Assembly Bill A3741

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to providing free fare on metropolitan transportation authority transit systems

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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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2017-A3741 (ACTIVE) - Details

Law Section:
Public Authorities Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §1266, Pub Auth L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A5412
2011-2012: A3330
2013-2014: A5401
2015-2016: A1902

2017-A3741 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to providing free fare on metropolitan transportation authority transit systems for senior citizens sixty-five years of age or older.

2017-A3741 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3741
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 30, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. DINOWITZ -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the public authorities law, in relation to providing
   free fare on the metropolitan transportation authority transit systems
 
   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 15-a to read as follows:
   15-A. (A) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISIONS OF LAW OR THE TERMS  OF
 ANY  CONTRACT,  THE  AUTHORITY,  IN  CONSULTATION WITH THE NEW YORK CITY
 TRANSIT AUTHORITY, THE LONG ISLAND RAIL ROAD AND THE METRO-NORTH  COMMU-
 TER  RAILROAD  COMPANY,  SHALL ESTABLISH AND IMPLEMENT A NO FARE PROGRAM
 FOR TRANSPORTATION ON NEW YORK CITY TRANSIT AUTHORITY SYSTEMS, THE  LONG
 ISLAND  RAIL  ROAD  AND  THE  METRO-NORTH  COMMUTER RAILROAD COMPANY FOR
 SENIOR CITIZENS.
   (B) IN ORDER TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR SUCH NO FARE PROGRAM THE SENIOR  CITI-
 ZEN MUST BE SIXTY-FIVE YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD07557-01-7

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