S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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           S. 1452                                                  A. 1405
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                             S E N A T E - A S S E M B L Y
                                    January 7, 2011
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       IN SENATE -- Introduced by Sen. LAVALLE -- read twice and ordered print-
         ed,  and  when printed to be committed to the Committee on Transporta-
         tion
       IN ASSEMBLY -- Introduced by M. of A. THIELE, ENGLEBRIGHT,  SALADINO  --
         read  once  and referred to the Committee on Corporations, Authorities
         and Commissions
       AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to authorizing a
         no fare program for transportation on the Long Island  Rail  Road  for
         police officers employed by the towns of Suffolk
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Subdivision 14 of section 1266 of  the  public  authorities
    2  law,  as added by chapter 307 of the laws of 1995, is amended to read as
    3  follows:
    4    14. Notwithstanding any other provisions of law or the  terms  of  any
    5  contract, the authority, in consultation with the Long Island Rail Road,
    6  shall  establish  and  implement a no fare program for transportation on
    7  the Long Island Rail Road for police officers employed by  the  city  of
    8  New York, county of Nassau, Nassau county villages and cities, county of
    9  Suffolk,  Suffolk  county  villages  AND  TOWNS,  the  division of state
   10  police, the port authority of New York and New Jersey,  the  Metro-North
   11  Commuter  Railroad  Company, the New York city housing authority and the
   12  New York city transit authority. In establishing such program, which has
   13  as its goal increased protection and improved safety for its  commuters,
   14  the  authority  and the Long Island Rail Road shall, among other things,
   15  consider: (a) requiring police officers who ride without cost to  regis-
   16  ter  with  the  Long  Island  Rail Road as a condition of riding without
   17  cost; (b) requiring such officers to indicate during  such  registration
   18  process their regular working hours and the Long Island Rail Road trains
   19  that  such  officers expect to ride; and (c) periodically re-registering
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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    1  and re-validating such officers. The authority and the Long Island  Rail
    2  Road  shall  also  have the power to consider other matters necessary to
    3  carry out the goals and objectives of this section.
    4    S 2.  This act shall take effect immediately.