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Senate Bill S6035

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to rates of fare on the metropolitan transportation authority

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2019-S6035 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A7337
Current Committee:
Senate Transportation
Law Section:
Public Authorities Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §1266, Pub Auth L

2019-S6035 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to fare rates on the metropolitan transportation authority; directs the metropolitan transportation authority to establish and implement a no fare program for uniformed correction officers employed by the city of New York.

2019-S6035 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S6035 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6035
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 16, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  SAVINO -- 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 rates of fare
   on the metropolitan transportation authority
 
   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 19 to read as follows:
   19. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW, THE AUTHORITY AND  ANY
 OF  ITS  SUBSIDIARY CORPORATIONS SHALL ESTABLISH AND IMPLEMENT A NO FARE
 PROGRAM FOR UNIFORMED CORRECTIONS OFFICERS EMPLOYED BY THE CITY  OF  NEW
 YORK.  THE  NO FARE PROGRAM ESTABLISHED AND IMPLEMENTED PURSUANT TO THIS
 SUBDIVISION SHALL BE IN OPERATION DURING ALL HOURS IN WHICH SUCH AUTHOR-
 ITY PROVIDES RAILROAD, SUBWAY AND/OR OMNIBUS SERVICES, AND SUCH  PROGRAM
 SHALL  NOT  BE  LIMITED  IN  OPERATION TO OFF-PEAK HOURS OR TO ANY OTHER
 HOURS DESIGNATED BY THE AUTHORITY OR ITS SUBSIDIARY CORPORATIONS.  OFFI-
 CERS  ARE  NOT  REQUIRED  TO  BE  IN  UNIFORM  WHEN PARTICIPATING IN THE
 PROGRAM. THE CHAIRMAN SHALL ESTABLISH AND IMPLEMENT ALL RULES AND  REGU-
 LATIONS NECESSARY TO EFFECTUATE THIS SUBDIVISION.
   §  2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed-
 ing the date on which it shall have become a law.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10274-01-9

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