S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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S. 6764 A. 9830
S E N A T E - A S S E M B L Y
February 3, 2010
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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, ALESSI -- 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:
Section 1. Subdivision 14 of section 1266 of the public authorities
law, as added by chapter 307 of the laws of 1995, is amended to read as
follows:
14. Notwithstanding any other provisions of law or the terms of any
contract, the authority, in consultation with the Long Island Rail Road,
shall establish and implement a no fare program for transportation on
the Long Island Rail Road for police officers employed by the city of
New York, county of Nassau, Nassau county villages and cities, county of
Suffolk, Suffolk county villages AND TOWNS, the division of state
police, the port authority of New York and New Jersey, the Metro-North
Commuter Railroad Company, the New York city housing authority and the
New York city transit authority. In establishing such program, which has
as its goal increased protection and improved safety for its commuters,
the authority and the Long Island Rail Road shall, among other things,
consider: (a) requiring police officers who ride without cost to regis-
ter with the Long Island Rail Road as a condition of riding without
cost; (b) requiring such officers to indicate during such registration
process their regular working hours and the Long Island Rail Road trains
that such officers expect to ride; and (c) periodically re-registering
and re-validating such officers. The authority and the Long Island Rail
Road shall also have the power to consider other matters necessary to
carry out the goals and objectives of this section.
S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.