Bill Text: NY S02109 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Amended

New York Senate Bill 2109 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Requires the metropolitan transportation authority to create an expired fare transfer policy.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-06-03 - PRINT NUMBER 2109A [S02109 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-S02109-Amended.html

                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                        2109--A
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                   January 10, 2013
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       Introduced  by  Sen.  GOLDEN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation  --  recom-
         mitted  to  the  Committee on Transportation in accordance with Senate
         Rule  6,  sec.  8  --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended,  ordered
         reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
       AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to requiring the
         metropolitan  transportation  authority  to  establish an expired fare
         transfer policy; and providing for the repeal of such provisions  upon
         expiration thereof
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1.  The public authorities law is  amended  by  adding  a  new
    2  section 1266-j to read as follows:
    3    S  1266-J.  EXPIRED  FARE TRANSFER POLICY.   NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER
    4  PROVISION OF LAW, THE AUTHORITY SHALL ESTABLISH AN EXPIRED FARE TRANSFER
    5  POLICY THAT MAY BE AMENDED FROM TIME TO TIME.  SUCH POLICY SHALL PROVIDE
    6  ANY PERSON WHO PURCHASES A FARE THE ABILITY TO  TRANSFER  ANY  REMAINING
    7  BALANCE FOR TWO YEARS AFTER SUCH FARE IS DEEMED EXPIRED.
    8    S  2.  This  act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be
    9  deemed repealed on July 1, 2019.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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