Bill Text: NY S04240 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Long Island Rail Road weekend reduced fare program to include the East New York station.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-03 - REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION [S04240 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-S04240-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          4240
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                    February 6, 2017
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        Introduced  by  Sen.  DILAN  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation
        AN ACT relating to the  Long  Island  Rail  Road  weekend  reduced  fare
          program
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1.  Legislative findings. The New York state  legislature  has
     2  found  that  on  the weekends the Long Island Rail Road, a subsidiary of
     3  the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, provides reduced fare between
     4  the hours of 12:01 AM Saturday until 11:59 AM Sunday at certain  station
     5  locations.  Passengers  traveling  to and from locations within New York
     6  city should not forfeit their enjoyment of  such  reduced  fare  because
     7  their train happens to pass through Nassau county.
     8    §  2.  Definitions. The term "fare" shall mean a person or persons who
     9  tender money to participate in the transportation services  provided  by
    10  the Long Island Rail Road.
    11    §  3.  It  shall  be unlawful for the Long Island Rail Road to exclude
    12  from its weekend reduced fare programs individuals traveling  from  East
    13  New  York  station  to another location within New York city and to East
    14  New York station from another location within New York city.
    15    § 4. All trips included in such weekend  reduced  fare  program  shall
    16  receive the same reduced fare regardless of starting and ending points.
    17    § 5. This act shall take effect January 1, 2018.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD06197-01-7