STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          10287

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                      May 13, 2022
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        Introduced  by  COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Fernandez)
          -- read once and referred to the Committee on  Corporations,  Authori-
          ties and Commissions

        AN  ACT  to  amend  the public authorities law, in relation to requiring
          that all  metropolitan  transit  authority  buses,  excluding  express
          buses, are fare-free

          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.  Notwithstanding any other provisions of law or the terms of any
     4  contract, the authority shall establish and implement a no fare  program
     5  for  transportation on all authority buses, excluding express buses, for
     6  all individuals.
     7    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.







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