Assembly Bill A11001

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Authorizes the metropolitan transportation authority to offer a no fare program to certain police officers and New York city fire marshals

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  • Introduced
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    • 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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2009-A11001 - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Corporations, Authorities And Commissions
Law Section:
Public Authorities Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §1266, Pub Auth L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A4218
2013-2014: A3726

2009-A11001 - Summary

Implements a program authorizing the metropolitan transportation authority, in consultation with the Long Island Rail Road, to permit police officers and New York city fire marshals to ride the Long Island Rail Road without paying a fare; provides for a reporting requirement prior to implementation of such no-fare program.

2009-A11001 - Sponsor Memo

2009-A11001 - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  11001

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               May 6, 2010
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  WEISENBERG  -- read once and referred to the
  Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions

AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation  to  authorizing
  and  requiring the metropolitan transportation authority, in consulta-
  tion with the Long Island Rail Road, to implement a program to  permit
  certain  police  officers and fire marshals to ride on the Long Island
  Rail Road without cost

  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 added by chapter 307 of the laws of 1995, 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,
shall establish and implement a no fare program  for  transportation  on
the  Long  Island Rail Road for police officers [employed by the city of
New York, county of Nassau, Nassau county villages and cities, county of
Suffolk, Suffolk county villages, 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] AS DEFINED BY SECTION 1.20 OF THE CRIMINAL PROCEDURE LAW
AND FIRE MARSHALS.  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 FIRE MARSHALS who ride without cost to
register with the Long Island Rail Road as a condition of riding without
cost; (b) requiring such officers AND FIRE MARSHALS to  indicate  during
such  registration  process  their  regular  working  hours and the Long
Island Rail Road trains that such officers expect to ride; and (c) peri-
odically  re-registering  and  re-validating  such  officers  AND   FIRE
MARSHALS.  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.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD17052-01-0

2009-A11001A (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Corporations, Authorities And Commissions
Law Section:
Public Authorities Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §1266, Pub Auth L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A4218
2013-2014: A3726

2009-A11001A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Implements a program authorizing the metropolitan transportation authority, in consultation with the Long Island Rail Road, to permit police officers and New York city fire marshals to ride the Long Island Rail Road without paying a fare; provides for a reporting requirement prior to implementation of such no-fare program.

2009-A11001A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                11001--A

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               May 6, 2010
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  WEISENBERG  -- read once and referred to the
  Committee on Corporations, Authorities and  Commissions  --  committee
  discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
  to said committee

AN  ACT  to amend the public authorities law, in relation to authorizing
  and requiring the metropolitan transportation authority, in  consulta-
  tion  with the Long Island Rail Road, to implement a program to permit
  certain police officers and New York city fire marshals to ride on the
  Long Island Rail Road without cost

  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 added by chapter 307 of the laws of 1995, 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,
shall establish and implement a no fare program  for  transportation  on
the  Long  Island Rail Road for police officers [employed by the city of
New York, county of Nassau, Nassau county villages and cities, county of
Suffolk, Suffolk county villages, 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] AS DEFINED BY SECTION 1.20 OF THE CRIMINAL PROCEDURE LAW
AND NEW YORK CITY FIRE MARSHALS.   In establishing such  program,  which
has  as its goal increased protection and improved safety for its commu-
ters, the authority and the Long Island Rail  Road  shall,  among  other
things,  consider:  (a) requiring police officers AND NEW YORK CITY FIRE
MARSHALS who ride without cost to register with  the  Long  Island  Rail
Road  as a condition of riding without cost; (b) requiring such officers
AND NEW YORK CITY FIRE MARSHALS to  indicate  during  such  registration
process their regular working hours and the Long Island Rail Road trains
that  such  officers expect to ride; and (c) periodically re-registering
and re-validating such officers AND NEW YORK  CITY  FIRE  MARSHALS.  The
authority  and  the  Long  Island Rail Road shall also have the power to

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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