Bill Text: NY A10657 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Establishes a no fare program for students in grades kindergarten through twelve traveling on ferries.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-08-12 - referred to cities [A10657 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-A10657-Introduced.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          10657

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                     August 12, 2022
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  COMMITTEE  ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Simon) --
          read once and referred to the Committee on Cities

        AN ACT to amend the administrative code of the  city  of  New  York,  in
          relation  to  establishing a no fare program for students traveling on
          ferries

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section  1. The administrative code of the city of New York is amended
     2  by adding a new section 19-308 to read as follows:
     3    § 19-308 No fare program for students.  a. Notwithstanding  any  other
     4  provisions  of  law or the terms of any contract, the commissioner shall
     5  establish and implement a no fare program for students traveling on city
     6  ferries.
     7    b. For purposes of this section, the following terms  shall  have  the
     8  following meanings:
     9    1.  "Student" shall mean any individual in grades kindergarten through
    10  twelve.
    11    2. "City ferry" shall mean any motorized watercraft that is used as  a
    12  means  of  commuter passenger mass transportation by water that is owned
    13  or operated by or on behalf of the city.
    14    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.





         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD16054-01-2
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