Bill Text: NY A05674 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Establishes a no fare program for transportation on the Long Island Rail Road for duly enrolled members of the auxiliary police employed by the city of New York, the counties of Nassau and Suffolk and localities within the counties of Nassau and Suffolk.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-03 - referred to corporations, authorities and commissions [A05674 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-A05674-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          5674
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    February 14, 2017
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        Introduced  by  M.  of A. CURRAN, FINCH -- 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
          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  city  of  New York, the county of Nassau, Nassau county
     8  villages and cities, the county of Suffolk, or Suffolk county  villages.
     9  In establishing such program, which has as its goal increased protection
    10  and improved safety for its commuters, the authority and the Long Island
    11  Rail  Road  shall,  among  other  things,  consider:  (a) requiring such
    12  members who ride without cost to register with the Long Island Rail Road
    13  as a condition of riding without cost; (b)  requiring  such  members  to
    14  indicate  during  such  registration process their regular working hours
    15  and the Long Island Rail Road trains that such members expect  to  ride;
    16  and  (c) periodically re-registering and re-validating such members. The
    17  authority and the Long Island Rail Road shall also  have  the  power  to
    18  consider  other  matters necessary to carry out the goals and objectives
    19  of this subdivision.
    20    § 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day  after  it  shall
    21  have become a law.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD08529-01-7