Bill Text: NY A05723 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 5723 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Establishes a no fare program for transportation on the New York city transit authority, the Long Island Rail Road and the Metro-North Commuter Railroad Company for duly enrolled members of the auxiliary police employed by the city of New York, the counties of Nassau and Suffolk and localities within the counties of Nassau and Suffolk.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 2)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-03 - referred to corporations, authorities and commissions [A05723 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-A05723-Introduced.html

                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          5723
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    February 14, 2017
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by  M.  of A. CURRAN, FINCH -- 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 transportation on New York city transit authori-
          ty  systems,  the  Long  Island Rail Road and the Metro-North Commuter
          Railroad Company for duly enrolled members of the auxiliary police
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1.  Section  1266 of the public authorities law is amended by
     2  adding a new subdivision 14-a to read as follows:
     3    14-a. Notwithstanding any other provision of law or the terms  of  any
     4  contract,  the authority, in consultation with the New York city transit
     5  authority, the Long Island Rail Road and the Metro-North Commuter  Rail-
     6  road Company, shall establish and implement a no fare program for trans-
     7  portation  on  New  York city transit authority systems, the Long Island
     8  Rail Road  and  the  Metro-North  Commuter  Railroad  Company  for  duly
     9  enrolled  members  of  the auxiliary police of the city of New York, the
    10  county of Nassau, Nassau county  villages  and  cities,  the  county  of
    11  Suffolk, or Suffolk county villages. In establishing such program, which
    12  has  as its goal increased protection and improved safety for its commu-
    13  ters, the authority and the New York city transit  authority,  the  Long
    14  Island  Rail  Road and the Metro-North Commuter Railroad Company, shall,
    15  among other things, consider: (a) requiring such members who ride  with-
    16  out  cost to register with the New York city transit authority, the Long
    17  Island Rail Road and the Metro-North  Commuter  Railroad  Company  as  a
    18  condition of riding without cost; (b) requiring such members to indicate
    19  during such registration process their regular working hours and the New
    20  York  city  transit  authority, the Long Island Rail Road and the Metro-
    21  North Commuter Railroad Company trains that such members expect to ride;
    22  and (c) periodically re-registering and re-validating such members.  The
    23  authority  and the New York city transit authority, the Long Island Rail
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD08519-01-7

        A. 5723                             2
     1  Road and the Metro-North Commuter Railroad Company shall also  have  the
     2  power  to  consider  other  matters necessary to carry out the goals and
     3  objectives of this subdivision.
     4    §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
     5  have become a law.