S 1601: Directs the MTA to rename the Eltingville transit center the Iraq War and Afghanistan War Veterans' Memorial Transit Center; provides for the repeal of such provisions upon the expiration thereof.

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 1601 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN SENATE January 10, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sens. LANZA, SCARCELLA-SPANTON -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Trans- portation AN ACT in relation to directing the metropolitan transportation authori- ty to rename the Eltingville transit center the Iraq War and Afghanis- tan War Veterans' Memorial Transit Center; and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Upon a determination by the metropolitan transportation 2 authority or the New York city transit authority that sufficient funds 3 have been committed to it specifically for such purpose, the metropol- 4 itan transportation authority, the public benefit corporation created by 5 section 1263 of the public authorities law, and the New York city trans- 6 it authority, the public benefit corporation created by section 1201 of 7 the public authorities law, shall use such specifically committed funds 8 to rename the Eltingville transit center of the metropolitan transporta- 9 tion authority to the Iraq War and Afghanistan War Veterans' Memorial 10 Transit Center. The MTA shall ensure that all signs and any other items 11 issued by the MTA are updated to accurately reflect the new name of the 12 station within ten months. 13 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately; and shall expire and be 14 deemed repealed after the signs and any other items described in section 15 one of this act are accurately updated. The chief executive officer of 16 the metropolitan transportation authority or president of the New York 17 city transit authority shall notify the legislative bill drafting 18 commission upon the completion of such updates in order that the commis- 19 sion may maintain an accurate and timely effective data base of the 20 official text of the laws of the state of New York in furtherance of 21 effectuating the provisions of section 44 of the legislative law and 22 section 70-b of the public officers law. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD02468-01-5