Assembly Bill A8793

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Grants free use of passenger transportation facilities within New York city to New York city correction officers

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2013-A8793 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1897
Current Committee:
Assembly Corporations, Authorities And Commissions
Law Section:
Transportation Law
Laws Affected:
Add §135-a, Transp L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: S7566
2015-2016: A7422

2013-A8793 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that the Long Island Rail Road and every public transportation authority in a city with a population of one million or more receiving operating assistance shall adopt rules and regulations providing that use of any of its facilities transporting passengers be free of charge for persons who display an authorization shield and identification card evidencing that they are correction officers of the city of New York department of correction and are performing their official duties or are on their way to or from performing their official duties.

2013-A8793 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  8793

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 14, 2014
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. ABBATE -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions

AN  ACT  to amend the transportation law, in relation to providing fares
  free of charge to certain correction officers on passenger transporta-
  tion facilities operated by certain public transportation authorities

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1.  The transportation law is amended by adding a new section
135-a to read as follows:
  S 135-A. FREE USE OF PASSENGER TRANSPORTATION FACILITIES  OPERATED  BY
CERTAIN  PUBLIC  TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITIES.   THE LONG ISLAND RAIL ROAD
AND EVERY PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY LOCATED IN A CITY WITH A POPU-
LATION OF ONE MILLION OR MORE RECEIVING OPERATING ASSISTANCE PURSUANT TO
SECTION EIGHTEEN-B OF THIS CHAPTER SHALL, NOT LATER  THAN  MARCH  FIRST,
TWO THOUSAND FIFTEEN, ADOPT REGULATIONS PROVIDING THAT USE OF ANY OF ITS
FACILITIES  TRANSPORTING  PASSENGERS  BE  FREE OF CHARGE FOR PERSONS WHO
DISPLAY AN AUTHORIZATION SHIELD AND IDENTIFICATION CARD EVIDENCING  THAT
THEY  ARE  CORRECTION  OFFICERS  OF  THE  NEW  YORK  CITY  DEPARTMENT OF
CORRECTION AND ARE PERFORMING THEIR OFFICIAL DUTIES OR ON THEIR  WAY  TO
OR FROM PERFORMING THEIR OFFICIAL DUTIES.
  S 2.  This act shall take effect immediately.





 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD01782-03-4

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