§ 15-c. Accessible public transportation. 1. Definitions. When used in\nthis section:\n a. "Transportation provider" shall mean the Niagara frontier\ntransportation authority, the Rochester-Genesee transportation\nauthority, the capital district transportation authority, the central\nNew York regional transportation authority, the Utica transit authority,\nthe metropolitan suburban bus authority, Suffolk county, Westchester\ncounty and Broome county.\n b. "Committee" shall mean the committee for accessible transportation\nestablished pursuant to subdivision two of this section.\n c. "Transit-disabled person" shall mean any individual who, by reason\nof illness, age, injury, or congenital malfunction or other permanent or\ntemporary incapacity or disability, is unable, without special\nfacilities, special planning or design, to utilize mass transportation\nfacilities as effectively as members of the general public.\n d. "Para-transit" shall mean a transportation service specifically\ndesigned to serve the needs of transit disabled persons using special\nvehicles operating on demand.\n e. "Accessible fixed-route service" shall mean a regularly scheduled\nfixed-route bus service operated by a transportation provider with\nlift-equipped transit buses.\n 2. Establishment of committee. a. To assist in the development of an\naccessible transportation system, a committee for accessible\ntransportation shall be established for each transportation provider.\nEach committee shall consist of seven persons, including the\ncommissioner of transportation and the state advocate for the disabled,\nor their designee, and five persons appointed by the governor including\none member from the transportation provider and three transit-disabled\npersons. If the member appointed from the transportation provider ceases\nto be a member of the provider, such member shall at the same time cease\nto be a member of the committee. The commissioner of transportation, or\nthe commissioner's designee, shall serve as chairperson.\n b. Members of the committee, other than the commissioner of\ntransportation and the state advocate for the disabled, shall serve at\nthe pleasure of the governor. If at any time there is a vacancy in the\nmembership of the committee by reason of death, resignation,\ndisqualification, or otherwise, such vacancy shall be filled in the same\nmanner as the original appointment.\n c. A majority of the whole number of members of the committee shall\nconstitute a quorum for the transaction of the committee's business. The\ncommittee shall have the power to act by a majority vote of the members.\n d. Meetings of the committee shall take place no less than once every\ntwo months for a period of fifteen months following the effective date\nof this section unless waived, in writing, by a majority vote of the\nmembers of the committee. Within such fifteen month period, the\ncommittee shall, in addition to its regular meetings, hold no less than\ntwo public meetings at which the committee shall receive testimony\nconcerning service needs. Thereafter, regular meetings of the committee\nshall take place no less than every three months unless waived, in\nwriting, by a majority vote of the members of the committee.\n 3. Committee responsibilities. a. Each committee shall, by July first,\nnineteen hundred ninety-one, develop an accessible transportation\nservices plan to provide for accessible transportation services at a\nlevel sufficient to meet demand in an economic and efficient manner,\nwhich coordinates, to the maximum extent possible, accessible\nfixed-route services, para-transit, accessible rapid transit, and other\ntransportation services available to transit-disabled persons, as\nappropriate.\n b. The accessible transportation services plan shall include service\ncriteria for the provision of para-transit services.\n c. The plan shall also include:\n (i) service areas and routes which shall reflect residential\ndistributions of
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