Bill Text: NY S02972 | 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) 2024-01-03 - REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION [S02972 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S02972-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         2972--A

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                    January 26, 2023
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen.  MAYER  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation --  commit-
          tee  discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recom-
          mitted 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

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD05292-02-3
        S. 2972--A                          2

     1  Company as a condition of riding without cost; (b) requiring such  offi-
     2  cers  when  registering  to  [indicate during such registration process]
     3  state their regular working hours and the [Long Island Rail Road] trains
     4  that  such  officers  expect  to ride; [and] (c) [periodically] annually
     5  re-registering [and re-validating] such officers; and (d) requiring such
     6  officers to present law enforcement identification along with  any  pass
     7  the  authority may issue in relation to this program. The authority [and
     8  the Long Island Rail Road] shall also have the power to  consider  other
     9  matters necessary to carry out the goals and objectives of this section.
    10  Nothing  in this subdivision shall limit the authority from providing no
    11  fare transportation on any of its subways, buses or commuter trains  for
    12  police  officers employed by the city of New York or for police officers
    13  or peace officers employed by the authority or its affiliates.
    14    § 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day  after  it  shall
    15  have become a law.