Assembly Bill A1072

2017-2018 Legislative Session

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

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  • 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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2017-A1072 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S3720
Current Committee:
Assembly Corporations, Authorities And Commissions
Law Section:
Public Authorities Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §1266, Pub Auth L
Versions Introduced in 2015-2016 Legislative Session:
A9697, S7202

2017-A1072 (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.

2017-A1072 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1072
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 10, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. ABBATE -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions
 
 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.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

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