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Senate Bill S1619

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Provides that elementary and secondary school teachers may ride public transportation to and from school at no charge

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2011-S1619 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Add ยง3036, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S70
2013-2014: S661
2015-2016: S4040

2011-S1619 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that elementary and secondary school teachers may ride public transportation to and from school at no charge; requires schools to provide identification cards.

2011-S1619 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2011-S1619 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  1619

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            January 10, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen. SAMPSON -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Education

AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation  to  enabling  elementary
  and  secondary school teachers to use public transportation to ride to
  and from school at no charge

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

  Section  1.  The education law is amended by adding a new section 3036
to read as follows:
  S 3036. PROVISION FOR TEACHER USE OF PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION TO AND FROM
SCHOOL AT NO CHARGE.    NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY  OTHER  PROVISION  OF  LAW,
ELEMENTARY  SCHOOL TEACHERS AND SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS SHALL BE ENTI-
TLED TO THE USE OF PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION WITHOUT CHARGE FOR NO MORE THAN
ONE ROUND-TRIP DAILY ON ANY WORKDAY FROM THEIR RESIDENCES TO THE SCHOOLS
IN WHICH THEY ARE EMPLOYED AND FROM SUCH SCHOOLS  TO  THEIR  RESIDENCES.
EACH  SCHOOL  DISTRICT  SHALL  PROVIDE A SUITABLE IDENTIFICATION CARD TO
EACH OF SUCH OF ITS TEACHERS IN  ORDER  FOR  THE  PUBLIC  TRANSPORTATION
SYSTEM  UTILIZED  TO  BE ABLE TO DETERMINE SUCH TEACHERS' ENTITLEMENT TO
THIS BENEFIT.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the first  of  the  calendar  month
next succeeding the thirtieth day after it shall have become a law.




 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD05857-01-1

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