Assembly Bill A685

2015-2016 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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2015-A685 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Corporations, Authorities And Commissions
Law Section:
Public Authorities
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A8656
2013-2014: A232
2017-2018: A488
2019-2020: A895

2015-A685 (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 of paratransit-eligible persons.

2015-A685 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                   685

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             January 7, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. 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 131 of the education 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.
                                                           LBD02710-01-5

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