Assembly Bill A8656

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Requires the NYC transportation authority to promulgate rules and regulations providing for certain means of transportation to be utilized for paratransit services

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2011-A8656 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Corporations, Authorities And Commissions
Law Section:
Public Authorities
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A232
2015-2016: A685
2017-2018: A488
2019-2020: A895

2011-A8656 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the chairman of NYC transportation authority to promulgate rules and regulations providing for certain means of transportation to be utilized at the request paratransit-eligible persons.

2011-A8656 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  8656

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            October 14, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  M. MILLER  --  read once and referred to the
  Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions

AN ACT in relation to requiring the chairman of the New York city trans-
  portation authority to promulgate rules and regulations providing  for
  certain means of transportation to be utilized at the request of para-
  transit-eligible persons

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. The chairman of the New York city transportation  authority
shall promulgate rules and regulations providing for the use of specific
vehicles  upon  the  request  of a paratransit-eligible person utilizing
paratransit services of the authority, provided,  however,  such  person
shall submit to the chairman, written medical proof provided by a physi-
cian  licensed  pursuant to article one hundred thirty-one of the educa-
tion law, on a form provided by the  authority,  that  such  vehicle  is
medically necessary to transport such person.
  S  2.  This  act  shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
have become a law.





 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD13276-01-1

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