NY State Senate Bill 2021-S6869

Senate Bill S6869

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Establishes a no fare program for individuals serving as full-time employees of the New York city transit authority, the Long Island Railroad and the Metro-North Commuter railroad company

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Jan 05, 2022	referred to transportation
May 19, 2021	referred to transportation

2021-S6869 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A7897
Current Committee:: Senate Transportation
Law Section:: Public Authorities Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §1266, Pub Auth L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:: S3537

2021-S6869 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes a no fare program for individuals serving as full-time employees of the New York city transit authority, the Long Island Railroad and the Metro-North Commuter railroad company.

2021-S6869 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S6869

SPONSOR: SKOUFIS
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the public authorities law, in relation to establishing
a no fare program for individuals serving as full-time employees of the
New York city transit authority, the Long Island Railroad and the
Metro-North Commuter railroad company

 
PURPOSE:

To establish a no fare program for individuals serving as full-time
employees of the New York city transit authority, the Long Island Rail-
road and the Metro-North Commuter railroad company.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1: amends section 1266 of the public authorities law to add a
new subdivision 19, establishing a no fare program for individuals serv-
ing as full-time employees of the New York city transit authority, the

Long Island Railroad and the Metro-North Commuter railroad company.

Section 2: effective date

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Currently, United Transit Leadership Organization employees do not have
access to commuter passes. This legislation will establish a no fare
program for full-time employees of the New York city transit authority,
the Long Island Railroad and the Metro-North Commuter railroad company.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

New bill.

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

Minor to the New York city transit authority, the Long Island Railroad
and the Metro-North Commuter railroad company.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after it
shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment
and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation
of this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and
completed on or before such effective date.

2021-S6869 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6869
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 19, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. SKOUFIS -- 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  establishing
   a  no  fare  program for individuals serving as full-time employees of
   the New York city transit authority, the Long Island Railroad and  the
   Metro-North Commuter railroad company
 
   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.  (A)  NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY OTHER PROVISIONS OF LAW OR THE TERMS OF
 ANY CONTRACT, THE AUTHORITY, IN CONSULTATION  WITH  THE  NEW  YORK  CITY
 TRANSIT AUTHORITY, THE LONG ISLAND RAILROAD AND THE METRO-NORTH COMMUTER
 RAILROAD  COMPANY,  SHALL  ESTABLISH AND IMPLEMENT A NO FARE PROGRAM FOR
 TRANSPORTATION ON NEW YORK CITY  TRANSIT  AUTHORITY  SYSTEMS,  THE  LONG
 ISLAND  RAILROAD AND THE METRO-NORTH COMMUTER RAILROAD COMPANY FOR INDI-
 VIDUALS SERVING AS FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES OF  THE  NEW  YORK  CITY  TRANSIT
 AUTHORITY,  THE  LONG ISLAND RAILROAD AND THE METRO-NORTH COMMUTER RAIL-
 ROAD COMPANY.
   (B) IN ORDER TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR SUCH NO  FARE  PROGRAM  THE  FULL-TIME
 EMPLOYEES  OF THE NEW YORK CITY TRANSIT AUTHORITY, THE LONG ISLAND RAIL-
 ROAD AND THE METRO-NORTH COMMUTER RAILROAD COMPANY MUST SHOW HIS OR  HER
 AGENCY ISSUED IDENTIFICATION CARD.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
 it  shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amend-
 ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen-
 tation of this act on its effective date are authorized to be  made  and
 completed on or before such effective date.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD11594-01-1

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