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Senate Bill S6156A

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to including all peace officers employed by the first and second departments in the MTA Long Island Rail Road no fare program

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2017-S6156 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A8209
Current Committee:
Senate Transportation
Law Section:
Public Authorities Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §1266, Pub Auth L
Versions Introduced in 2019-2020 Legislative Session:
A5892

2017-S6156 - Summary

Relates to including all peace officers employed by the first and second departments in the MTA Long Island Rail Road no fare program.

2017-S6156 - Sponsor Memo

2017-S6156 - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6156
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 11, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  CROCI  -- 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 all
   uniformed court personnel of the first and second departments  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 ALL UNIFORMED COURT PERSONNEL OF
 THE FIRST AND SECOND DEPARTMENTS. In establishing  such  program,  which
 has  as its goal increased protection and improved safety for its commu-
 ters, 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.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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2017-S6156A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A8209
Current Committee:
Senate Transportation
Law Section:
Public Authorities Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §1266, Pub Auth L
Versions Introduced in 2019-2020 Legislative Session:
A5892

2017-S6156A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to including all peace officers employed by the first and second departments in the MTA Long Island Rail Road no fare program.

2017-S6156A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S6156A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  6156--A
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 11, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens. CROCI, KAMINSKY -- read twice and ordered printed,
   and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation --
   committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as  amended  and
   recommitted to said committee
 
 AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to including all
   peace officers employed by the first and second departments in the MTA
   Long Island Rail Road 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 ALL PEACE OFFICERS  EMPLOYED  BY
 THE  FIRST  AND  SECOND DEPARTMENTS. In establishing such program, which
 has as its goal increased protection and improved safety for its  commu-
 ters,  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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