Bill Text: NY A05559 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: An act to amend the transportation law, in relation to providing fares free of charge to certain correction officers on passenger transportation facilities operated by certain public transportation authorities

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-01-06 - referred to transportation [A05559 Detail]

Download: New_York-2009-A05559-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         5559
                              2009-2010 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   February 13, 2009
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       Introduced  by  M. of A. V. LOPEZ, LENTOL, SEMINERIO, CLARK -- read once
         and referred to the Committee on Transportation
       AN ACT to amend the transportation law, in relation to  providing  fares
         free of charge to certain correction officers on passenger transporta-
         tion facilities operated by certain public transportation authorities
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1.  The transportation law is amended by adding a new  section
    2  135-a to read as follows:
    3    S  135-A.  FREE USE OF PASSENGER TRANSPORTATION FACILITIES OPERATED BY
    4  CERTAIN PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITIES.   THE LONG ISLAND  RAIL  ROAD
    5  AND EVERY PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY LOCATED IN A CITY WITH A POPU-
    6  LATION OF ONE MILLION OR MORE RECEIVING OPERATING ASSISTANCE PURSUANT TO
    7  SECTION  EIGHTEEN-B  OF  THIS CHAPTER SHALL, NOT LATER THAN MARCH FIRST,
    8  TWO THOUSAND TEN, ADOPT REGULATIONS PROVIDING THAT USE  OF  ANY  OF  ITS
    9  FACILITIES  TRANSPORTING  PASSENGERS  BE  FREE OF CHARGE FOR PERSONS WHO
   10  DISPLAY AN AUTHORIZATION SHIELD AND IDENTIFICATION CARD EVIDENCING  THAT
   11  THEY  ARE  CORRECTION  OFFICERS  OF  THE  NEW  YORK  CITY  DEPARTMENT OF
   12  CORRECTION AND ARE PERFORMING THEIR OFFICIAL DUTIES OR ON THEIR  WAY  TO
   13  OR FROM PERFORMING THEIR OFFICIAL DUTIES.
   14    S 2.  This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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