Allows veterans who performed military service during a period of war to ride public transportation free of charge for the year immediately after his or her return to this state.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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8436
2015-2016 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
October 9, 2015
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Introduced by M. of A. ORTIZ, CLARK, COOK -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of
A. GUNTHER -- read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental
Operations
AN ACT to amend the military law, in relation to allowing certain veter-
ans to ride public transportation free of charge
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The military law is amended by adding a new section 245-a
2 to read as follows:
3 § 245-a. Free public transportation; certain war veterans. Notwith-
4 standing any other provisions of law or the terms of any contract, a
5 resident of the state who is a honorably discharged member of any branch
6 of the armed forces of the United States who performed military service
7 during a period of war shall be entitled, for the year immediately after
8 his or her return to this state from such military service, to ride free
9 of charge on every transportation provider in this state. The commis-
10 sioner of transportation is authorized to promulgate regulations to
11 carry out the provisions of this section. For purposes of this section,
12 "transportation provider" shall mean any public, private or not-for-pro-
13 fit entity utilizing public funds to provide or contract for public
14 transportation services for the benefit of the general public or specif-
15 ic client groups.
16 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
17 it shall have become a law; provided, however, that effective immediate-
18 ly, the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation
19 necessary for the implementation of this act on its effective date are
20 authorized and directed to be made and completed on or before such
21 effective date.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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