NY State Senate Bill 2023-S8397

Senate Bill S8397

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to a no fare program for transportation on New York city transit authority systems, the Long Island Rail Road and the Metro-North Commuter Railroad Company for certain police and retired police officers

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Transportation Committee

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- 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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Jan 26, 2024	referred to transportation

2023-S8397 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Transportation
Law Section:: Public Authorities Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §1266, Pub Auth L; add §2.40, CP L

2023-S8397 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Includes the New York city transit authority systems and the Metro-North Commuter Railroad Company in the no fare program for police officers; includes retired police officers.

2023-S8397 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S8397 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8397
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 26, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. PALUMBO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation
 
 AN ACT to amend the public authorities law and  the  criminal  procedure
   law,  in relation to establishing a no fare program for transportation
   on New York city transit authority systems, the Long Island Rail  Road
   and the Metro-North Commuter Railroad Company for certain police offi-
   cers and retired police officers
 
   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,
 THE  NEW YORK CITY TRANSIT AUTHORITY, AND THE METRO-NORTH COMMUTER RAIL-
 ROAD COMPANY, shall establish and implement a no fare program for trans-
 portation on the Long Island  Rail  Road,  THE  NEW  YORK  CITY  TRANSIT
 AUTHORITY  SYSTEMS,  AND  THE  METRO-NORTH COMMUTER RAILROAD COMPANY for
 CURRENT AND RETIRED police officers, WHO POSSESS A VALID PISTOL  PERMIT,
 employed by OR RETIRED FROM SERVICE WITH 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 tran-
 sit authority. 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 AND RETIRED POLICE OFFICERS who ride with-
 out cost to register with the Long Island Rail Road, THE NEW  YORK  CITY
 TRANSIT  AUTHORITY,  AND  THE METRO-NORTH COMMUTER RAILROAD COMPANY as a
 condition of riding without cost; (b) requiring such officers  to  indi-
 cate  during  such  registration process their regular working hours, IF
 APPLICABLE, and the [Long Island Rail Road trains] SPECIFIC SUBWAY, BUS,
 RAILROAD AND PARATRANSIT SERVICES that such officers expect to ride; and
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                            LBD14209-01-4
 S. 8397                             2
 
 (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.  The  criminal  procedure law is amended by adding a new section
 2.40 to read as follows:
 § 2.40 RETIRED POLICE OFFICERS ABOARD MTA TRANSPORTATION SERVICES.
   RETIRED POLICE  OFFICERS  WHO  RIDE  FREE  ABOARD  THE  TRANSPORTATION
 SERVICES OF THE METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY PURSUANT TO SUBDI-
 VISION  FOURTEEN  OF  SECTION  TWELVE  HUNDRED  SIXTY-SIX  OF THE PUBLIC
 AUTHORITIES LAW SHALL BE AFFORDED ALL  OF  THE  POWERS  AND  PROTECTIONS
 AFFORDED  PEACE OFFICERS PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ARTICLE. THE
 PEACE OFFICER TRAINING REQUIREMENTS DESCRIBED IN SECTION  2.30  OF  THIS
 ARTICLE  SHALL  BE  DEEMED FULFILLED BY THE TRAINING SUCH RETIRED POLICE
 OFFICERS RECEIVED AS PART OF THEIR LAW ENFORCEMENT EMPLOYMENT.
   § 3. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
 have become a law.

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