What's happening
This bill allows Nassau County fire marshals to ride the Long Island Rail Road for free under the MTA no fare program.
Why it matters
All listed ranks. Eligibility would cover Nassau County chief, assistant chief and supervising fire marshals, as well as fire marshals and trainees—not just senior personnel.
Narrow expansion. The bill would add these Nassau County personnel to an existing program for specified police officers, without extending the benefit to fire marshals elsewhere or to other MTA services.
Existing framework retained. The program’s stated goal would remain increased commuter protection and safety. The bill would leave registration and periodic revalidation considerations worded specifically for police officers.
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Who cares
Nassau County fire marshals and trainees
Personnel in every listed rank would gain eligibility for no-fare LIRR transportation.
MTA and Long Island Rail Road administrators
They would implement the expanded eligibility within the existing no-fare program.
LIRR commuters
The expanded program would retain its statutory goal of increasing their protection and improving their safety.
Headline styles
Free LIRR Rides for Marshals
Plain English, a few words. Used as the page title.
Sponsors
3 Co-sponsors
History
- Referred to corporations, authorities and commissions
- Referred to corporations, authorities and commissions
Companion bill
The same bill in the other chamber. A bill becomes law when one version passes both houses and the governor signs it, so either number can carry it.
Free LIRR Rides for Fire Marshals
In Senate Committee · Finance · Sponsor Martin J. Golden
Full text
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STATE OF NEW YORK
1072
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 10, 2017
Introduced by M. of A. ABBATE -- read once and referred to the Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions
AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to including the Nassau county fire marshals in the MTA Long Island Railroad no fare program
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Subdivision 14 of section 1266 of the public authorities law, as amended by chapter 182 of the laws of 2013, 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 and towns, 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 and chief fire marshals, assistant chief fire marshals, supervising fire marshals, fire marshals and fire marshal trainees in Nassau county. 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 condition 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 authority 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.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD05671-01-7
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