S1898-2013 Actions

• Jan 9, 2013: REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

S1898-2013 Memo

BILL NUMBER:S1898

TITLE  OF BILL:  An act to amend the public authorities law, in relation
to authorizing the metropolitan transportation authority to permit state
correction officers and New York city correction officers  to  ride  the
Long Island Rail Road at no charge

PURPOSE:  To increase safety on the Long Island Rail Road by encouraging
its use by Corrections Officers.

SUMMARY  OF  PROVISIONS:    Subdivision 14 of section 1266 of the public
authorities law, as added by Chapter 307 of the laws of 1995, is amended
to include New York State and New York city Corrections officers in  the
LIRR's no-fare program.

EXISTING LAW:  Chapter 307 of the laws of 1995.

JUSTIFICATION:    New York City Correction Officers are authorized Peace
Officers highly trained and often called upon to detain and arrest indi-
viduals while off-duty during the commission of a crime.

Present law provides access to this rail service to numerous  other  law
enforcement  officers  and  this  legislation  seeks to provide the same
recognition to New York City Correction Officers.

These brave men and women are duty bound to protect the  public  at  all
times and recognizing the continued possibility of threats targeting our
mass  transportation  systems,  enactment of this legislation reinforces
our respect for all Peace Officers and their  commitment  to  protecting
the public from violent criminals.

PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

S.6560 of 2011/2012

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS: None to state.

EFFECTIVE DATE:  This act shall take effect immediately.

S1898-2013 Text

 S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 
 
                                         1898
 2013-2014 Regular Sessions
 I N  SENATE
 (PREFILED)
 January 9, 2013
 
 Introduced  by Sen. NOZZOLIO -- 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  authorizing
 the  metropolitan  transportation authority to permit state correction
 officers and New York city correction officers to ride the Long Island
 Rail Road at no charge
 THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

 

Section  1.  Subdivision  14 of section 1266 of the public authorities
 law, as added by chapter 307 of the laws of 1995, is amended to read  as
 follows:

 14.  Notwithstanding  any  other provisions of law or the terms of any
 contract, the authority, in consultation with the Long Island Rail Road,
 shall establish and implement a no fare program  for  transportation  on
 the  Long  Island  Rail Road for police officers employed by the city of
 New York, county of Nassau, Nassau county villages and cities, county of
 Suffolk, Suffolk county villages, the division of state police, the port
 authority of New York and New Jersey, the Metro-North Commuter  Railroad
 Company,  the  New  York city housing authority [and], the New York city
 transit authority, CORRECTION OFFICERS EMPLOYED  BY  THE  DEPARTMENT  OF
 CORRECTION  OF  THE CITY OF NEW YORK AND CORRECTION OFFICERS EMPLOYED BY
 THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS AND COMMUNITY SUPERVISION. In establishing
 such program, which has as its goal increased  protection  and  improved
 safety  for  its  commuters, the authority and the Long Island Rail Road
 shall, among other things, consider: (a) requiring police  officers  who
 ride without cost to register with the Long Island Rail Road as a condi
 tion  of  riding  without  cost; (b) requiring such officers to indicate
 during such registration process their regular  working  hours  and  the
 Long  Island Rail Road trains that such officers expect to ride; and (c)
 periodically re-registering and re-validating such officers. The author
 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD01771-01-3
 
       S. 1898                             2
 ity and the Long Island Rail Road shall also have the power to  consider
 other  matters  necessary  to carry out the goals and objectives of this
 section.
 

S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

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