Bill Text: NY A10057 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Directs the Metropolitan Transportation Authority to establish and implement a no fare rate program for children attending public school in the city district of the city of New York.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 21-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-06-15 - held for consideration in corporations, authorities and commissions [A10057 Detail]

Download: New_York-2009-A10057-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         10057
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                     March 1, 2010
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       Introduced by M. of A. GIBSON -- read once and referred to the Committee
         on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions
       AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to directing the
         metropolitan  transportation authority to establish and implement a no
         fare program for children attending public school in the city district
         of the city of New York
         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 19 to read as follows:
    3    19. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISIONS 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 NO FARE PROGRAM FOR TRANS-
    7  PORTATION  ON  NEW  YORK CITY TRANSIT AUTHORITY SYSTEMS, THE LONG ISLAND
    8  RAIL ROAD AND THE METRO-NORTH COMMUTER RAILROAD COMPANY FOR PRIMARY  AND
    9  SECONDARY  SCHOOL-AGED CHILDREN ATTENDING SCHOOL IN THE CITY DISTRICT OF
   10  THE CITY OF NEW YORK.
   11    S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
   12  it shall have become a law, provided, however, that any rules and  regu-
   13  lations  necessary  for  the  timely  implementation  of this act on its
   14  effective date shall be promulgated on or before such date.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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