Bill Text: NY S04897 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Authorizes the New York city transit authority to contract with mass transit entities including the Long Island Rail Road and the Metro-North Commuter Railroad Company to provide a minimum twenty-five percent discount for college students.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION [S04897 Detail]

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          4897
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                     March 28, 2019
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        Introduced  by  Sen.  SAVINO -- 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  providing  a
          reduced  fare  on  the  metropolitan  transportation authority transit
          system
          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. (a) The authority, in cooperation with the New York  city  transit
     4  authority,  the Long Island Rail Road and the Metro-North Commuter Rail-
     5  road Company, shall establish and implement a reduced fare  program  for
     6  transportation  on  New  York  city  transit authority systems, the Long
     7  Island Rail Road and  the  Metro-North  Commuter  Railroad  Company  for
     8  students  of  a  college  or vocational institution that is located in a
     9  city with a population of one million or more.
    10    (b) For purposes of this section, the following words and terms  shall
    11  have the following meanings unless the context shall indicate another or
    12  different meaning or intent:
    13    (i)  "Student"  shall  mean  a  person who is enrolled at a college or
    14  vocational institution;
    15    (ii) "Reduced fare" shall mean a  minimum  of  a  twenty-five  percent
    16  discount on the value of a single or monthly ride fare;
    17    (iii) "College" shall mean any institution of higher education, recog-
    18  nized  and  approved  by  the  board of regents of the university of the
    19  state of New York, which provides a  course  of  study  leading  to  the
    20  granting of a post-secondary degree or diploma; and
    21    (iv)  "Vocational Institution" shall mean a business, trade, technical
    22  or other occupational school approved as such by the board of regents of
    23  the university of the state of New York or accredited  by  a  nationally
    24  recognized  accrediting  agency  or  association accepted as such by the
    25  regents of the state of New York.
    26    § 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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