Bill Text: NY A09825 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Requires the Long Island Rail Road, the Metro-North Commuter Railroad Company, and the New York City Transit Authority establish a no fare program for the transportation of certain active duty, uniform police officers.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-07-15 - enacting clause stricken [A09825 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A09825-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                         9825--A

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                      April 9, 2024
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  ZEBROWSKI  --  read once and referred to the
          Committee on Corporations, Authorities and  Commissions  --  committee
          discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
          to said committee

        AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to requiring the
          Metro-North  Commuter  Railroad  Company and the New York city transit
          authority establish a  no  fare  program  for  the  transportation  of
          certain active duty, uniform police officers

          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,  to  increase  protection and improve safety for its customers
     6  and employees, the authority[, in consultation with the Long Island Rail
     7  Road,] shall establish and implement a no fare program  for  transporta-
     8  tion  on the Long Island Rail Road and the Metro-North Commuter Railroad
     9  for trained and sworn police officers [employed by the city of New York,
    10  county of Nassau, Nassau county villages and cities, county of  Suffolk,
    11  Suffolk  county  villages  and  towns, the division of state police, the
    12  port authority of New York and  New  Jersey,  the  Metro-North  Commuter
    13  Railroad  Company,  the New York city housing authority and the New York
    14  city transit authority], as defined in  section  1.20  of  the  criminal
    15  procedure  law  and  who  are  employed in good standing with active law
    16  enforcement responsibilities within the metropolitan commuter  transpor-
    17  tation  district.  In  establishing such program, [which has as its goal
    18  increased protection and improved safety for its commuters,] the author-
    19  ity [and the Long Island Rail Road] shall, among other things, consider:
    20  (a) requiring [police] such officers [who ride without cost] to register
    21  with the Long Island Rail Road and  the  Metro-North  Commuter  Railroad
    22  Company  as a condition of riding without cost; (b) requiring such offi-
    23  cers when registering to [indicate  during  such  registration  process]
    24  state their regular working hours and the [Long Island Rail Road] trains

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD05292-06-4
        A. 9825--A                          2

     1  that  such  officers  expect  to ride; [and] (c) [periodically] annually
     2  re-registering [and re-validating] such officers; and (d) requiring such
     3  officers to present law enforcement identification along with  any  pass
     4  the  authority may issue in relation to this program. The authority [and
     5  the Long Island Rail Road] shall also have the power to  consider  other
     6  matters necessary to carry out the goals and objectives of this section.
     7  Nothing  in this subdivision shall limit the authority from providing no
     8  fare transportation on any of its subways, buses or commuter trains  for
     9  police  officers employed by the city of New York or for police officers
    10  or peace officers employed by the authority or its affiliates.
    11    § 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day  after  it  shall
    12  have become a law.