Bill Text: NY S00510 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Provides for a cap on fares for paratransit transportation.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-08 - REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION [S00510 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-S00510-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                          510
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                      (PREFILED)
                                    January 9, 2013
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       Introduced by Sen. ESPAILLAT -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation
       AN  ACT  to amend the transportation law and the public authorities law,
         in relation to capping fares for paratransit transportation
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1. Clause (a) of subparagraph 4 of paragraph a of subdivision
    2  5 of section 15-b of the transportation law, as added by chapter 498  of
    3  the laws of 1984, is amended to read as follows:
    4    (a) Fares, and other charges for paratransit transportation. In deter-
    5  mining  such  fares  and  other charges the committee shall consider the
    6  nature of such services, the cost and expense of maintaining paratransit
    7  facilities in good condition and repair and the  capital  and  operating
    8  expenses  of  the contractor. Fares for paratransit transportation shall
    9  be set at levels based on  the  criteria  set  forth  in  this  section;
   10  PROVIDED THAT FARES FOR PARATRANSIT TRANSPORTATION SHALL BE SET NO HIGH-
   11  ER THAN THE BASE FARES FOR TRANSPORTATION OF NON-DISABLED ADULTS UTILIZ-
   12  ING THE TRANSIT SYSTEM;
   13    S 2. Section 1266 of the public authorities law is amended by adding a
   14  new subdivision 15-a to read as follows:
   15    15-A.  NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISIONS OF LAW OR THE TERMS OF ANY
   16  CONTRACT, THE AUTHORITY SHALL NOT SET FARES FOR PARATRANSIT  TRANSPORTA-
   17  TION  HIGHER  THAN  THE  BASE  FARES  FOR TRANSPORTATION OF NON-DISABLED
   18  ADULTS UTILIZING THE TRANSIT SYSTEM.
   19    S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD01808-01-3