Assembly Bill A3834

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Authorizes United States park police and N.Y. regional state park police to ride on the Long Island Rail Road or the Metro-North Railroad free of charge

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

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2009-A3834 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Corporations, Authorities And Commissions
Law Section:
Public Authorities Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง1266, Pub Auth L

2009-A3834 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes United States park police and NY regional state park police to ride on the Long Island Rail Road or the Metro-North Railroad free of charge.

2009-A3834 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  3834

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 28, 2009
                               ___________

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

AN  ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to implementing
  a no fare program for United States  park  police  and  the  New  York
  regional  state  park  police on the Metro-North Railroad and the Long
  Island Rail Road

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

  Section  1.  Section  1266 of the public authorities law is amended by
adding a new subdivision 19 to read as follows:
  19. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISIONS OF LAW OR THE  TERMS  OF  ANY
CONTRACT,  THE AUTHORITY, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE LONG ISLAND RAIL ROAD
AND THE METRO-NORTH RAILROAD, SHALL ESTABLISH AND IMPLEMENT  A  NO  FARE
PROGRAM  FOR  TRANSPORTATION  ON  THE  LONG  ISLAND  RAIL  ROAD  AND THE
METRO-NORTH RAILROAD FOR UNITED STATES PARK  POLICE  AND  THE  NEW  YORK
REGIONAL  STATE  PARK  POLICE.    IN ESTABLISHING SUCH PROGRAM, THE LONG
ISLAND RAIL ROAD AND THE METRO-NORTH RAILROAD MAY, AMONG  OTHER  THINGS,
CONSIDER:  (A) REQUIRING POLICE OFFICERS WHO RIDE WITHOUT COST TO REGIS-
TER WITH THE RAILROAD AS A CONDITION OF RIDING  WITHOUT  COST;  AND  (B)
PERIODICALLY RE-REGISTERING AND RE-VALIDATING SUCH OFFICERS. THE AUTHOR-
ITY,  THE LONG ISLAND RAIL ROAD, AND THE METRO-NORTH RAILROAD SHALL ALSO
HAVE THE POWER TO CONSIDER OTHER MATTERS  NECESSARY  TO  CARRY  OUT  THE
GOALS AND OBJECTIVES OF THIS SUBDIVISION.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.



 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD05913-01-9

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