Assembly Bill A298

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to the Long Island Rail Road weekend reduced fare program

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly 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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2023-A298 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S2539
Current Committee:
Assembly Corporations, Authorities And Commissions
Law Section:
Railroad
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: A10160
2017-2018: A6276
2019-2020: A6291
2021-2022: A4350, S4626

2023-A298 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Amends the Long Island Rail Road weekend reduced fare program to include the East New York station.

2023-A298 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    298
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              January 4, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of A. WALKER -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. COOK,
   DICKENS, SIMON, VANEL -- read once and referred to  the  Committee  on
   Corporations, Authorities and Commissions
 
 AN  ACT  relating  to  the  Long  Island  Rail Road weekend reduced fare
   program

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.   Legislative findings. The New York state legislature has
 found that on the weekends the Long Island Rail Road,  a  subsidiary  of
 the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, provides reduced fare between
 the  hours of 12:01 AM Saturday until 11:59 AM Sunday at certain station
 locations. Passengers traveling to and from locations  within  New  York
 city  should  not  forfeit  their enjoyment of such reduced fare because
 their train happens to pass through Nassau county.
   § 2. Definitions. The term "fare" shall mean a person or  persons  who
 tender  money  to participate in the transportation services provided by
 the Long Island Rail Road.
   § 3. It shall be unlawful for the Long Island  Rail  Road  to  exclude
 from  its  weekend reduced fare programs individuals traveling from East
 New York station to another location within New York city  and  to  East
 New York station from another location within New York city.
   §  4.  All  trips  included in such weekend reduced fare program shall
 receive the same reduced fare regardless of starting and ending points.
   § 5. This act shall take effect on the first of January next  succeed-
 ing the date upon which it shall have become a law.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01040-01-3

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