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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8245
2021-2022 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
August 25, 2021
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Introduced by M. of A. EPSTEIN -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee 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.
LBD11993-01-1
