STATE OF NEW YORK
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9427
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
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 seniors currently enrolled in a reduced fare program.
6 The free bus fare program established and implemented pursuant to this
7 subdivision shall be in operation during all hours in which such author-
8 ity provides omnibus services, and such program shall not be limited in
9 operation to off-peak hours or to any other hours designated by the
10 authority or its subsidiary corporations. The chairman shall establish
11 and implement all rules and regulations necessary to effectuate this
12 subdivision. For the purposes of this subdivision, a "senior" means a
13 natural person sixty years of age or older.
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.
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