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Assembly Bill A9361

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Directs MTA to establish free bus fares for high school students

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2025-A9361 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Corporations, Authorities And Commissions
Law Section:
Public Authorities Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §1266, Pub Auth L

2025-A9361 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Directs the Metropolitan Transportation Authority to establish a free bus fare program for high school students.

2025-A9361 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9361
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             December 19, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. COLTON -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions
 
 AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to free bus fare
   for  high school students on the Metropolitan Transportation Authority
   omnibus service

   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 ESTABLISH AND IMPLEMENT A FREE BUS
 FARE PROGRAM FOR ALL HIGH SCHOOL  STUDENTS  ENROLLED  IN  AN  ACCREDITED
 PUBLIC  OR  NON-PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOL IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK. THE FREE BUS
 FARE PROGRAM ESTABLISHED AND IMPLEMENTED PURSUANT  TO  THIS  SUBDIVISION
 SHALL  BE  IN  OPERATION  DURING THE HOURS OF 6:00 A.M. TO 10 P.M. DAILY
 DURING WHICH SUCH AUTHORITY PROVIDES OMNIBUS SERVICES, AND SUCH  PROGRAM
 SHALL  NOT  BE  LIMITED  IN  OPERATION TO OFF-PEAK HOURS OR TO ANY OTHER
 HOURS DESIGNATED BY THE AUTHORITY OR ITS  SUBSIDIARY  CORPORATIONS.  THE
 CHAIR  SHALL ESTABLISH AND IMPLEMENT ALL RULES AND REGULATIONS NECESSARY
 TO EFFECTUATE THIS SUBDIVISION.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next  succeed-
 ing the date on which it shall have become a law.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD14213-01-5

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