Bill Text: NY S04040 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Provides that elementary and secondary school teachers may ride public transportation to and from school at no charge; requires schools to provide identification cards.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-02-26 - REFERRED TO EDUCATION [S04040 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-S04040-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         4040
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                   February 26, 2015
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       Introduced  by  Sen. SAMPSON -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee on Education
       AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation  to  enabling  elementary
         and  secondary school teachers to use public transportation to ride to
         and from school at no charge
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  The education law is amended by adding a new section 3037
    2  to read as follows:
    3    S 3037. PROVISION FOR TEACHER USE OF PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION TO AND FROM
    4  SCHOOL AT NO CHARGE.    NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY  OTHER  PROVISION  OF  LAW,
    5  ELEMENTARY  SCHOOL TEACHERS AND SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS SHALL BE ENTI-
    6  TLED TO THE USE OF PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION WITHOUT CHARGE FOR NO MORE THAN
    7  ONE ROUND-TRIP DAILY ON ANY WORKDAY FROM THEIR RESIDENCES TO THE SCHOOLS
    8  IN WHICH THEY ARE EMPLOYED AND FROM SUCH SCHOOLS  TO  THEIR  RESIDENCES.
    9  EACH  SCHOOL  DISTRICT  SHALL  PROVIDE A SUITABLE IDENTIFICATION CARD TO
   10  EACH OF SUCH OF ITS TEACHERS IN  ORDER  FOR  THE  PUBLIC  TRANSPORTATION
   11  SYSTEM  UTILIZED  TO  BE ABLE TO DETERMINE SUCH TEACHERS' ENTITLEMENT TO
   12  THIS BENEFIT.
   13    S 2. This act shall take effect on the first  of  the  calendar  month
   14  next succeeding the thirtieth day after it shall have become a law.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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