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Senate Bill S5700

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Includes certain members of the Court Officers Benevolent Association of Nassau County in the MTA Long Island Railroad no fare program

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2017-S5700 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Transportation
Law Section:
Public Authorities Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §1266, Pub Auth L

2017-S5700 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Includes officers, sergeants, lieutenants, captains, majors and chiefs of the Court Officers Benevolent Association of Nassau County in the MTA Long Island Rail Road no fare program.

2017-S5700 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S5700 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5700
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              April 26, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. KAMINSKY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation
 
 AN ACT to amend the public authorities law,  in  relation  to  including
   certain members of the Court Officers Benevolent Association of Nassau
   County 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  SENIOR  COURT  OFFICERS,  COURT
 OFFICER  SERGEANTS,  COURT  OFFICER LIEUTENANTS, COURT OFFICER CAPTAINS,
 COURT OFFICER MAJORS, COURT OFFICER CHIEFS AND  COURT  CLERKS  WHO  HOLD
 PEACE  OFFICER  STATUS  OF  THE COURT OFFICERS BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION OF
 NASSAU COUNTY.   In establishing such program, which  has  as  its  goal
 increased protection and improved safety for its commuters, the authori-
 ty  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) requir-
 ing 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-va-
 lidating  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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