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Assembly Bill A7542

2011-2012 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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2011-A7542 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Corporations, Authorities And Commissions
Law Section:
Public Authorities Law
Laws Affected:
Add ยง1266-j, Pub Auth L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A5528
2013-2014: A5769
2015-2016: A4076
2017-2018: A3240

2011-A7542 (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.

2011-A7542 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  7542

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              May 10, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. McKEVITT -- read once and referred to the Commit-
  tee 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-j to read as follows:
  S 1266-J. 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.
                                                           LBD11041-01-1

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