S3778B-2011 Actions

• May 15, 2012: referred to ways and means
• May 15, 2012: DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
• May 15, 2012: PASSED SENATE
• May 14, 2012: ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
• May 9, 2012: 2ND REPORT CAL.
• May 8, 2012: 1ST REPORT CAL.725
• May 1, 2012: PRINT NUMBER 3778D
• May 1, 2012: AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO FINANCE
• Mar 1, 2012: PRINT NUMBER 3778C
• Mar 1, 2012: AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO FINANCE
• Jan 9, 2012: REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE
• Jan 4, 2012: REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION
• Jan 4, 2012: returned to senate
• Jan 4, 2012: died in assembly
• Jun 14, 2011: referred to corporations, authorities and commissions
• Jun 14, 2011: DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
• Jun 14, 2011: PASSED SENATE
• Jun 14, 2011: ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1219
• Jun 13, 2011: COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES
• Jun 10, 2011: PRINT NUMBER 3778B
• Jun 10, 2011: AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO TRANSPORTATION
• Mar 22, 2011: PRINT NUMBER 3778A
• Mar 22, 2011: AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO TRANSPORTATION
• Mar 3, 2011: REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

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S3778B-2011 Memo

BILL NUMBER:S3778B

TITLE OF BILL:
An act
to amend the public authorities law, in relation to
one-way or round trip
tickets purchased
for use on the Long Island Rail Road

PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:
To eliminate the cost of mandated
surcharges for the cancellation of one-way or round trip Long Island
Rail Road tickets within six months of their original purchase.

SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:
Creates Section 1266-j of the public
authorities law; requiring the Metropolitan Transit Authority to
extend the validity of one-way or round trip Long Island Railroad
tickets to six months from the date of purchase and to reimburse one
hundred percent (100%) of the purchase price for unused one-way or
round Long Island Rail Road tickets returned within six months of the
date of purchase and prohibiting the assessment of any surcharge or
processing fee for the returned ticket.

JUSTIFICATION:
On December 30, 2010, the Metropolitan Transit
Authority (MTA) Board adopted a new refund policy for tickets
purchased for the Long Island Rail Road (LIRR). The recently
instituted policy invalidates Unused One Way and Round Trip tickets
within two weeks of the purchase date. For a full refund, any unused
tickets must be returned within 30 days of the purchase date. Prior
to this policy's enactment, LIRR tickets had been valid for up to
sixth months.

In addition to the reduction in the amount of time allowed for
full refund ticket returns, the new policy also includes a $10 refund
processing fee for each ticket return transaction. In most cases, the
$10 processing fee is more than the cost of the purchased One-Way
ticket. This policy discourages transit riders from obtaining a
refund, losing the cost of the ticket if they are unable use the
ticket within 14 days.

This legislation will eliminate the inequitable charge of the $10
processing fee for refunded tickets and prolong the use of tickets
for a reasonable amount of time.

PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
This is a new bill.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
Unknown.

EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it
shall have become a law.

S3778B-2011 Text

 S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 
 3778--B
 2011-2012 Regular Sessions
 I N  SENATE
 March 3, 2011
 
 Introduced  by Sens. MARTINS, FUSCHILLO -- read twice and ordered print
 ed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee  on  Transporta
 tion  --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended,  ordered reprinted as
 amended and recommitted to said  committee  --  committee  discharged,
 bill  amended,  ordered  reprinted  as amended and recommitted to said
 committee
 

AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation  to  one-way  or
 round trip tickets purchased for use on the Long Island Rail Road
 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

 

Section 1. The public authorities law  is  amended  by  adding  a  new
 section 1266-j to read as follows:

 

S  1266-J.  LONG ISLAND RAIL ROAD; REIMBURSEMENT.  NOTWITHSTANDING ANY
 OTHER PROVISION OF LAW, ANY ONE-WAY OR ROUND TRIP TICKET  PURCHASED  FOR
 USE  ON THE LONG ISLAND RAIL ROAD SHALL BE VALID FOR SIX MONTHS FROM THE
 DATE OF PURCHASE AND THE AUTHORITY SHALL REIMBURSE ONE  HUNDRED  PERCENT
 OF  THE  PURCHASE  PRICE  OF ANY UNUSED LONG ISLAND RAIL ROAD ONE-WAY OR
 ROUND TRIP TICKET TO THE BEARER OF SUCH TICKET, PROVIDED THAT SUCH TICK
 ET IS RETURNED WITHIN SIX MONTHS OF THE DATE OF PURCHASE. THE  AUTHORITY
 IS  PROHIBITED  FROM  ASSESSING  ANY SURCHARGE OR PROCESSING FEE FOR THE
 RETURN OF ANY SUCH UNUSED ONE-WAY OR ROUND TRIP TICKET PURCHASED FOR USE
 ON THE LONG ISLAND RAIL ROAD.
 

S 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day  after  it  shall
 have become a law.
 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD09820-04-1

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