Bill Text: NY A06628 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Establishes a no fare program for transportation on the New York city transit authority, the Long Island Rail Road and the Metro-North Commuter Railroad Company for duly enrolled members of the auxiliary police employed by the city of New York, the counties of Nassau and Suffolk and localities within the counties of Nassau and Suffolk.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-05-01 - held for consideration in corporations, authorities and commissions [A06628 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-A06628-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         6628
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                    March 23, 2011
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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 New York city transit authori-
         ty systems, the Long Island Rail Road  and  the  Metro-North  Commuter
         Railroad Company for duly enrolled members of the auxiliary police
         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 NEW YORK CITY  TRANSIT
    5  AUTHORITY,  THE LONG ISLAND RAIL ROAD AND THE METRO-NORTH COMMUTER RAIL-
    6  ROAD COMPANY, SHALL ESTABLISH AND IMPLEMENT A NO FARE PROGRAM FOR TRANS-
    7  PORTATION ON NEW YORK CITY TRANSIT AUTHORITY SYSTEMS,  THE  LONG  ISLAND
    8  RAIL  ROAD  AND  THE  METRO-NORTH  COMMUTER  RAILROAD  COMPANY  FOR DULY
    9  ENROLLED MEMBERS OF THE AUXILIARY POLICE OF THE CITY OF  NEW  YORK,  THE
   10  COUNTY  OF  NASSAU,  NASSAU  COUNTY  VILLAGES  AND CITIES, THE COUNTY OF
   11  SUFFOLK, OR SUFFOLK COUNTY VILLAGES. IN ESTABLISHING SUCH PROGRAM, WHICH
   12  HAS AS ITS GOAL INCREASED PROTECTION AND IMPROVED SAFETY FOR ITS  COMMU-
   13  TERS,  THE  AUTHORITY  AND THE NEW YORK CITY TRANSIT AUTHORITY, THE LONG
   14  ISLAND RAIL ROAD AND THE METRO-NORTH COMMUTER RAILROAD  COMPANY,  SHALL,
   15  AMONG  OTHER THINGS, CONSIDER: (A) REQUIRING SUCH MEMBERS WHO RIDE WITH-
   16  OUT COST TO REGISTER WITH THE NEW YORK CITY TRANSIT AUTHORITY, THE  LONG
   17  ISLAND  RAIL  ROAD  AND  THE  METRO-NORTH COMMUTER RAILROAD COMPANY AS A
   18  CONDITION OF RIDING WITHOUT COST; (B) REQUIRING SUCH MEMBERS TO INDICATE
   19  DURING SUCH REGISTRATION PROCESS THEIR REGULAR WORKING HOURS AND THE NEW
   20  YORK  CITY  TRANSIT  AUTHORITY,  THE  LONG  ISLAND  RAIL  ROAD  AND  THE
   21  METRO-NORTH COMMUTER RAILROAD COMPANY TRAINS THAT SUCH MEMBERS EXPECT TO
   22  RIDE;   AND  (C)  PERIODICALLY  RE-REGISTERING  AND  RE-VALIDATING  SUCH
   23  MEMBERS. THE AUTHORITY AND THE NEW YORK CITY TRANSIT AUTHORITY, THE LONG
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD08478-01-1
       A. 6628                             2
    1  ISLAND RAIL ROAD AND THE METRO-NORTH  COMMUTER  RAILROAD  COMPANY  SHALL
    2  ALSO HAVE THE POWER TO CONSIDER OTHER MATTERS NECESSARY TO CARRY OUT THE
    3  GOALS AND OBJECTIVES OF THIS SUBDIVISION.
    4    S  2.  This  act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
    5  have become a law.