Bill Text: NY A00774 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to a half fare rate program in the MTA for veterans.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 52-14)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-05 - referred to ways and means [A00774 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-A00774-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                           774

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                       (Prefiled)

                                     January 6, 2021
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by M. of A. DINOWITZ, BENEDETTO, RICHARDSON, JOYNER, COLTON,
          COOK, BRAUNSTEIN, PICHARDO, BICHOTTE, J. RIVERA, THIELE, PERRY,  HUNT-
          ER, FERNANDEZ, L. ROSENTHAL, WEPRIN, SEAWRIGHT, HEVESI, EPSTEIN, PHEF-
          FER AMATO, CUSICK, QUART, DICKENS, STERN, McDONOUGH, RA, SMITH, RODRI-
          GUEZ,   RAMOS,   O'DONNELL,   FALL,   JEAN-PIERRE,  GRIFFIN,  PRETLOW,
          MANKTELOW, SCHMITT, MIKULIN, M. MILLER, DE LA ROSA, BRABENEC,  REILLY,
          NOLAN,  NIOU,  DeSTEFANO, ASHBY, REYES, TAYLOR, FRONTUS, D. ROSENTHAL,
          PAULIN, KIM, WALLACE, CRUZ -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of  A.  ABBATE,
          BARNWELL,  DAVILA,  ENGLEBRIGHT,  HAWLEY, HYNDMAN, LUPARDO, MONTESANO,
          SIMON -- read once and referred  to  the  Committee  on  Corporations,
          Authorities and Commissions

        AN  ACT  to amend the public authorities law, in relation to a half fare
          rate program in the metropolitan transportation authority for veterans

          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 19 to read as follows:
     3    19. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the authority and  any
     4  of its subsidiary corporations shall establish and implement a half fare
     5  rate  program  for  veterans, provided, however, the authority shall not
     6  pay any costs or expenses related to the half fare rate program from its
     7  operating or capital budgets and may only implement the half  fare  rate
     8  program  with funds appropriated to it by the state of New York for such
     9  purpose. For purposes of this subdivision "veteran" shall mean a  member
    10  of  the  armed  forces of the United States who served and was honorably
    11  discharged or released under conditions  other  than  dishonorable  from
    12  such  service,  and  presents an authorized veteran identification card,
    13  and who is a resident of the state of New York at the time  of  applica-
    14  tion for the half fare rate program.
    15    § 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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