Bill Text: NY S03839 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to allowing two automatic free transfers for riders using pay-per-ride Metrocards.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-04 - REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION [S03839 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-S03839-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         3839
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                     March 7, 2011
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       Introduced  by  Sen.  GOLDEN -- 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 allowing  two
         automatic free transfers for riders using pay-per-ride Metrocards
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. The public authorities law  is  amended  by  adding  a  new
    2  section 1277-b to read as follows:
    3    S  1277-B.  TRANSFERS  ALLOWED  FOR PAY-PER-RIDE METROCARD USERS.  THE
    4  METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY (MTA)  AS  DEFINED  UNDER  SECTION
    5  TWELVE  HUNDRED  SIXTY-THREE  OF THIS TITLE SHALL BE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE
    6  RIDERS WITH PAY-PER-RIDE METROCARDS TWO AUTOMATIC FREE TRANSFERS BETWEEN
    7  SUBWAY AND BUS, OR BETWEEN  BUSES.  FOR  THE  PURPOSE  OF  THIS  SECTION
    8  PAY-PER-RIDE  METROCARDS  SHALL MEAN CARDS SOLD WHERE PURCHASERS PAY FOR
    9  INDIVIDUAL RIDES FOR TRAVEL ON THE NEW YORK CITY SUBWAY SYSTEM; NEW YORK
   10  CITY TRANSIT BUSES, INCLUDING ROUTES OPERATED BY OTHER  OPERATORS  UNDER
   11  CONTRACT  TO THE MTA; MTA BUS, AND MTA LONG ISLAND BUS SYSTEMS; THE PATH
   12  SUBWAY SYSTEM; THE ROOSEVELT ISLAND TRAM; AIRTRAIN JFK; AND  WESTCHESTER
   13  COUNTY  BEE-LINE  BUS  SYSTEM ON WHICH THE CUSTOMER ELECTRONICALLY LOADS
   14  FARES WHETHER THE  CARD  IS  SOLD  BY  THE  METROPOLITAN  TRANSPORTATION
   15  AUTHORITY,  ANY  OF  SUCH  AUTHORITIES  AUTHORIZED  AGENTS, NEIGHBORHOOD
   16  MERCHANTS OR PURCHASED THROUGH ANY EMPLOYER TRANSIT PROGRAMS.
   17    S 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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