Bill Text: NY A04267 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Establishes a no fare program for transportation on the Long Island Rail Road for duly enrolled members of the auxiliary police for the county of Nassau and Nassau county villages and cities.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-04-01 - held for consideration in corporations, authorities and commissions [A04267 Detail]
Download: New_York-2013-A04267-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 4267 2013-2014 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y February 1, 2013 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. CURRAN -- read once and referred to the Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to establishing a no fare program for transportation on the Long Island Rail Road for duly enrolled members of the auxiliary police for the county of Nassau THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: 1 Section 1. Section 1266 of the public authorities law is amended by 2 adding a new subdivision 14-a to read as follows: 3 14-A. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW OR THE TERMS OF ANY 4 CONTRACT, THE AUTHORITY, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE LONG ISLAND RAIL ROAD, 5 SHALL ESTABLISH AND IMPLEMENT A NO FARE PROGRAM FOR TRANSPORTATION ON 6 THE LONG ISLAND RAIL ROAD FOR DULY ENROLLED MEMBERS OF THE AUXILIARY 7 POLICE OF THE COUNTY OF NASSAU AND NASSAU COUNTY VILLAGES AND CITIES. 8 IN ESTABLISHING SUCH PROGRAM, WHICH HAS AS ITS GOAL INCREASED PROTECTION 9 AND IMPROVED SAFETY FOR ITS COMMUTERS, THE AUTHORITY AND THE LONG ISLAND 10 RAIL ROAD SHALL, AMONG OTHER THINGS, CONSIDER: (A) REQUIRING SUCH 11 MEMBERS WHO RIDE WITHOUT COST TO REGISTER WITH THE LONG ISLAND RAIL ROAD 12 AS A CONDITION OF RIDING WITHOUT COST; (B) REQUIRING SUCH MEMBERS TO 13 INDICATE DURING SUCH REGISTRATION PROCESS THEIR REGULAR WORKING HOURS 14 AND THE LONG ISLAND RAIL ROAD TRAINS THAT SUCH MEMBERS EXPECT TO RIDE; 15 AND (C) PERIODICALLY RE-REGISTERING AND RE-VALIDATING SUCH MEMBERS. THE 16 AUTHORITY AND THE LONG ISLAND RAIL ROAD SHALL ALSO HAVE THE POWER TO 17 CONSIDER OTHER MATTERS NECESSARY TO CARRY OUT THE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES 18 OF THIS SUBDIVISION. 19 S 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall 20 have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD08429-01-3