Senate Bill S7202

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Relates to including Nassau county fire marshals in the MTA Long Island Railroad no fare program

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Transportation Committee

  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • 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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2015-S7202 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A9697
Current Committee:
Senate Transportation
Law Section:
Public Authorities Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง1266, Pub Auth L
Versions Introduced in 2017-2018 Legislative Session:
S3720, A1072

2015-S7202 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to including Nassau county fire marshals in the MTA Long Island Rail Road no fare program; includes chief fire marshals, assistant chief fire marshals, supervising fire marshals, fire marshals and fire marshal trainees in Nassau county in the no fare program.

2015-S7202 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2015-S7202 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  7202

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              April 6, 2016
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  GOLDEN -- 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 including the
  Nassau county fire marshals in the MTA Long Island  Railroad  no  fare
  program

  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  amended by chapter 182 of the laws of 2013, 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  and  towns,  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 transit authority AND CHIEF FIRE  MARSHALS,  ASSISTANT
CHIEF  FIRE  MARSHALS, SUPERVISING FIRE MARSHALS, FIRE MARSHALS AND FIRE
MARSHAL TRAINEES IN NASSAU COUNTY.  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 who ride without cost to
register with the Long Island Rail Road as a condition of riding without
cost;  (b)  requiring such officers 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. 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.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD14780-01-6

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