Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Feb 14, 2014 |
referred to corporations, authorities and commissions |
Assembly Bill A8793
2013-2014 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
ABBATE
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
2013-A8793 (ACTIVE) - Details
2013-A8793 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Provides that the Long Island Rail Road and every public transportation authority in a city with a population of one million or more receiving operating assistance shall adopt rules and regulations providing that use of any of its facilities transporting passengers be free of charge for persons who display an authorization shield and identification card evidencing that they are correction officers of the city of New York department of correction and are performing their official duties or are on their way to or from performing their official duties.
2013-A8793 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 8793 I N A S S E M B L Y February 14, 2014 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. ABBATE -- read once and referred to the Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions AN ACT to amend the transportation law, in relation to providing fares free of charge to certain correction officers on passenger transporta- tion facilities operated by certain public transportation authorities THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The transportation law is amended by adding a new section 135-a to read as follows: S 135-A. FREE USE OF PASSENGER TRANSPORTATION FACILITIES OPERATED BY CERTAIN PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITIES. THE LONG ISLAND RAIL ROAD AND EVERY PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY LOCATED IN A CITY WITH A POPU- LATION OF ONE MILLION OR MORE RECEIVING OPERATING ASSISTANCE PURSUANT TO SECTION EIGHTEEN-B OF THIS CHAPTER SHALL, NOT LATER THAN MARCH FIRST, TWO THOUSAND FIFTEEN, ADOPT REGULATIONS PROVIDING THAT USE OF ANY OF ITS FACILITIES TRANSPORTING PASSENGERS BE FREE OF CHARGE FOR PERSONS WHO DISPLAY AN AUTHORIZATION SHIELD AND IDENTIFICATION CARD EVIDENCING THAT THEY ARE CORRECTION OFFICERS OF THE NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION AND ARE PERFORMING THEIR OFFICIAL DUTIES OR ON THEIR WAY TO OR FROM PERFORMING THEIR OFFICIAL DUTIES. S 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD01782-03-4
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