Bill Text: NY S01287 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Senate Bill 1287 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Relates to a half fare rate program in the MTA for veterans.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 22-4)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-05 - REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION [S01287 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-S01287-Introduced.html




                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          1287

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                    January 11, 2021
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sens. BROOKS, ADDABBO, BENJAMIN, BIAGGI, COMRIE, FELDER,
          GAUGHRAN,  GOUNARDES,  HOYLMAN,  JACKSON,  KAMINSKY,  MAYER,   PARKER,
          PERSAUD,  RITCHIE, RIVERA, SANDERS, SAVINO, SEPULVEDA, SERRANO, THOMAS
          -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to
          the Committee on Transportation

        AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to a  half  fare
          rate program in the metropolitan transportation authority for veterans

          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 provision of law, the authority and any
     4  of its subsidiary corporations shall establish and implement a half fare
     5  rate program for veterans, provided, however, the  authority  shall  not
     6  pay any costs or expenses related to the half fare rate program from its
     7  operating  or  capital budgets and may only implement the half fare rate
     8  program with funds appropriated to it by the state of New York for  such
     9  purpose.  For purposes of this subdivision "veteran" shall mean a member
    10  of the armed forces of the United States who served  and  was  honorably
    11  discharged  or  released  under  conditions other than dishonorable from
    12  such service, and presents an authorized  veteran  identification  card,
    13  and  who  is a resident of the state of New York at the time of applica-
    14  tion for the half fare rate program.
    15    § 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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