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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          3228
 
                               2015-2016 Regular Sessions
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                    February 3, 2015
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  Sen.  GOLDEN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation
 
        AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to allowing  two
          automatic free transfers for riders using pay-per-ride Metrocards
 
          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 3-b to read as follows:
     3    3-b.  Notwithstanding  any other provision of law, the authority shall
     4  establish a fare transfer policy that may be amended from time to  time.
     5  Such  policy  shall  provide  any person who pays a fare or rate with at
     6  least two transfers at no cost between any subway and  bus,  or  between
     7  buses that are owned and operated by the authority. Such transfers shall
     8  be  valid  for two hours from the time such fare or rate is collected by
     9  the authority at a transit facility.
    10    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD07819-01-5