Bill Text: NY A08578 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Directs the MTA to establish a reduced fare program in the metropolitan transportation authority for veterans who are students.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-12 - referred to corporations, authorities and commissions [A08578 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A08578-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          8578

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    January 12, 2024
                                       ___________

        Introduced by M. of A. RAJKUMAR -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions

        AN  ACT  to  amend  the public authorities law, in relation to a reduced
          fare program in the metropolitan transportation authority for veterans
          who are students

          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 20 to read as follows:
     3    20. Notwithstanding any other provision of law or  the  terms  of  any
     4  contract,  the  authority in consultation with the New York city transit
     5  authority, the Long Island rail road and the Metro-North commuter  rail-
     6  road  company shall establish and implement a half fare rate program for
     7  transportation on New York city transit authority systems  for  veterans
     8  who  are  full-time  or part-time undergraduate, graduate  or vocational
     9  students attending an accredited college  or  university  or  vocational
    10  institution.  For purposes of this subdivision: (a) "veteran" shall mean
    11  a member of the armed forces of the United States  who  served  and  was
    12  honorably  discharged  or released under conditions other than dishonor-
    13  able from such service, and presents an authorized  veteran  identifica-
    14  tion card, and who is a resident of the state of New York at the time of
    15  application for the program; and (b) "vocational institution" shall mean
    16  a  business,  trade,  technical or other occupational school approved as
    17  such by the board of regents of the university of the state of New  York
    18  or  accredited    by   a nationally recognized   accrediting  agency  or
    19  association accepted as such by the regents of the state of New York.
    20    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.



         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD13993-01-4