A09361 Summary:
| BILL NO | A09361 |
| SAME AS | No Same As |
| SPONSOR | Colton |
| COSPNSR | |
| MLTSPNSR | |
| Amd §1266, Pub Auth L | |
| Directs the Metropolitan Transportation Authority to establish a free bus fare program for high school students. | |
A09361 Text:
Go to topSTATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 9361 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY December 19, 2025 ___________ 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 high school 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 high school students enrolled in an accredited 6 public or non-public high school in the city of New York. The free bus 7 fare program established and implemented pursuant to this subdivision 8 shall be in operation during the hours of 6:00 a.m. to 10 p.m. daily 9 during which such authority provides omnibus services, and such program 10 shall not be limited in operation to off-peak hours or to any other 11 hours designated by the authority or its subsidiary corporations. The 12 chair shall establish and implement all rules and regulations necessary 13 to effectuate this subdivision. 14 § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed- 15 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. LBD14213-01-5