Bill Text: NY A01720 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 1720 (Prior Session Legislation)

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