STATE OF NEW YORK
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9700
IN ASSEMBLY
February 2, 2018
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Introduced by M. of A. QUART -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions
AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to the maximum
penalty for fare evasion
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Paragraph b of subdivision 4 of section 1209-a of the
2 public authorities law, as amended by chapter 460 of the laws of 2015,
3 is amended to read as follows:
4 b. To impose civil penalties not to exceed a total of one hundred
5 fifty dollars for any transit infraction within its jurisdiction, in
6 accordance with a penalty schedule established by the authority or the
7 metropolitan transportation authority or a subsidiary thereof, as appli-
8 cable, provided, however, that the maximum penalty for the failure to
9 make a payment of fare as defined in section 1050.4 of title twenty-one
10 of the New York codes, rules and regulations shall be equal to the cost
11 of the fare that was evaded, except that penalties for violations of the
12 health code of the city of New York shall be in accordance with the
13 penalties established for such violations by the board of health of the
14 city of New York, and penalties for violations of the noise code of the
15 city of New York shall be in accordance with the penalties established
16 for such violations by law, and civil penalties for violations of the
17 rules and regulations of the triborough bridge and tunnel authority
18 shall be in accordance with the penalties established for such
19 violations by section twenty-nine hundred eighty-five of this chapter;
20 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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