Bill Text: NY A05401 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Relates to providing free fare on metropolitan transportation authority transit systems for senior citizens sixty-five years of age or older.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-08 - referred to corporations, authorities and commissions [A05401 Detail]
Download: New_York-2013-A05401-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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5401
2013-2014 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
February 25, 2013
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Introduced by M. of A. BRENNAN, CASTRO, TITONE, MAISEL -- read once and
referred to the Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions
AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to providing
free fare on the metropolitan transportation authority transit systems
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
1 Section 1. Section 1266 of the public authorities law is amended by
2 adding a new subdivision 15-a to read as follows:
3 15-A. (A) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISIONS OF LAW OR THE TERMS OF
4 ANY CONTRACT, THE AUTHORITY, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE NEW YORK CITY
5 TRANSIT AUTHORITY, THE LONG ISLAND RAIL ROAD AND THE METRO-NORTH COMMU-
6 TER RAILROAD COMPANY, SHALL ESTABLISH AND IMPLEMENT A NO FARE PROGRAM
7 FOR TRANSPORTATION ON NEW YORK CITY TRANSIT AUTHORITY SYSTEMS, THE LONG
8 ISLAND RAIL ROAD AND THE METRO-NORTH COMMUTER RAILROAD COMPANY FOR
9 SENIOR CITIZENS.
10 (B) IN ORDER TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR SUCH NO FARE PROGRAM THE SENIOR CITI-
11 ZEN MUST BE SIXTY-FIVE YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER.
12 S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD04228-01-3
