Bill > A03086

This bill amends the Public Authorities Law to modify the requirements for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority's (MTA) twenty-year capital needs assessment. Currently, the MTA must submit this comprehensive assessment every five years, beginning in October 2023, which outlines capital investments for the next twenty years. The key change is in the voting process for adopting the assessment: it now requires not less than a majority vote of the authority's members, with a specific provision that in the event of a tie vote, the chair can cast an additional vote to break the deadlock. The bill also requires the assessment to include more detailed cost estimates, specifically non-binding cost estimates for the next five-year period and total estimates over the full twenty-year period. These estimates must cover key areas such as achieving a state of good repair, normal asset replacement, system improvements, and service expansion. The assessment remains informational in nature and does not require a vote from the MTA Capital Program Review Board. The bill also makes a minor grammatical change, replacing "chairman" with "chair" in the certification language. The legislation takes effect immediately upon enactment.

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https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A3086