Bill Text: NY A07897 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: 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.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-05 - referred to corporations, authorities and commissions [A07897 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-A07897-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          7897

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                      May 28, 2021
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        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:

     1    Section  1.  Section  1266 of the public authorities law is amended by
     2  adding a new subdivision 19 to read as follows:
     3    19. (a) Notwithstanding any other provisions of law or  the  terms  of
     4  any  contract,  the  authority,  in  consultation with the New York city
     5  transit authority, the Long Island Railroad and the Metro-North Commuter
     6  railroad company, shall establish and implement a no  fare  program  for
     7  transportation  on  New  York  city  transit authority systems, the Long
     8  Island Railroad and the Metro-North Commuter railroad company for  indi-
     9  viduals  serving  as  full-time  employees  of the New York city transit
    10  authority, the Long Island Railroad and the Metro-North  Commuter  rail-
    11  road company.
    12    (b)  In  order  to  be eligible for such no fare program the full-time
    13  employees of the New York city transit authority, the Long Island  Rail-
    14  road  and the Metro-North Commuter railroad company must show his or her
    15  agency issued identification card.
    16    § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
    17  it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition,  amend-
    18  ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen-
    19  tation  of  this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and
    20  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