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Assembly Bill A5528

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Authorizes use of the Long Island Rail Road at no charge for uniformed members of the reserve armed forces of the United States

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2009-A5528 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Corporations, Authorities And Commissions
Law Section:
Public Authorities Law
Laws Affected:
Add ยง1266-i, Pub Auth L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A7542
2013-2014: A5769
2015-2016: A4076
2017-2018: A3240

2009-A5528 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes uniformed members with valid photographic military identification of the reserve armed forces of the United States in travel to inactive duty training to ride the Long Island Rail Road free of charge.

2009-A5528 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  5528

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 13, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  McKEVITT,  ERRIGO,  BALL, McDONOUGH, WALKER,
  GIGLIO, KOLB, ALFANO, BARRA -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions

AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation  to  authorizing
  the  metropolitan transportation authority to permit uniformed members
  of the reserve armed forces of the United  States  to  ride  the  Long
  Island Rail Road at no charge

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

  Section 1. The public authorities law  is  amended  by  adding  a  new
section 1266-i to read as follows:
  S  1266-I.  LONG  ISLAND  RAIL  ROAD; UNIFORMED MEMBERS OF THE RESERVE
ARMED FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES TO RIDE FREE. 1.  NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY
INCONSISTENT  PROVISION  OF  LAW,  THE  AUTHORITY SHALL PERMIT UNIFORMED
MEMBERS OF THE RESERVE ARMED FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES, WHO ARE  TRAV-
ELING  TO  AND  FROM INACTIVE DUTY TRAINING TO RIDE THE LONG ISLAND RAIL
ROAD AT NO CHARGE.
  2. THE UNIFORMED MEMBERS OF THE RESERVE ARMED  FORCES  OF  THE  UNITED
STATES  ELIGIBLE  TO  PARTICIPATE  IN  THIS PROGRAM SHALL POSSESS AN "IS
ORDERED TO APPEAR" LETTER FROM THEIR COMMANDING OFFICER ORDERING  TRAVEL
TO  INACTIVE  DUTY  TRAINING.  SUCH UNIFORMED MEMBER OF THE ARMED FORCES
SHALL DISPLAY PHOTOGRAPHIC MILITARY IDENTIFICATION UPON REQUEST.
  3. THE AUTHORITY IS AUTHORIZED TO  PROMULGATE  SUCH  RULES  AND  REGU-
LATIONS AS MAY BE NECESSARY TO IMPLEMENT THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION,
AND TO DO SO ON AN EMERGENCY BASIS, IN ITS DISCRETION.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.


 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD09081-01-9

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