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