Bill Text: NY A04711 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Relates to including officers, sergeants, lieutenants, captains, majors and chiefs of the Court Officers Benevolent Association of Suffolk county in the MTA Long Island Rail Road no fare program.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - referred to corporations, authorities and commissions [A04711 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-A04711-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 4711 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY February 5, 2019 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. ENGLEBRIGHT -- read once and referred to the Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to including certain members of the Court Officers Benevolent Association of Suffolk County 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: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 14 of section 1266 of the public authorities 2 law, as amended by chapter 182 of the laws of 2013, is amended to read 3 as follows: 4 14. Notwithstanding any other provisions of law or the terms of any 5 contract, the authority, in consultation with the Long Island Rail Road, 6 shall establish and implement a no fare program for transportation on 7 the Long Island Rail Road for police officers employed by the city of 8 New York, county of Nassau, Nassau county villages and cities, county of 9 Suffolk, Suffolk county villages and towns, the division of state 10 police, the port authority of New York and New Jersey, the Metro-North 11 Commuter Railroad Company, the New York city housing authority [and], 12 the New York city transit authority and senior court officers, court 13 officer sergeants, court officer lieutenants, court officer captains, 14 court officer majors, court officer chiefs and court clerks who hold 15 peace officer status of the Court Officers Benevolent Association of 16 Suffolk county. In establishing such program, which has as its goal 17 increased protection and improved safety for its commuters, the authori- 18 ty and the Long Island Rail Road shall, among other things, consider: 19 (a) requiring police officers who ride without cost to register with the 20 Long Island Rail Road as a condition of riding without cost; (b) requir- 21 ing such officers to indicate during such registration process their 22 regular working hours and the Long Island Rail Road trains that such 23 officers expect to ride; and (c) periodically re-registering and re-va- 24 lidating such officers. The authority and the Long Island Rail Road 25 shall also have the power to consider other matters necessary to carry 26 out the goals and objectives of this section. 27 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD08491-01-9