Bill Text: NY S02164 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Relates to a half fare rate program in the MTA for veterans.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2018-06-20 - RECOMMITTED TO RULES [S02164 Detail]
Download: New_York-2017-S02164-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 2164 2017-2018 Regular Sessions IN SENATE January 12, 2017 ___________ Introduced by Sens. SERINO, AVELLA, CROCI, FELDER, LARKIN, MURPHY -- 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. Subdivision 16 of section 1266 of the public authorities 2 law, as amended by chapter 25 of the laws of 2000, is amended to read as 3 follows: 4 16. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the authority and any 5 of its subsidiary corporations shall establish and implement a half fare 6 rate program for, (a) persons with serious mental illness who are eligi- 7 ble to receive supplemental security income benefits as defined pursuant 8 to title sixteen of the federal social security act and section two 9 hundred nine of the social services law, and (b) veterans. For purposes 10 of this subdivision "veteran" shall mean a member of the armed forces of 11 the United States who served and was honorably discharged or released 12 under honorable circumstances from such service, and presents an author- 13 ized veteran identification card, and who is a citizen of the United 14 States or an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence in the 15 United States and who is a resident of the state of New York at the time 16 of application for the half fare rate program. 17 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD03769-01-7