Bill Text: NY S02150 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Requires the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, in consultation with the New York city transit authority, the Long Island Rail Road and the Metro-North Commuter Railroad Company, to allow riders travelling within the limits of the city of New York to pay a fare for commuter rail service equal to that of a MetroCard ride and for such riders to make free transfers.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-03 - REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION [S02150 Detail]
Download: New_York-2017-S02150-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 2150 2017-2018 Regular Sessions IN SENATE January 12, 2017 ___________ Introduced by Sens. COMRIE, PARKER, PERKINS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Trans- portation AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to special powers of the authority 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 19 to read as follows: 3 19. Notwithstanding any other provision of law or the terms of any 4 contract, the authority, in consultation with the New York city transit 5 authority, the Long Island Rail Road and the Metro-North Commuter Rail- 6 road Company, shall allow riders travelling within the limits of the 7 city of New York to pay a fare for commuter rail service equal to that 8 of a MetroCard ride on New York city transit subways and buses and for 9 such riders to make free transfers between said commuter rail and New 10 York city transit subways and buses. 11 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD00369-01-7
