Bill Text: NY A02512 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Requires the metropolitan transportation authority to create an expired fare transfer policy.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 15-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-06-21 - substituted by s1616a [A02512 Detail]
Download: New_York-2017-A02512-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 2512 2017-2018 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY January 20, 2017 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. DINOWITZ, GALEF, ROSENTHAL, COLTON, BENEDETTO, GUNTHER, ORTIZ, AUBRY, ABINANTI, OTIS -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. CYMBROWITZ, GLICK, GOTTFRIED, TITONE -- read once and referred to the Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to requiring the metropolitan transportation authority to establish an expired fare transfer policy; and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The public authorities law is amended by adding a new 2 section 1266-k to read as follows: 3 § 1266-k. Expired fare transfer policy. Notwithstanding any other 4 provision of law to the contrary, the authority shall, within ninety 5 days of the effective date of this section, establish an expired fare 6 transfer policy that may be amended from time to time. Such policy 7 shall provide any person who purchases a fare the ability to transfer 8 any remaining balance for two years after such fare is deemed expired. 9 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be 10 deemed repealed on December 31, 2022. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD03495-02-7