2006 New York Code - Intercity Bus Passenger Service Preservation.

 
    § 14-g. Intercity    bus    passenger    service    preservation.   1.
  Authorization is hereby given to the commissioner of  transportation  to
  contract  with  any  person, firm, corporation or agency, including, but
  not limited to, any intercity bus company,  state  agency,  the  federal
  government,  any  other  state or agency or instrumentality thereof, any
  public authority of this state or any  other  state,  or  any  political
  subdivision  or municipality of the state, for the purpose of providing,
  maintaining and improving intercity bus  passenger  service  within  New
  York state.
    2. The commissioner may, subject to the concurrence of the director of
  the budget:
    a. Enter into joint service agreements on behalf of the state with any
  intercity bus company, the federal government, any other state or agency
  or  instrumentality  thereof,  any public authority of this state or any
  other state, or any political subdivision or municipality of the  state,
  relating  to  property,  buildings,  structures,  facilities, equipment,
  services, rates, fares, allowances or charges, or rules  or  regulations
  pertaining thereto, for or in connection with the provision of intercity
  bus  passenger  services,  or  such  local  or  commuter services as are
  provided by an intercity bus company.
    b. Utilize federal moneys available or which may become  available  to
  the  state  for  the  purpose  of  effectuating  the  provisions of this
  section, and enter  into  any  necessary  agreements  required  to  meet
  federal regulations, criteria and standards in connection therein.
    c.  Do  all things necessary, convenient or desirable to carry out the
  purposes of this section.
    3. For the purposes of this section, the term "intercity bus passenger
  service" shall mean transportation provided to the public on  a  regular
  and  continuing  basis  by  a person, firm, or corporation authorized to
  transport passengers in interstate commerce by the  interstate  commerce
  commission  or  in  intrastate  commerce  by  the  state  department  of
  transportation that is primarily intended  to  satisfy  longer  distance
  travel  demand  between  cities,  and  villages and unincorporated urban
  places that have a population of two thousand five hundred or more. Such
  term does not include services that  are  primarily  local  or  commuter
  oriented in nature.