S03178 Summary:

BILL NOS03178
 
SAME ASSAME AS A09402
 
SPONSORCLEARE
 
COSPNSR
 
MLTSPNSR
 
Amd §1266, Pub Auth L
 
Requires fares for paratransit services providing public transportation for eligible individuals with disabilities or health conditions that prevent them from using public buses and subways for some or all of their trips, to be made available at the same fares for individuals with disabilities or health conditions who are able to utilize public buses and subways.
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S03178 Actions:

BILL NOS03178
 
01/30/2023REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION
01/03/2024REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION
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S03178 Committee Votes:

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S03178 Floor Votes:

There are no votes for this bill in this legislative session.
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S03178 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          3178
 
                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                    January 30, 2023
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  Sen.  CLEARE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation
 
        AN ACT to amend the public authorities law,  in  relation  to  requiring
          fare parity for paratransit services operated by certain authorities
 
          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  provisions  of  law,  or  the  terms of any
     4  contract, where the authority  offers  paratransit  service  to  provide
     5  public  transportation  for  eligible  individuals  with disabilities or
     6  health conditions that prevent them from  using  the  public  buses  and
     7  subways  operated  by the authority for some or all of their trips, such
     8  paratransit service shall be made available at the same fares for  indi-
     9  viduals  with  disabilities or health conditions who are able to utilize
    10  the public buses and subways operated by the authority.
    11    § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
    12  have become a law.
 
 
 
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD08141-01-3
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