Bill Text: NY A01720 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Relates to the maximum penalty for fare evasion.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - referred to corporations, authorities and commissions [A01720 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-A01720-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 1720 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY January 16, 2019 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. QUART -- read once and referred to the Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to the maximum penalty for fare evasion The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Paragraph b of subdivision 4 of section 1209-a of the 2 public authorities law, as amended by chapter 460 of the laws of 2015, 3 is amended to read as follows: 4 b. To impose civil penalties not to exceed a total of one hundred 5 fifty dollars for any transit infraction within its jurisdiction, in 6 accordance with a penalty schedule established by the authority or the 7 metropolitan transportation authority or a subsidiary thereof, as appli- 8 cable, provided, however, that the maximum penalty for the failure to 9 make a payment of fare as defined in section 1050.4 of title twenty-one 10 of the New York codes, rules and regulations shall be equal to the cost 11 of the fare that was evaded, except that penalties for violations of the 12 health code of the city of New York shall be in accordance with the 13 penalties established for such violations by the board of health of the 14 city of New York, and penalties for violations of the noise code of the 15 city of New York shall be in accordance with the penalties established 16 for such violations by law, and civil penalties for violations of the 17 rules and regulations of the triborough bridge and tunnel authority 18 shall be in accordance with the penalties established for such 19 violations by section twenty-nine hundred eighty-five of this chapter; 20 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD01434-01-9