Section 1299-S. Five-year capital and operating plans

1. (a) On or before
  October first, nineteen hundred ninety, and annually  thereafter  on  or
  before April first, the authority shall adopt a capital program plan for
  the  five-year period commencing April first. The plan shall contain the
  capital program, separately itemized, by the following functions:  metro
  transit operations, airport operations, and port operations.
    (b)  The  plan  shall set goals and objectives by function for capital
  spending, establish standards for service and operations, describe  each
  capital project proposed to be initiated in each of the years covered by
  the  plan and explain how each proposed project supports the achievement
  of the service and operational standards established in  the  plan.  The
  plan  shall  list  separately by function those projects contributing to
  the maintenance of the  system  infrastructure  and  those  intended  to
  enhance  the  system.  The plan shall also include an estimated cost for
  each project and set forth an estimate of the amount of capital  funding
  required  for  each  year  of  the plan and the expected sources of such
  funding. It shall also include a project schedule for the initiation and
  completion of each project. Each plan subsequent to the first such  plan
  shall  describe  the  current status of each capital project included in
  the previously adopted plan.
    (c) In addition to the annual update, a quarterly capital plan  status
  report  shall be provided to the committee on capital planning and shall
  include, but not be limited to, a description of any material change  in
  the  scope,  cost,  funding  or  time  of  initiation or completion of a
  project as adopted in the plan. The first such report  shall  cover  the
  three  month  period commencing April first, nineteen hundred ninety-one
  and shall be submitted no later than thirty days after the  end  of  the
  quarter.  Thereafter,  quarterly  reports shall be submitted on the last
  day of October, January, April and July.
    2. (a) On or  before  October  first,  nineteen  hundred  ninety,  and
  annually  thereafter on or before April first, the authority shall adopt
  an operating plan for the five-year period commencing April  first.  The
  plan shall include the annual estimated operating cost for the following
  authority  functions:  metro transit operations, airport operations, and
  port operations. The plans shall also include  the  proposed  method  of
  financing for the level of service defined for each year of the plan and
  shall  fully  allocate  the  general  authority costs to the authority's
  functions. The plan shall provide a  narrative  describing  the  overall
  financial condition of the authority.
    (b)  In addition to the annual update, the authority shall prepare for
  the committee on finance and audit quarterly reports  on  the  financial
  condition  of  each  of its functions. The first such report shall cover
  the  three  month  period  commencing  April  first,  nineteen   hundred
  ninety-one  and  shall  be submitted no later than thirty days after the
  end of the quarter. Thereafter, quarterly reports shall be submitted  on
  the  last  day  of  October,  January, April and July. The reports shall
  include  a  budgetary  comparison  of  the  most  recent   quarter   and
  year-to-date  actual revenues and expenditures with the same time period
  in the previous year and with the projections for that time period based
  on the board approved  budget.  The  reporting  for  the  metro  transit
  operations shall be separate for the bus and light rail divisions.
    3.  (a)  On  or  before  October  first,  nineteen hundred ninety, and
  annually thereafter on or before April first, the  authority  shall  set
  operational  performance  goals  and  objectives  for  the metro transit
  operations, consistent with paragraph (b) of  subdivision  one  of  this
  section  and shall establish performance indicators to measure standards
  of service and operations. The  performance  indicators  shall  include:
  revenue  passengers,  total  passengers,  revenue vehicle miles, revenue

  vehicle hours, number of employees by department, vehicle mean  distance
  between  failure,  on-time  performance  for total service provided, the
  cost per revenue passenger, the cost per revenue vehicle  mile  and  the
  revenue-to-cost ratio.
    (b)  The  authority  shall prepare for the committee on operations and
  personnel quarterly reports on the operating performance  of  the  metro
  transit  operations.  The  first such report shall cover the three month
  period commencing April first, nineteen hundred ninety-one and shall  be
  submitted  no  later  than  thirty  days  after  the end of the quarter.
  Thereafter, quarterly reports shall be submitted  on  the  last  day  of
  October,  January,  April  and July. The reporting for the metro transit
  operations shall be separate for the bus and light rail  divisions.  The
  report  shall  compare  the  performance  indicators  of the most recent
  quarter and the year-to-date performance indicators with the  same  time
  period  in  the  previous  year  and  with  the annual goals established
  pursuant to this subdivision.
    4. Any and all annual reports, including  interim  reports,  shall  be
  submitted   to   the  director  of  the  division  of  the  budget,  the
  commissioner of transportation and the chief executive officer  of  Erie
  county  and  Niagara  county, the county legislatures of Erie county and
  Niagara county, the temporary president of the senate,  the  speaker  of
  the  assembly,  the chairpersons of the senate finance committee and the
  assembly ways and means committee, and the chairpersons  of  the  senate
  and assembly transportation committees.