Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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May 25, 2010 |
reported and committed to finance |
May 03, 2010 |
notice of committee consideration - requested |
Jan 06, 2010 |
referred to transportation |
Jan 26, 2009 |
referred to transportation |
Senate Bill S1089
2009-2010 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D, WF) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Finance Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
Votes
co-Sponsors
(D, WF) Senate District
(D) Senate District
(D, WF) Senate District
(D, WF) Senate District
2009-S1089 (ACTIVE) - Details
2009-S1089 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S1089 TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the public authorities law, in relation to providing free fare on the metropolitan transportation authority transit systems PURPOSE : To grant seniors citizens, sixty-five years of age or older, free access to transit systems operated by the Metropolitan Transit Authority. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS : Section one amends subdivision 15-a of section 1266 of the Public Authority Law to require that the New York City transit authority, the Long Island Rail Road and the Metro-North Commuter Railroad Company establish a no fare program for transportation on New York city transit authority systems, the Long Island Rail Road and the Metro-North Commuter Railroad Company for senior citizens. Section one also describes the requirements for no fare eligibility. Those eligible for the no fare program must be senior citizens sixty-five years of age or older. Section two is the effective date.
2009-S1089 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 1089 2009-2010 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E January 26, 2009 ___________ Introduced by Sens. PERKINS, ADAMS, DILAN, DUANE, HUNTLEY, C. JOHNSON, ONORATO, PARKER, THOMPSON -- 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 free fare on the metropolitan transportation authority transit systems THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 1266 of the public authorities law is amended by adding a new subdivision 15-a to read as follows: 15-A. (A) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISIONS OF LAW OR THE TERMS OF ANY CONTRACT, THE AUTHORITY, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE NEW YORK CITY TRANSIT AUTHORITY, THE LONG ISLAND RAIL ROAD AND THE METRO-NORTH COMMU- TER RAILROAD COMPANY, SHALL ESTABLISH AND IMPLEMENT A NO FARE PROGRAM FOR TRANSPORTATION ON NEW YORK CITY TRANSIT AUTHORITY SYSTEMS, THE LONG ISLAND RAIL ROAD AND THE METRO-NORTH COMMUTER RAILROAD COMPANY FOR SENIOR CITIZENS. (B) IN ORDER TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR SUCH NO FARE PROGRAM THE SENIOR CITI- ZEN MUST BE SIXTY-FIVE YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER. S 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD05469-01-9
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