Bill Text: NY S06869 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Senate Bill 6869 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Establishes a no fare program for individuals serving as full-time employees of the New York city transit authority, the Long Island Railroad and the Metro-North Commuter railroad company.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-05 - REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION [S06869 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-S06869-Introduced.html




                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          6869

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                      May 19, 2021
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen. SKOUFIS -- 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  establishing
          a  no  fare  program for individuals serving as full-time employees of
          the New York city transit authority, the Long Island Railroad 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. Section 1266 of the public authorities law  is  amended  by
     2  adding a new subdivision 19 to read as follows:
     3    19.  (a)  Notwithstanding  any other provisions of law or the terms of
     4  any contract, the authority, in consultation  with  the  New  York  city
     5  transit authority, the Long Island Railroad and the Metro-North Commuter
     6  railroad  company,  shall  establish and implement a no fare program for
     7  transportation on New York city  transit  authority  systems,  the  Long
     8  Island  Railroad and the Metro-North Commuter railroad company for indi-
     9  viduals serving as full-time employees of  the  New  York  city  transit
    10  authority,  the  Long Island Railroad and the Metro-North Commuter rail-
    11  road company.
    12    (b) In order to be eligible for such no  fare  program  the  full-time
    13  employees  of the New York city transit authority, the Long Island Rail-
    14  road and the Metro-North Commuter railroad company must show his or  her
    15  agency issued identification card.
    16    § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
    17  it  shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amend-
    18  ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen-
    19  tation of this act on its effective date are authorized to be  made  and
    20  completed on or before such effective date.


         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD11594-01-1