Assembly Bill A7897

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Establishes a no fare program for individuals serving as full-time employees of the New York city transit authority, the Long Island Railroad and the Metro-North Commuter railroad company

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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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2021-A7897 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6869
Current Committee:
Assembly Corporations, Authorities And Commissions
Law Section:
Public Authorities Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §1266, Pub Auth L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
S3537

2021-A7897 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes a no fare program for individuals serving as full-time employees of the New York city transit authority, the Long Island Railroad and the Metro-North Commuter railroad company.

2021-A7897 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7897
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 28, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. CUSICK -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions
 
 AN  ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to establishing
   a no fare program for individuals serving as  full-time  employees  of
   the  New York city transit authority, the Long Island Railroad and the
   Metro-North Commuter railroad company
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Section  1266 of the public authorities law is amended by
 adding a new subdivision 19 to read as follows:
   19. (A) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISIONS OF LAW OR  THE  TERMS  OF
 ANY  CONTRACT,  THE  AUTHORITY,  IN  CONSULTATION WITH THE NEW YORK CITY
 TRANSIT AUTHORITY, THE LONG ISLAND RAILROAD AND THE METRO-NORTH COMMUTER
 RAILROAD COMPANY, SHALL ESTABLISH AND IMPLEMENT A NO  FARE  PROGRAM  FOR
 TRANSPORTATION  ON  NEW  YORK  CITY  TRANSIT AUTHORITY SYSTEMS, THE LONG
 ISLAND RAILROAD AND THE METRO-NORTH COMMUTER RAILROAD COMPANY FOR  INDI-
 VIDUALS  SERVING  AS  FULL-TIME  EMPLOYEES  OF THE NEW YORK CITY TRANSIT
 AUTHORITY, THE LONG ISLAND RAILROAD AND THE METRO-NORTH  COMMUTER  RAIL-
 ROAD COMPANY.
   (B)  IN  ORDER  TO  BE ELIGIBLE FOR SUCH NO FARE PROGRAM THE FULL-TIME
 EMPLOYEES OF THE NEW YORK CITY TRANSIT AUTHORITY, THE LONG ISLAND  RAIL-
 ROAD  AND THE METRO-NORTH COMMUTER RAILROAD COMPANY MUST SHOW HIS OR HER
 AGENCY ISSUED IDENTIFICATION CARD.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
 it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition,  amend-
 ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen-
 tation  of  this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and
 completed on or before such effective date.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD11594-01-1

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