§ 1279-b. Transition--election to withdraw from the metropolitan\ncommuter transportation district. 1. The counties of Dutchess, Orange\nand Rockland shall have an option to withdraw from the metropolitan\ncommuter transportation district and have such withdrawal take effect on\neither: (a) January first, nineteen hundred eighty-seven. If any such\ncounty plans to withdraw from the district on January first, nineteen\nhundred eighty-seven, it shall (i) no later than seventy-five days after\nthe effective date of this section, furnish the commissioner of\ntransportation, and chairman of the authority and the other counties\nwhich have an option to withdraw, a resolution adopted by the county\nlegislature providing notice of intent to withdraw, (ii) on or before\nOctober first, nineteen hundred eighty-six, furnish to the commissioner\nof transportation, the chairman of the authority and other counties\nwhich have an option to withdraw, a resolution adopted by the county\nlegislature providing for a public transportation plan. For the purposes\nof this section, a "public transportation plan" shall mean a plan that\nmaintains adequate and continuous public transportation services from\nthe withdrawing county to the city of New York or any terminus\npreviously served, provides a reasonable level of rail passenger\nservice, provides a schedule for implementing such service, protects the\npublic investment in the rail transportation system and any other\ncriteria deemed necessary by the commissioner of transportation. Prior\nto withdrawal pursuant to this paragraph or paragraph (b) of this\nsubdivision, a county must receive approval of its public transportation\nplan pursuant to paragraph (c) of this subdivision, (iii) on or before\nDecember fifteenth, nineteen hundred eighty-six, furnish the\ncommissioner of transportation, a copy of an agreement with the\nauthority or an operator of rail passenger service for the provision of\nrail passenger service to and from such county and the city of New York\nor any terminus previously served.\n If a county planning to withdraw on January first, nineteen hundred\neighty-seven is unable to withdraw because it could not meet the\nrequirements of this paragraph, it may elect to withdraw pursuant to\nparagraph (b) of this subdivision hereafter.\n (b) January first, nineteen hundred eighty-eight or January first,\nnineteen hundred eighty-nine. If any such county plans to withdraw on\neither January first, nineteen hundred eighty-eight or January first,\nnineteen hundred eighty-nine, it shall (i) no later than ninety days\nafter the first of January of the year immediately preceding the year in\nwhich such county plans to withdraw from the district, furnish the\ncommissioner of transportation, the chairman of the authority and the\nother counties which have an option to withdraw, a resolution adopted by\nthe county legislature providing notice of intent to withdraw from the\ndistrict, (ii) no later than one hundred twenty days after the first of\nJanuary of the year immediately preceding the year in which such county\nplans to withdraw from the district furnish to the commissioner of\ntransportation, the chairman of the authority and the counties which\nhave an option to withdraw a resolution adopted by the county\nlegislature providing a public transportation plan as described in this\nsection, (iii) on or before October first of the year immediately\npreceding the year in which such county plans to withdraw from the\ndistrict, furnish to the commissioner a copy of an agreement with the\nauthority or an operator of rail passenger service for the provision of\nrail passenger service to and from such county and the city of New York\nor any terminus previously served.\n (c) No later than thirty days after receipt of the public\ntransportation plan the commissioner of transportation shall, in\nwriting, either approve such plan as conforming with the requirements\nheretofore described or disapprove
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