Bill Text: NY A04267 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Establishes a no fare program for transportation on the Long Island Rail Road for duly enrolled members of the auxiliary police for the county of Nassau and Nassau county villages and cities.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-04-01 - held for consideration in corporations, authorities and commissions [A04267 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-A04267-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         4267
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   February 1, 2013
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       Introduced by M. of A. CURRAN -- read once and referred to the Committee
         on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions
       AN  ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to establishing
         a no fare program for transportation on the Long Island Rail Road  for
         duly enrolled members of the auxiliary police for the county of Nassau
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Section 1266 of the public authorities law  is  amended  by
    2  adding a new subdivision 14-a to read as follows:
    3    14-A.  NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW OR THE TERMS OF ANY
    4  CONTRACT, THE AUTHORITY, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE LONG ISLAND RAIL ROAD,
    5  SHALL ESTABLISH AND IMPLEMENT A NO FARE PROGRAM  FOR  TRANSPORTATION  ON
    6  THE  LONG  ISLAND  RAIL  ROAD FOR DULY ENROLLED MEMBERS OF THE AUXILIARY
    7  POLICE OF THE COUNTY OF NASSAU AND NASSAU COUNTY  VILLAGES  AND  CITIES.
    8  IN ESTABLISHING SUCH PROGRAM, WHICH HAS AS ITS GOAL INCREASED PROTECTION
    9  AND IMPROVED SAFETY FOR ITS COMMUTERS, THE AUTHORITY AND THE LONG ISLAND
   10  RAIL  ROAD  SHALL,  AMONG  OTHER  THINGS,  CONSIDER:  (A) REQUIRING SUCH
   11  MEMBERS WHO RIDE WITHOUT COST TO REGISTER WITH THE LONG ISLAND RAIL ROAD
   12  AS A CONDITION OF RIDING WITHOUT COST; (B)  REQUIRING  SUCH  MEMBERS  TO
   13  INDICATE  DURING  SUCH  REGISTRATION PROCESS THEIR REGULAR WORKING HOURS
   14  AND THE LONG ISLAND RAIL ROAD TRAINS THAT SUCH MEMBERS EXPECT  TO  RIDE;
   15  AND  (C) PERIODICALLY RE-REGISTERING AND RE-VALIDATING SUCH MEMBERS. THE
   16  AUTHORITY AND THE LONG ISLAND RAIL ROAD SHALL ALSO  HAVE  THE  POWER  TO
   17  CONSIDER  OTHER  MATTERS NECESSARY TO CARRY OUT THE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES
   18  OF THIS SUBDIVISION.
   19    S 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day  after  it  shall
   20  have become a law.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD08429-01-3