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Assembly Bill A5455

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Allows current and retired police officers free fare to ride the trains and buses operated by the metropolitan transportation authority

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2009-A5455 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Corporations, Authorities And Commissions
Law Section:
Public Authorities Law
Laws Affected:
Add §1266-i, Pub Auth L; add §2.40, CP L
Versions Introduced in 2011-2012 Legislative Session:
A4503

2009-A5455 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Allows current and retired police officers free fare to ride the trains and buses operated by the metropolitan transportation authority, and affords such officers the same protections under law as provided peace officers.

2009-A5455 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  5455

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 13, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. SPANO, BROOK-KRASNY, ABBATE -- Multi-Sponsored by
  --  M.  of  A.  HOOPER,  HYER-SPENCER -- read once and referred to the
  Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions

AN ACT to amend the public authorities  law,  in  relation  to  allowing
  current  and  retired police officers free fare to ride the trains and
  buses operated by the metropolitan transportation  authority;  and  to
  amend  the criminal procedure law, in relation to providing such offi-
  cers the same protections under law as provided peace officers

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

  Section 1. Legislative findings and intent. The legislature finds that
the  presence  of  current  and  retired police officers aboard our mass
transit systems would provide an added security benefit to  places  that
are  known  to  be  targeted by criminals and where the threat level for
terrorist attack is elevated. The intent of this act is to encourage the
presence of men and women who possess a level of training to  deal  with
criminal activity through their employment as police officers to use the
transportation  services of the metropolitan transportation authority so
that they may be an extra set of eyes to aid law  enforcement  in  main-
taining security and safety aboard such transportation services.
  S  2.  The  public  authorities law is amended by adding a new section
1266-i to read as follows:
  S 1266-I. FREE FARE FOR  CURRENT  AND  RETIRED  POLICE  OFFICERS.  THE
AUTHORITY  SHALL  ESTABLISH A PROGRAM WHEREBY CURRENT AND RETIRED POLICE
OFFICERS WHO POSSESS A VALID PISTOL PERMIT ARE ALLOWED FREE FARE TO RIDE
ABOARD ANY OF THE TRANSPORTATION SERVICES OPERATED BY  THE  METROPOLITAN
TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY.
  S  3.  The  criminal  procedure law is amended by adding a new section
2.40 to read as follows:
S 2.40 RETIRED POLICE OFFICERS ABOARD TRANSPORTATION SERVICES.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD07826-01-9

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