Bill Text: NY S01146 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Establishes a no fare program for transportation on the Long Island Rail Road for emergency responders on September 11th.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-05 - REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION [S01146 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-S01146-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          1146

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                     January 7, 2021
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        Introduced  by Sen. KAMINSKY -- 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 emergency responders on September 11th

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the  "September
     2  11th no fare program act".
     3    § 2. Section 1266 of the public authorities law is amended by adding a
     4  new subdivision 19 to read as follows:
     5    19.  Notwithstanding  any  other provisions of law or the terms of any
     6  contract, the authority, in consultation with the Long Island Rail Road,
     7  shall establish and implement a no fare program  for  transportation  on
     8  the  Long Island Rail Road for emergency responders, which shall include
     9  emergency medical technicians, advanced emergency  medical  technicians,
    10  firefighters,  fire officers, fire marshals, or auxiliary police who are
    11  employed or duly enrolled by the city of New York, the county of Nassau,
    12  Nassau county villages and cities, the county  of  Suffolk,  or  Suffolk
    13  county villages. Such no fare program shall occur each year on the elev-
    14  enth  day  of September. The no fare program established and implemented
    15  pursuant to this subdivision shall occur only on the eleventh of Septem-
    16  ber of each year during all hours in which the  Long  Island  Rail  Road
    17  provides services, and such program shall not be limited in operation to
    18  off-peak  hours or to any other hours designated by the Long Island Rail
    19  Road.   Any eligible emergency responder shall  be  required  to  be  in
    20  uniform and shall be required to show proper identification, including a
    21  shield  or badge, or any other designated identification form authorized
    22  by the authority in order to be eligible for the no fare  program.  This
    23  program shall not affect any other no fare program currently implemented
    24  by the authority or any of its subsidiary corporations.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD01152-01-1
        S. 1146                             2

     1    § 3. Rules and regulations. The chairman of the metropolitan transpor-
     2  tation  authority  is  hereby  authorized  to promulgate rules and regu-
     3  lations necessary for the implementation of this act on  or  before  the
     4  effective date of this act.
     5    §  4.  This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that
     6  section two of this act shall take effect on the one  hundred  twentieth
     7  day after it shall have become a law.