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Assembly Bill A3240

2017-2018 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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2017-A3240 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Corporations, Authorities And Commissions
Law Section:
Public Authorities Law
Laws Affected:
Add §1266-k, Pub Auth L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A5528
2011-2012: A7542
2013-2014: A5769
2015-2016: A4076

2017-A3240 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes uniformed members of the reserved armed forces of the United States, with valid photographic military identification, in travel to inactive duty training to ride the Long Island Rail Road free of charge.

2017-A3240 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3240
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 27, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. McKEVITT, GRAF, LUPINACCI, RAIA, KOLB, RA -- read
   once  and  referred  to the Committee 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-k to read as follows:
   §  1266-K.  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.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04663-01-7

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