Bill Text: NY S04719 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Senate Bill 4719

Introduced

Bill Title: Amends the Long Island Rail Road weekend reduced fare program to include the Far Rockaway station.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION [S04719 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S04719-Introduced.html




                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          4719

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                    February 14, 2023
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen. SANDERS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation

        AN ACT to amend the public authorities law,  in  relation  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. Short title. This act shall be known as  the  "Long  Island
     2  Rail Road Fare Act".
     3    §  2.  Legislative  findings. The New York state legislature has found
     4  that on the weekends the Long Island Rail  Road,  a  subsidiary  of  the
     5  Metropolitan Transportation Authority, provides reduced fare between the
     6  hours  of  12:01  AM  Saturday  until 11:59 AM Sunday at certain station
     7  locations. Passengers traveling to and from locations  within  New  York
     8  city  should  not  forfeit  their enjoyment of such reduced fare because
     9  their train happens to pass through Nassau county.
    10    § 3.  Section 1266 of the public authorities law is amended by  adding
    11  a new subdivision 14-a to read as follows:
    12    14-a.  Notwithstanding any other provisions of law or the terms of any
    13  contract, the Long Island Rail Road shall include Far  Rockaway  Station
    14  in  its  New  York City weekend reduced fare program. Such station shall
    15  enjoy the same benefits as all other stations included in such program.
    16    § 4. This act shall take effect on the first of April next  succeeding
    17  the date on which it shall have become a law.



         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD01741-01-3