Provides for the reimbursement of the ticket price of unused one-way and round trip tickets purchased for use on the Long Island Rail Road or the Metro-North Commuter Railroad Company if returned within six months.

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S3778C-2011 Actions

• Jun 20, 2012: referred to ways and means
• Jun 20, 2012: RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
• Jun 20, 2012: REPASSED SENATE
• Jun 20, 2012: AMENDED BY RESTORING TO PREVIOUS PRINT 3778D
• Jun 18, 2012: AMENDED ON THIRD READING 3778E
• Jun 18, 2012: VOTE RECONSIDERED - RESTORED TO THIRD READING
• Jun 18, 2012: returned to senate
• Jun 18, 2012: RECALLED FROM ASSEMBLY
• 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

S3778C-2011 Meetings

Finance: Apr 25, 2012

S3778C-2011 Votes

S3778C-2011 Memo

BILL NUMBER:S3778C

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 one year 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 one year 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 or otherwise increasing the
cost of tickets for refunding their full value.

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. 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.

S3778C-2011 Text

                      S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
  ________________________________________________________________________

                                   3778--C

                         2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                              I N  SENATE

                                March 3, 2011
                                 ___________

  Introduced  by  Sens. MARTINS, FUSCHILLO, SKELOS, STAVISKY -- read twice
    and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee
    on Transportation  --  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 -- recommitted to the Committee on Transportation in
    accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- reported favorably from  said
    committee  and  committed  to  the  Committee  on Finance -- 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 ONE YEAR 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 OR OTHER-
  WISE ROUNDING UP THE ACTUAL COST OF  A  HIGHER  CLASS  TICKET  UPON  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.
                                                             LBD09820-06-2