Bill Text: NY A02055 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Long Island Rail Road weekend reduced fare program to include the Far Rockaway station.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - referred to corporations, authorities and commissions [A02055 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A02055-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          2055

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    January 23, 2023
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        Introduced by M. of A. ANDERSON -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions

        AN  ACT  to  amend  the  public authorities law, in relation to the Long
          Island Rail Road weekend reduced fare program

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section  1.  Short  title. This act shall be known as the "Long Island
     2  Rail Road Fare Act".
     3    § 2. Legislative findings. The New York state  legislature  has  found
     4  that  on  the  weekends  the  Long Island Rail Road, a subsidiary of the
     5  Metropolitan Transportation Authority, provides reduced fare between the
     6  hours of 12:01 AM Saturday until 11:59  AM  Sunday  at  certain  station
     7  locations.  Passengers  traveling  to and from locations within New York
     8  city should not forfeit their enjoyment of  such  reduced  fare  because
     9  their train happens to pass through Nassau county.
    10    §  3.  Section 1266 of the public authorities law is amended by adding
    11  a new subdivision 14-a to read as follows:
    12    14-a. Notwithstanding any other provisions of law or the terms of  any
    13  contract,  the  Long Island Rail Road shall include Far Rockaway Station
    14  in its New York City weekend reduced fare program.  Such  station  shall
    15  enjoy the same benefits as all other stations included in such program.
    16    §  4. This act shall take effect on the first of April next succeeding
    17  the date on which it shall have become a law.



         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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