Relates to prohibiting the metropolitan transportation authority from promulgating rules or regulations that penalize a student for using a student MetroCard when school is not in session.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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816
2023-2024 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 11, 2023
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Introduced by M. of A. EPSTEIN, SIMON, COLTON, REYES, DICKENS, MAMDANI,
GLICK, AUBRY, GIBBS, CRUZ, JACKSON, GONZALEZ-ROJAS -- read once and
referred to the Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions
AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to prohibiting
the metropolitan transportation authority from promulgating rules or
regulations that penalize a student for using a student MetroCard when
school is not in session
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 not promulgate any rules or regu-
5 lations that penalize any student for using any card or other fare media
6 issued by the city school district for the city of New York for trans-
7 portation purposes on any day when school is not in session.
8 § 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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