Requires the Long Island Rail Road, the Metro-North Commuter Railroad Company, and the New York City Transit Authority establish a no fare program for the transportation of certain active duty, uniform police officers.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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6907
2021-2022 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
May 20, 2021
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Introduced by Sen. MAYER -- 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 requiring the
Metro-North Commuter Railroad Company and the New York city transit
authority establish a no fare program for the transportation of
certain active duty, uniform police officers
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subdivision 14 of section 1266 of the public authorities
2 law, as amended by chapter 182 of the laws of 2013, is amended to read
3 as follows:
4 14. Notwithstanding any other provisions of law or the terms of any
5 contract, to increase protection and improve safety for its customers
6 and employees, the authority[, in consultation with the Long Island Rail
7 Road,] shall establish and implement a no fare program for transporta-
8 tion on the Long Island Rail Road and the Metro-North Commuter Railroad
9 for trained and sworn police officers [employed by the city of New York,
10 county of Nassau, Nassau county villages and cities, county of Suffolk,
11 Suffolk county villages and towns,] in good standing with active law
12 enforcement responsibilities who are employed by any county, town, city
13 or village in the metropolitan commuter transportation district, the
14 division of state police, and the port authority of New York and New
15 Jersey[, the Metro-North Commuter Railroad Company, the New York city
16 housing authority and the New York city transit authority]. In estab-
17 lishing such program, [which has as its goal increased protection and
18 improved safety for its commuters,] the authority [and the Long Island
19 Rail Road] shall, among other things, consider: (a) requiring [police]
20 such officers [who ride without cost] to register with the Long Island
21 Rail Road and the Metro-North Commuter Railroad Company as a condition
22 of riding without cost; (b) requiring such officers when registering to
23 [indicate during such registration process] state their regular working
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 hours and the [Long Island Rail Road] trains that such officers expect
2 to ride; [and] (c) [periodically] annually re-registering [and re-vali-
3 dating] such officers; and (d) requiring such officers to present law
4 enforcement identification along with any pass the authority may issue
5 in relation to this program. The authority [and the Long Island Rail
6 Road] shall also have the power to consider other matters necessary to
7 carry out the goals and objectives of this section. Nothing in this
8 subdivision shall limit the authority from providing no fare transporta-
9 tion on any of its subways, buses or commuter trains for police officers
10 employed by the city of New York or for police officers or peace offi-
11 cers employed by the authority or its affiliates.
12 § 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
13 have become a law.
