Bill Text: NY A00686 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Directs the MTA to establish a half fare rate program for veterans.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 34-11)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - referred to corporations, authorities and commissions [A00686 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A00686-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                           686

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    January 11, 2023
                                       ___________

        Introduced by M. of A. DINOWITZ, BENEDETTO, JOYNER, COLTON, COOK, BRAUN-
          STEIN,   BICHOTTE HERMELYN,   THIELE,  HUNTER,  L. ROSENTHAL,  WEPRIN,
          SEAWRIGHT, HEVESI, EPSTEIN,  DICKENS,  STERN,  McDONOUGH,  RA,  SMITH,
          RAMOS, FALL, JEAN-PIERRE, PRETLOW, MANKTELOW, MIKULIN, BRABENEC, REIL-
          LY,  DeSTEFANO,  REYES,  TAYLOR,  D. ROSENTHAL,  PAULIN, KIM, WALLACE,
          CRUZ, OTIS, VANEL, ANDERSON, DURSO, DE LOS SANTOS  --  Multi-Sponsored
          by  --  M.  of A. DAVILA, HAWLEY, HYNDMAN -- read once and referred to
          the Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions

        AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to a  half  fare
          rate program in the metropolitan transportation authority for veterans

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Section 1266 of the public authorities law  is  amended  by
     2  adding a new subdivision 20 to read as follows:
     3    20.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the authority and any
     4  of its subsidiary corporations shall establish and implement a half fare
     5  rate program for veterans, provided, however, the  authority  shall  not
     6  pay any costs or expenses related to the half fare rate program from its
     7  operating  or  capital budgets and may only implement the half fare rate
     8  program with funds appropriated to it by the state of New York for  such
     9  purpose.  For purposes of this subdivision "veteran" shall mean a member
    10  of the armed forces of the United States who served  and  was  honorably
    11  discharged  or  released  under  conditions other than dishonorable from
    12  such service, and presents an authorized  veteran  identification  card,
    13  and  who  is a resident of the state of New York at the time of applica-
    14  tion for the half fare rate program.
    15    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.


         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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