Directs the metropolitan transportation authority, in consultation with the Long Island Rail Road, to establish a no fare program for transportation on the Long Island Rail Road for individuals in active military service of the United States and active duty members of the New York national guard, upon showing a military or national guard identification card.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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9292
IN SENATE
February 25, 2026
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Introduced by Sen. RHOADS -- 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 transportation on the Long Island Rail Road for
individuals in active military service of the United States and active
duty members of the New York national guard
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 20 to read as follows:
3 20. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the authority, in
4 consultation with the Long Island Rail Road, shall establish and imple-
5 ment a no fare program for transportation on the Long Island Rail Road
6 for individuals in active military service of the United States and
7 active duty members of the New York national guard.
8 (b) In order to be eligible for such no fare program, an individual in
9 active military service of the United States or an active duty member of
10 the New York national guard shall show their military-issued or New York
11 national guard-issued identification card.
12 (c) For the purposes of this subdivision, the terms "active military
13 service of the United States", "New York national guard", "military",
14 and "active duty" shall have the same meanings as defined by section one
15 of the military law.
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.
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