New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION › Chapter VI - Transportation Regulations › Subchapter H - State Public Transportation Safety Board › Part 990 - State Public Transportation Safety Board › Section 990.2 - Purposes and powers

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
In order for the Safety Board to fulfill its responsibility
					 for assuring the health and safety of the citizens of the State who use public
					 transportation systems, services and facilities, the Safety Board:
(a) shall investigate accidents involving
				  public transportation systems and/or public transportation services and report
				  on the results of such investigations;
(b) shall establish accident reporting
				  procedures and prepare an annual report for the Governor and the
				  Legislature;
(c) shall review,
				  among other things, the safety, maintenance and training programs of public
				  transportation systems and public transportation services and recommend the
				  establishment of equipment and safety standards in connection
				  therewith;
(d) shall review and
				  recommend to public transportation systems and/or public transportation
				  services changes in public transportation system safety program plans and
				  safety standards;
(e) shall require
				  every public transportation system and public transportation service receiving
				  all of or a portion of statewide mass transportation operating assistance to
				  prepare and publicize a plan for transportation safety;
(f) shall adopt and from time to time update
				  rules and regulations necessary to carry out the provisions and purposes of
				  article 9-B of the Transportation Law, or to enforce any standards established
				  thereunder;
(g) shall hold hearings
				  or informational meetings, issue reports, administer oaths or affirmations,
				  examine any person under oath or affirmation, and issue subpoenas requiring the
				  attendance and giving of testimony and the production of books, papers,
				  documentary or other records. A subpoena issued under this subdivision shall be
				  regulated by the Civil Practice Law and Rules;
(h) shall take or cause to be taken any
				  affidavits or depositions;
(i) may
				  request and receive from any State agency or any political subdivision, or any
				  public transportation service, or any public transportation system, such
				  assistance, information and data that will enable the Safety Board properly to
				  carry out its powers and duties;
(j) shall cooperate, consult and coordinate
				  with the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) Inspector General with
				  regard to any activity concerning the operations of the MTA or its affiliates
				  and subsidiaries. Primary responsibility for investigation of accidents
				  involving the MTA or its affiliates and subsidiaries shall be that of the
				  Safety Board which shall share its findings with the MTA Inspector
				  General;
(k) shall investigate any
				  public transportation system or service accident as directed by the Governor or
				  Chairman of the Safety Board. Alternatively, any Safety Board member may
				  request an investigation of any public transportation system or service
				  accident subject to concurrence of the Safety Board;
(l) may propose and recommend legislation in
				  furtherance of the Safety Board's various responsibilities;
(m) with the approval of the Governor, may
				  accept as an agent of the State any grant, including Federal grants, or any
				  gift for any lawful purpose;
(n)
				  may undertake research and/or studies through its own staff or in cooperation
				  with any public or private agencies;
(o) may delegate any of its powers to any
				  committee of the Safety Board, single Safety Board member, Executive Director
				  or staff personnel;
(p) may
				  authorize staff to assist the department in investigating any other accident
				  involving bus or rail transportation in the State;
(q) shall investigate unacceptable hazardous
				  conditions involving rail fixed guideway systems pursuant to section
				  990.16 
				  of this Part;
(r) shall review
				  annual safety audit plans and annual safety reports involving rail fixed
				  guideway systems pursuant to section
				  990.17 
				  of this Part; and
(s) may make such
				  findings and recommendations to public transportation systems and public
				  transportation services as provided by section
				  990.18 
				  of this Part.