, engaged  in  highway
  or  other  transportation  activities  or  in  land  use  or development
  planning,  provide  said  state  agency,   municipality   or   political
  subdivision  with  all  current  and  relevant information regarding its
  plans or  programs,  so  as  to  enable  said  agency,  municipality  or
  subdivision to properly effectuate said activities or planning.
3.  To  the  extent  that  the  provisions of this title authorize the
  authority to enter into any agreement or arrangement with, or  undertake
  any  other  activity  requiring  the participation of, the New York city
  transit authority or any of its subsidiary corporations  in  furtherance
  of  their  respective  purposes  and powers or the Triborough bridge and
  tunnel authority  in  furtherance  of  its  purposes  and  powers,  such
  entities  are  hereby authorized and empowered to enter into and perform
  such contract or other arrangement and to undertake such activities.
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 5 - Public Utility Authorities › Title 11 - Metropolitan Commuter Transportation Authority › 1268-A - Promotion of Qualified Transportation Fringes.

§ 1268-a. Promotion of qualified transportation fringes. The authority
  shall  promote  the broad use of qualified transportation fringes, under
  section 132(f) of the internal revenue code, in order  to  increase  the
  number  of  participating  companies and employees in such programs. The
  authority may also study and report on ways in  which  programs  may  be
  improved so as to increase public participation.
2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 5 - Public Utility Authorities › Title 11 - Metropolitan Commuter Transportation Authority › 1269-A - Metropolitan Transportation Authority Capital Program Review Board.

§ 1269-a. Metropolitan transportation authority capital program review
  board.  1.  The  metropolitan  transportation  authority capital program
  review board is hereby  created  to  exercise  the  powers,  duties  and
  prerogatives   as   hereinafter  provided  in  sections  twelve  hundred
  sixty-nine-b and twelve hundred sixty-nine-c of this title.
2. The voting membership of the board shall consist  of  four  persons
  appointed  by the governor of which one shall be upon the recommendation
  of the temporary president of the senate, one upon the recommendation of
  the speaker of the assembly and one upon the recommendation of the mayor
  of the city of New York. The member appointed upon the recommendation of
  the mayor of the city of New York shall participate and be  entitled  to
  vote only with respect to bond resolutions and the capital program plans
  and  any  amendments  or  modifications  thereof  for transit facilities
  operated by the New York city transit authority,  its  subsidiaries  and
  the   Staten   Island   rapid   transit   operating  authority.     Upon
  recommendation of the nominating party, the  governor  may  replace  any
  member  in  accordance  with  the  provision  contained  herein  for the
  appointment of members. The governor shall designate one of the  members
  to  serve as chairman. Any determination of the board shall be evidenced
  by a certification thereof executed by all the members entitled to  vote
  on  the  matter so certified. Each member of the board shall be entitled
  to designate a representative to attend meetings of  the  board  in  his
  place  and to vote or otherwise act on his behalf in his absence. Notice
  of such designation shall be furnished in writing to the  board  by  the
  designating  member. A representative shall serve at the pleasure of the
  designating member during the member's term of office. A  representative
  shall  not  be  authorized to delegate any of his duties or functions to
  any other person.
3. The governor shall also  appoint  two  non-voting  members  to  the
  metropolitan  transportation  authority  capital program review board of
  which one shall be upon the recommendation of the minority leader of the
  senate and one upon the recommendation of the  minority  leader  of  the
  assembly.  Each  non-voting  member  shall  be  entitled  to designate a
  representative to attend meetings of the board in his place.
4. The members of the metropolitan  transportation  authority  capital
  program   review  board,  and  their  representatives  shall  be  deemed
  employees within the meaning of such term as  provided  for  in  section
  seventeen of the public officers law.