NY State Assembly Bill 2021-A7098A

Assembly Bill A7098A

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Establishes a no fare program for certain police officers on the the Metro-North Commuter Railroad Company and the New York City Transit Authority

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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Jan 05, 2022	referred to ways and means
May 19, 2021	reported referred to ways and means
May 04, 2021	print number 7098a
May 04, 2021	amend and recommit to corporations, authorities and commissions
Apr 22, 2021	referred to corporations, authorities and commissions

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2021-A7098 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:: S6907
Current Committee:: Assembly Ways And Means
Law Section:: Public Authorities Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §1266, Pub Auth L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2023-2024: A9825, S2972
2025-2026: S1831

2021-A7098 - Summary

Requires the Long Island Rail Road, the Metro-North Commuter Railroad Company, and the New York City Transit Authority establish a no fare program for the transportation of certain active duty, uniform police officers.

2021-A7098 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7098
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              April 22, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions
 
 AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to requiring the
   Metro-North  Commuter  Railroad  Company and the New York city transit
   authority establish a  no  fare  program  for  the  transportation  of
   certain active duty, uniform police officers
 
   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 and a new
 subdivision 14-a is added 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
 AND  THE  METRO-NORTH  COMMUTER  RAILROAD  COMPANY,  shall establish and
 implement a no fare program for transportation on the Long  Island  Rail
 Road  AND  THE  METRO-NORTH  COMMUTER  RAILROAD for ACTIVE DUTY, UNIFORM
 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, COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER, WESTCHESTER COUNTY  VILLAGES,
 CITIES  AND  TOWNS,  COUNTY OF PUTNAM, PUTNAM COUNTY VILLAGES AND TOWNS,
 COUNTY OF ROCKLAND,  ROCKLAND  COUNTY  VILLAGES  AND  TOWNS,  COUNTY  OF
 ORANGE,  ORANGE  COUNTY  VILLAGES, CITIES AND TOWNS, COUNTY OF DUTCHESS,
 DUTCHESS COUNTY VILLAGES,  CITIES  AND  TOWNS,  the  division  of  state
 police,  the  port authority of New York and New Jersey, the Metro-North
 Commuter Railroad Company, THE LONG ISLAND RAIL ROAD, the New York  city
 housing authority and the New York city transit authority. In establish-
 ing  such  program,  which  has  as  its  goal  increased protection and
 improved safety for its commuters, the authority [and], the Long  Island
 Rail  Road  AND  THE  METRO-NORTH COMMUTER RAILROAD COMPANY shall, among
 other things, consider: (a) requiring ACTIVE DUTY, UNIFORM police  offi-
 cers who ride without cost to register with the Long Island Rail Road OR
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                            LBD10989-01-1

 A. 7098                             2
 
 THE METRO-NORTH COMMUTER RAILROAD COMPANY as a condition of riding with-
 out  cost; (b) requiring such officers to indicate during such registra-
 tion process their regular working hours and the Long Island  Rail  Road
 OR  THE  METRO-NORTH COMMUTER RAILROAD COMPANY trains that such officers
 expect to ride; and (c) periodically, AT LEAST BIANNUALLY,  re-register-
 ing  and  re-validating  such  officers.  The  authority [and], the Long
 Island Rail Road AND THE METRO-NORTH  COMMUTER  RAILROAD  COMPANY  shall
 also have the power to consider other matters necessary to carry out the
 goals  and  objectives  of  this  section.    POLICE OFFICERS MUST BE IN
 UNIFORM AND DISPLAY PROPER BADGE OR SHIELD WHILE  RECEIVING  TRANSPORTA-
 TION  PURSUANT  TO THIS SUBDIVISION. THE AUTHORITY, THE LONG ISLAND RAIL
 ROAD AND THE METRO-NORTH COMMUTER RAILROAD COMPANY SHALL  IMPLEMENT  ALL
 MEASURES  REASONABLY NECESSARY TO ENSURE THAT ONLY ELIGIBLE ACTIVE DUTY,
 UNIFORM POLICE OFFICERS ARE AVAILING THEMSELVES OF THE PROGRAM.
   14-A. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW OR THE TERMS  OF  ANY
 CONTRACT,  THE AUTHORITY, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE NEW YORK CITY TRANSIT
 AUTHORITY, SHALL ESTABLISH AND IMPLEMENT A NO FARE PROGRAM FOR TRANSPOR-
 TATION ON NEW YORK CITY  TRANSIT  AUTHORITY  SYSTEMS  FOR  ACTIVE  DUTY,
 UNIFORM  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,  COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER, WESTCHESTER COUNTY
 VILLAGES, CITIES AND TOWNS, COUNTY OF PUTNAM, PUTNAM COUNTY VILLAGES AND
 TOWNS, COUNTY OF ROCKLAND, ROCKLAND COUNTY VILLAGES AND TOWNS, COUNTY OF
 ORANGE, ORANGE COUNTY VILLAGES, CITIES AND TOWNS,  COUNTY  OF  DUTCHESS,
 DUTCHESS  COUNTY  VILLAGES,  CITIES  AND  TOWNS,  THE  DIVISION OF STATE
 POLICE, THE PORT AUTHORITY OF NEW YORK AND NEW JERSEY,  THE  METRO-NORTH
 COMMUTER  RAILROAD  COMPANY, THE LONG ISLAND RAIL ROAD, AND THE NEW YORK
 CITY HOUSING AUTHORITY. IN ESTABLISHING SUCH PROGRAM, WHICH HAS  AS  ITS
 GOAL  INCREASED  PROTECTION  AND  IMPROVED  SAFETY FOR ITS COMMUTERS AND
 RIDERS, THE AUTHORITY AND THE NEW YORK  CITY  TRANSIT  AUTHORITY  SHALL,
 AMONG  OTHER  THINGS,  CONSIDER: (A) REQUIRING SUCH ACTIVE DUTY, UNIFORM
 POLICE OFFICERS WHO RIDE WITHOUT COST TO REGISTER WITH THE NEW YORK CITY
 TRANSIT AUTHORITY AS A CONDITION OF RIDING WITHOUT COST;  (B)  REQUIRING
 SUCH OFFICERS TO INDICATE DURING SUCH REGISTRATION PROCESS THEIR REGULAR
 WORKING  HOURS  AND  THE  NEW  YORK CITY TRANSIT AUTHORITY TRAINS AND/OR
 BUSES THAT SUCH OFFICERS EXPECT TO RIDE; AND (C) PERIODICALLY, AT  LEAST
 BIANNUALLY, RE-REGISTERING AND RE-VALIDATING SUCH OFFICERS. THE AUTHORI-
 TY  AND THE NEW YORK CITY TRANSIT AUTHORITY SHALL ALSO HAVE THE POWER TO
 CONSIDER OTHER MATTERS NECESSARY TO CARRY OUT THE GOALS  AND  OBJECTIVES
 OF  THIS  SUBDIVISION.  POLICE  OFFICERS  MUST BE IN UNIFORM AND DISPLAY
 PROPER BADGE OR SHIELD WHEN RECEIVING TRANSPORTATION  PURSUANT  TO  THIS
 SUBDIVISION;  HOWEVER,  THE  AUTHORITY  MAY  WAIVE  THE REQUIREMENT THAT
 ACTIVE DUTY, UNIFORM POLICE OFFICERS EMPLOYED BY THE CITY OF NEW YORK BE
 IN UNIFORM WHEN RECEIVING SUCH TRANSPORTATION AS REQUIRED BY THIS SUBDI-
 VISION. THE AUTHORITY AND THE NEW  YORK  CITY  TRANSIT  AUTHORITY  SHALL
 IMPLEMENT ALL MEASURES REASONABLY NECESSARY TO ENSURE THAT ONLY ELIGIBLE
 ACTIVE  DUTY,  UNIFORM  POLICE  OFFICERS  ARE AVAILING THEMSELVES OF THE
 PROGRAM.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day  after  it  shall
 have  become  law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or
 repeal of any rule or regulation necessary  for  the  implementation  of
 this  act  on its effective date are authorized to be made and completed
 on or before such effective date.

