Bill Text: NY S08857 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Extends the expiration of Long Island Rail Road tickets purchased before or during the COVID-19 state of emergency to one year from the date of purchase.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-07-29 - REFERRED TO RULES [S08857 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S08857-Introduced.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          8857

                    IN SENATE

                                      July 29, 2020
                                       ___________

        Introduced by Sens. BROOKS, KAPLAN, GAUGHRAN, KAMINSKY, MARTINEZ, THOMAS
          -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to
          the Committee on Rules

        AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to extending the
          expiration of Long Island Rail Road tickets purchased before or during
          the COVID-19 state of emergency

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. The public authorities law  is  amended  by  adding  a  new
     2  section 1266-l to read as follows:
     3    §  1266-l. Long Island Rail Road ticket extension; COVID-19.  Notwith-
     4  standing any other provision of law, any one-way or  round  trip  ticket
     5  purchased  for  use  on  the  Long Island Rail Road before or during the
     6  COVID-19 state disaster emergency declared by executive order number two
     7  hundred two and any further amendments or modifications thereto, and  as
     8  may  be  further extended pursuant to section twenty-eight of the execu-
     9  tive law, shall be valid for one year from the date of purchase.
    10    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.






         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD17036-01-0
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