Senate Bill S1831

                             
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                                   1831
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 14, 2025
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 Introduced  by  Sen.  MAYER  -- 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 requiring the
   Metro-North Commuter Railroad Company and the New  York  city  transit
   authority  establish  a  no  fare  program  for  the transportation of
   certain active duty, uniform 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, TO INCREASE PROTECTION AND IMPROVE SAFETY  FOR  ITS  CUSTOMERS
 AND EMPLOYEES, the authority[, in consultation with the Long Island Rail
 Road,]  shall  establish and implement a no fare program for transporta-
 tion on the Long Island Rail Road AND THE METRO-NORTH COMMUTER  RAILROAD
 for TRAINED AND SWORN 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],  AS  DEFINED  IN SECTION 1.20 OF THE CRIMINAL
 PROCEDURE LAW AND WHO ARE EMPLOYED IN  GOOD  STANDING  WITH  ACTIVE  LAW
 ENFORCEMENT  RESPONSIBILITIES WITHIN THE METROPOLITAN COMMUTER TRANSPOR-
 TATION DISTRICT. In establishing such program, [which has  as  its  goal
 increased protection and improved safety for its commuters,] the author-
 ity [and the Long Island Rail Road] shall, among other things, consider:
 (a) requiring [police] SUCH officers [who ride without cost] to register
 with  the  Long  Island  Rail Road AND THE METRO-NORTH COMMUTER RAILROAD
 COMPANY as a condition of riding without cost; (b) requiring such  offi-
 cers  WHEN  REGISTERING  to  [indicate during such registration process]
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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 STATE their regular working hours and the [Long Island Rail Road] trains
 that such officers expect to ride;  [and]  (c)  [periodically]  ANNUALLY
 re-registering [and re-validating] such officers; AND (D) REQUIRING SUCH
 OFFICERS  TO  PRESENT LAW ENFORCEMENT IDENTIFICATION ALONG WITH ANY PASS
 THE AUTHORITY MAY ISSUE IN RELATION TO THIS PROGRAM. 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.
 NOTHING IN THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL LIMIT THE AUTHORITY FROM PROVIDING  NO
 FARE  TRANSPORTATION ON ANY OF ITS SUBWAYS, BUSES OR COMMUTER TRAINS FOR
 POLICE OFFICERS EMPLOYED BY THE CITY OF NEW YORK OR FOR POLICE  OFFICERS
 OR PEACE OFFICERS EMPLOYED BY THE AUTHORITY OR ITS AFFILIATES.
   §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
 have become a law.