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Assembly Bill A5674

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Establishes a no fare program for transportation on the Long Island Rail Road for duly enrolled members of the auxiliary police

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2017-A5674 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Corporations, Authorities And Commissions
Law Section:
Public Authorities Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §1266, Pub Auth L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A6265
2011-2012: A6638
2013-2014: A4270
2015-2016: A4862

2017-A5674 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes a no fare program for transportation on the Long Island Rail Road for duly enrolled members of the auxiliary police employed by the city of New York, the counties of Nassau and Suffolk and localities within the counties of Nassau and Suffolk.

2017-A5674 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5674
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 14, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of A. CURRAN, FINCH -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions
 
 AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to  establishing
   a  no fare program for transportation on the Long Island Rail Road for
   duly enrolled members of the auxiliary police

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Section  1266 of the public authorities law is amended by
 adding a new subdivision 14-a to read as follows:
   14-A. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION 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 DULY ENROLLED  MEMBERS  OF  THE  AUXILIARY
 POLICE  OF  THE  CITY  OF  NEW YORK, THE COUNTY OF NASSAU, NASSAU COUNTY
 VILLAGES AND CITIES, THE COUNTY OF SUFFOLK, OR SUFFOLK COUNTY  VILLAGES.
 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 SUCH
 MEMBERS WHO RIDE WITHOUT COST TO REGISTER WITH THE LONG ISLAND RAIL ROAD
 AS A CONDITION OF RIDING WITHOUT COST; (B)  REQUIRING  SUCH  MEMBERS  TO
 INDICATE  DURING  SUCH  REGISTRATION PROCESS THEIR REGULAR WORKING HOURS
 AND THE LONG ISLAND RAIL ROAD TRAINS THAT SUCH MEMBERS EXPECT  TO  RIDE;
 AND  (C) PERIODICALLY RE-REGISTERING AND RE-VALIDATING SUCH MEMBERS. THE
 AUTHORITY AND THE LONG ISLAND RAIL ROAD SHALL ALSO  HAVE  THE  POWER  TO
 CONSIDER  OTHER  MATTERS NECESSARY TO CARRY OUT THE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES
 OF THIS SUBDIVISION.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on 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.
                                                            LBD08529-01-7

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