Bill Text: NY A07850 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 25-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-06 - referred to corporations, authorities and commissions [A07850 Detail]

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         7850
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                     May 28, 2015
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       Introduced by M. of A. DINOWITZ -- read once and referred to the Commit-
         tee 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.  Subdivision  16 of section 1266 of the public authorities
    2  law, as amended by chapter 25 of the laws of 2000, is amended to read as
    3  follows:
    4    16. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the authority and  any
    5  of its subsidiary corporations shall establish and implement a half fare
    6  rate program for, (A) persons with serious mental illness who are eligi-
    7  ble to receive supplemental security income benefits as defined pursuant
    8  to  title  sixteen  of  the  federal social security act and section two
    9  hundred nine of the social services law, AND (B) VETERANS. FOR  PURPOSES
   10  OF THIS SUBDIVISION "VETERAN" SHALL MEAN A MEMBER OF THE ARMED FORCES OF
   11  THE  UNITED  STATES  WHO SERVED AND WAS HONORABLY DISCHARGED OR RELEASED
   12  UNDER HONORABLE CIRCUMSTANCES FROM SUCH SERVICE, WHO IS A CITIZEN OF THE
   13  UNITED STATES OR AN ALIEN LAWFULLY ADMITTED FOR PERMANENT  RESIDENCE  IN
   14  THE  UNITED STATES AND WHO IS A RESIDENT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK AT THE
   15  TIME OF APPLICATION FOR THE HALF FARE RATE PROGRAM.
   16    S 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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