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Senate Bill S159

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Mandates free transfers from subway line terminal to intersecting omnibus lines operated by New York city transit authority and vice versa

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2009-S159 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Transportation
Law Section:
Public Authorities Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง1205, Pub Auth L
Versions Introduced in 2011-2012 Legislative Session:
S2032

2009-S159 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that for the purpose of eliminating the financial burden of two fares on the commuter, free transfers shall be given by the New York City transit authority from the terminal point of all subway lines to all intersecting omnibus lines and from the terminal point of all omnibus lines to all intersecting subway lines operated by such authority.

2009-S159 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S159 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                   159

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 7, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  KRUGER -- 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  free  trans-
  fers  from  the  terminal  points of subway lines to omnibus lines and
  from the terminal points of omnibus lines to subway lines operated  by
  the New York city transit authority

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

  Section 1.  Subdivision 1 of section 1205 of  the  public  authorities
law,  as  amended by chapter 717 of the laws of 1967, is amended to read
as follows:
  1.  Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law, the terms of  any
contract  or  franchise, the authority shall have the power at all times
to fix or adjust the rate or rates of fare to be charged for the use  of
any transit facility operated by the authority as may in the judgment of
the  authority  be necessary to maintain the operations of the authority
on a self-sustaining basis, PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT WHATEVER THE RATE OF
FARE IS FIXED AT, AND FOR  THE  PURPOSE  OF  ELIMINATING  THE  FINANCIAL
BURDEN  OF TWO FARES ON THE COMMUTER, FREE TRANSFERS SHALL BE GIVEN FROM
THE TERMINAL POINT OF ALL SUBWAY LINES TO ALL INTERSECTING OMNIBUS LINES
AND FROM THE TERMINAL POINT OF ALL OMNIBUS  LINES  TO  ALL  INTERSECTING
SUBWAY LINES OPERATED BY THE AUTHORITY.  The operations of the authority
shall  be  deemed  to be on a self-sustaining basis, as required by this
title, when the authority is able to pay from revenue,  from  any  funds
granted  or  transferred  to  the authority pursuant to any provision of
law, including funds granted pursuant to the provisions of section nine-
ty-eight-b of the general municipal law, and from any other funds  actu-
ally  available  to  the authority, including the proceeds of borrowings
for working capital purposes, the expenses of operation of the authority
as the same shall become due.
  S 2.  This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day  after  it  shall
have become a law.

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