STATE OF NEW YORK
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9356
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
December 19, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. COLTON -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions
AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to free bus fare
for students on the Metropolitan Transportation Authority omnibus
service
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 establish and implement a free bus
5 fare program for all full-time undergraduate students enrolled in an
6 associates or bachelors program at an accredited college. The free bus
7 fare program established and implemented pursuant to this subdivision
8 shall be in operation during all hours in which such authority provides
9 omnibus services, and such program shall not be limited in operation to
10 off-peak hours or to any other hours designated by the authority or its
11 subsidiary corporations. The chairman shall establish and implement all
12 rules and regulations necessary to effectuate this subdivision.
13 § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed-
14 ing the date on which it shall have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD14211-01-5
