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Senate Bill S1452

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Authorizes a no fare program for transportation on the Long Island Rail Road for police officers employed by the towns of Suffolk

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2011-S1452 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A1405
Current Committee:
Senate Rules
Law Section:
Public Authorities Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §1266, Pub Auth L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S6764, A9830
2013-2014: S1855, A1457

2011-S1452 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes a no fare program for transportation on the Long Island Rail Road for police officers employed by the towns of Suffolk.

2011-S1452 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2011-S1452 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

    S. 1452                                                  A. 1405

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                      S E N A T E - A S S E M B L Y

                             January 7, 2011
                               ___________

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, ENGLEBRIGHT,  SALADINO  --
  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

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD03845-01-1

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