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2021-A7098A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:: S6907
Current Committee:: Assembly Ways And Means
Law Section:: Public Authorities Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §1266, Pub Auth L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2023-2024: A9825, S2972
2025-2026: S1831

2021-A7098A (ACTIVE) - Summary

2021-A7098A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  7098--A
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              April 22, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN -- 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 requiring the
   Metro-North  Commuter  Railroad  Company and the New York city transit
   authority establish a  no  fare  program  for  the  transportation  of
   certain active duty, uniform police officers
 
   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,  TO  INCREASE  PROTECTION AND IMPROVE SAFETY FOR ITS CUSTOMERS
 AND EMPLOYEES, the authority[, in consultation with the Long Island Rail
 Road,] shall establish and implement a no fare program  for  transporta-
 tion  on the Long Island Rail Road AND THE METRO-NORTH COMMUTER RAILROAD
 for TRAINED AND SWORN 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,] IN GOOD STANDING WITH ACTIVE LAW
 ENFORCEMENT RESPONSIBILITIES WHO ARE EMPLOYED BY ANY COUNTY, TOWN,  CITY
 OR  VILLAGE  IN  THE  METROPOLITAN COMMUTER TRANSPORTATION DISTRICT, the
 division of state police, AND 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].  In  estab-
 lishing  such  program,  [which has as its goal increased protection and
 improved safety for its commuters,] the authority [and the  Long  Island
 Rail  Road]  shall, among other things, consider: (a) requiring [police]
 SUCH officers [who ride without cost] to register with the  Long  Island
 Rail  Road  AND THE METRO-NORTH COMMUTER RAILROAD COMPANY as a condition
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                            LBD10989-05-1

 A. 7098--A                          2
 
 of riding without cost; (b) requiring such officers WHEN REGISTERING  to
 [indicate  during such registration process] STATE their regular working
 hours and the [Long Island Rail Road] trains that such  officers  expect
 to  ride; [and] (c) [periodically] ANNUALLY re-registering [and re-vali-
 dating] such officers; AND (D) REQUIRING SUCH OFFICERS  TO  PRESENT  LAW
 ENFORCEMENT  IDENTIFICATION  ALONG WITH ANY PASS THE AUTHORITY MAY ISSUE
 IN RELATION TO THIS PROGRAM. 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.    NOTHING  IN  THIS
 SUBDIVISION SHALL LIMIT THE AUTHORITY FROM PROVIDING NO FARE TRANSPORTA-
 TION ON ANY OF ITS SUBWAYS, BUSES OR COMMUTER TRAINS FOR POLICE OFFICERS
 EMPLOYED  BY  THE CITY OF NEW YORK OR FOR POLICE OFFICERS OR PEACE OFFI-
 CERS EMPLOYED BY THE AUTHORITY OR ITS AFFILIATES.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day  after  it  shall
 have become a law.

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