STATE OF NEW YORK
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7450
2021-2022 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
October 20, 2021
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Introduced by Sen. COMRIE -- 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 Metro-North Commuter Railroad and 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. Metro-North Commuter Railroad and Long Island Rail Road
4 ticket extension; COVID-19. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
5 any one-way or round trip ticket purchased for use on the Metro-North
6 Commuter Railroad and/or the Long Island Rail Road, including a "CityT-
7 icket" and an "Atlantic Ticket", before or during the COVID-19 state
8 disaster emergency declared by executive order number two hundred two
9 and any further amendments or modifications thereto, and as may be
10 further extended pursuant to section twenty-eight of the executive law,
11 shall be valid for one year from the date of purchase.
12 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD13069-02-1
