Bill Text: NY A09627 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Relates to allowing two automatic free transfers for riders using pay-per-ride Metrocards.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-06-14 - substituted by s7862 [A09627 Detail]
Download: New_York-2017-A09627-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 9627 IN ASSEMBLY January 26, 2018 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. DINOWITZ -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to allowing two automatic free transfers for riders using pay-per-ride Metrocards 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 3-b to read as follows: 3 3-b. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the authority shall 4 establish a fare transfer policy that may be amended from time to time. 5 Such policy shall provide any person who pays a fare or rate with at 6 least two transfers at no cost between any subway and bus, or between 7 buses that are owned and operated by the authority. Such transfers shall 8 be valid for two hours from the time such fare or rate is collected by 9 the authority at a transit facility. 10 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD08703-01-7
