Assembly Bill A8245

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to prohibiting the metropolitan transportation authority from promulgating rules or regulations that penalize a student for using a student MetroCard when school is not in session

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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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2021-A8245 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S7492
Current Committee:
Assembly Corporations, Authorities And Commissions
Law Section:
Public Authorities Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §1266, Pub Auth L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
A816, S879

2021-A8245 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to prohibiting the metropolitan transportation authority from promulgating rules or regulations that penalize a student for using a student MetroCard when school is not in session.

2021-A8245 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8245
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              August 25, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. EPSTEIN -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions
 
 AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation  to  prohibiting
   the  metropolitan  transportation authority from promulgating rules or
   regulations that penalize a student for using a student MetroCard when
   school is not in session
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Section  1266 of the public authorities law is amended by
 adding a new subdivision 20 to read as follows:
   20. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW, THE AUTHORITY AND  ANY
 OF  ITS  SUBSIDIARY CORPORATIONS SHALL NOT PROMULGATE ANY RULES OR REGU-
 LATIONS THAT PENALIZE ANY STUDENT FOR USING ANY CARD OR OTHER FARE MEDIA
 ISSUED BY THE CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR THE CITY OF NEW YORK  FOR  TRANS-
 PORTATION PURPOSES ON ANY DAY WHEN SCHOOL IS NOT IN SESSION.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD11993-01-1

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