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Assembly Bill A8031

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Includes certain district attorney detective investigators in the MTA Long Island Railroad no fare program

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2017-A8031 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6309
Current Committee:
Assembly Corporations, Authorities And Commissions
Law Section:
Public Authorities Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §1266, Pub Auth L
Versions Introduced in 2015-2016 Legislative Session:
A9447, S6744

2017-A8031 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Includes the "detective investigators" or "rackets investigators" employed in the office of a district attorney located within the county of Nassau, the county of Suffolk, or the city of New York in the MTA Long Island Rail Road no fare program.

2017-A8031 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8031
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 25, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. ABBATE -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the public authorities law, in relation to including
   certain district attorney detective  investigators  in  the  MTA  Long
   Island Railroad no fare program

   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  amended by chapter 182 of the laws of 2013, 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  AND  "DETECTIVE  INVESTIGATORS"  OR
 "RACKETS  INVESTIGATORS"  EMPLOYED  IN THE OFFICE OF A DISTRICT ATTORNEY
 LOCATED WITHIN THE COUNTY OF NASSAU, COUNTY OF SUFFOLK, OR THE  CITY  OF
 NEW YORK.  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 register 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  and  re-validating
 such  officers.  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 section.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

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