Senate Bill S3720

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-S3720 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A1072
Current Committee:
Senate Finance
Law Section:
Public Authorities Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §1266, Pub Auth L
Versions Introduced in 2015-2016 Legislative Session:
S7202, A9697

2017-S3720 (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-S3720 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S3720 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3720
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 26, 2017
                                ___________
 
 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.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

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