Senate Bill S6309

2017-2018 Legislative Session

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

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee

  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2017-S6309 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A8031
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:
S6744, A9447

2017-S6309 (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-S6309 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S6309 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6309
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 11, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. PHILLIPS -- 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  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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