Bill Text: NY A01770 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to a half fare rate program in the MTA for veterans.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 40-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-05-11 - print number 1770a [A01770 Detail]

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          1770
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    January 13, 2017
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        Introduced  by  M. of A. DINOWITZ, ORTIZ, BENEDETTO, SIMANOWITZ, CRESPO,
          RICHARDSON,  JOYNER,  MOSLEY,  COLTON,  COOK,  BRAUNSTEIN,   PICHARDO,
          TITONE,  DenDEKKER,  BICHOTTE, RIVERA, BLAKE, HOOPER, THIELE -- Multi-
          Sponsored by -- M. of  A.  ABBATE,  ENGLEBRIGHT,  HYNDMAN,  SEPULVEDA,
          SIMON,  SKARTADOS -- read once and referred to the Committee on Corpo-
          rations, Authorities and Commissions
        AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to a  half  fare
          rate program in the metropolitan transportation authority for veterans
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Subdivision 16 of section 1266 of  the  public  authorities
     2  law, as amended by chapter 25 of the laws of 2000, is amended to read as
     3  follows:
     4    16.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the authority and any
     5  of its subsidiary corporations shall establish and implement a half fare
     6  rate program for, (a) persons with serious mental illness who are eligi-
     7  ble to receive supplemental security income benefits as defined pursuant
     8  to title sixteen of the federal social  security  act  and  section  two
     9  hundred  nine of the social services law, and (b) veterans. For purposes
    10  of this subdivision "veteran" shall mean a member of the armed forces of
    11  the United States who served and was honorably  discharged  or  released
    12  under honorable circumstances from such service, and presents an author-
    13  ized  veteran  identification  card,  and who is a citizen of the United
    14  States or an alien lawfully admitted  for  permanent  residence  in  the
    15  United States and who is a resident of the state of New York at the time
    16  of application for the half fare rate program.
    17    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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