Bill Text: NY S02088 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Provides for the reimbursement of the ticket price of unused one-way, round trip or multi-trip tickets purchased for use on the Long Island Rail Road or the Metro-North Commuter Railroad Company if returned within one year.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2014-06-11 - referred to corporations, authorities and commissions [S02088 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-S02088-Amended.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                        2088--A
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                   January 10, 2013
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       Introduced  by  Sen. MARTINS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation  --  recom-
         mitted  to  the  Committee on Transportation in accordance with Senate
         Rule  6,  sec.  8  --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended,  ordered
         reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
       AN  ACT  to  amend the public authorities law, in relation to one-way or
         round trip tickets purchased for use on the Long Island Rail Road  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. The public authorities law is amended  by  adding  two  new
    2  sections 1266-j and 1266-k to read as follows:
    3    S  1266-J.  LONG  ISLAND  RAIL  ROAD AND METRO-NORTH COMMUTER RAILROAD
    4  COMPANY; REIMBURSEMENT.  NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW, ANY
    5  ONE-WAY, ROUND TRIP OR MULTI-TRIP TICKET NOT PURCHASED  FOR  A  SPECIFIC
    6  MONTH OR UNLIMITED TRAVEL, BUT PURCHASED FOR USE ON THE LONG ISLAND RAIL
    7  ROAD OR THE METRO-NORTH COMMUTER RAILROAD COMPANY SHALL BE VALID FOR ONE
    8  YEAR  FROM  THE  DATE  OF PURCHASE AND THE AUTHORITY SHALL REIMBURSE ONE
    9  HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE PURCHASE PRICE OF ANY  UNUSED  LONG  ISLAND  RAIL
   10  ROAD  OR  METRO-NORTH  COMMUTER  RAILROAD COMPANY ONE-WAY, ROUND TRIP OR
   11  MULTI-TRIP TICKET TO THE BEARER OF SUCH TICKET, PROVIDED THAT SUCH TICK-
   12  ET IS RETURNED WITHIN ONE YEAR OF THE DATE OF PURCHASE. THE AUTHORITY IS
   13  PROHIBITED FROM ASSESSING ANY SURCHARGE OR PROCESSING FEE FOR THE RETURN
   14  OF ANY SUCH UNUSED ONE-WAY, ROUND TRIP OR  MULTI-TRIP  TICKET  PURCHASED
   15  FOR  USE  ON THE LONG ISLAND RAIL ROAD OR THE METRO-NORTH COMMUTER RAIL-
   16  ROAD COMPANY.
   17    S 1266-K. LONG ISLAND RAIL  ROAD  AND  METRO-NORTH  COMMUTER  RAILROAD
   18  COMPANY;  FARE  AFTER  BOARDING.  ADDITIONAL  TRAIN FARE PURCHASED AFTER
   19  BOARDING BY A PASSENGER POSSESSING  A  TICKET  WITH  INSUFFICIENT  FARE,
   20  SHALL BE ROUNDED UP TO THE NEAREST QUARTER OF A DOLLAR.
   21    S  2.  This  act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
   22  have become a law.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD03238-02-4