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                                   9780
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 11, 2020
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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 and the transportation law,
   in relation to extending and expanding  the  scope  of  the  on-demand
   E-hail paratransit pilot
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 1205  of  the  public  authorities
 law,  as  added by chapter 717 of the laws of 1967, is amended and a new
 subdivision 9 is added to read as follows:
   3. Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision one of this  section,
 no  zonal  system  of  fares proposed to be instituted on or after March
 first, nineteen hundred sixty-eight for the use of the whole or any part
 of a rapid transit facility or of an omnibus line facility  OR  A  PARA-
 TRANSIT SERVICE operated by the authority and no general revision of the
 system  of  transfers  applicable  to  the use of all such facilities in
 effect as of that date shall be established without the written approval
 of the mayor. For the purposes  of  this  subdivision  the  term  "zonal
 system  of fares" shall mean any system whereby the fare payable for the
 use of a rapid transit facility or an omnibus line facility OR ANY PARA-
 TRANSIT SERVICE OPERATED BY THE AUTHORITY or of any part thereof  varies
 according  to distance traveled or to the location of the point of entry
 or departure by the user, but the creation or elimination of free trans-
 fer points shall not be regarded as the institution of such a system.
   9. A. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION,  THE  TERM  "ON-DEMAND  E-HAIL
 PARATRANSIT  PILOT"  SHALL  MEAN THE SERVICE CREATED BY THE METROPOLITAN
 TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY IN TWO THOUSAND SEVENTEEN, THROUGH WHICH  USERS
 OF THE AUTHORITY'S ACCESS-A-RIDE PARATRANSIT PROGRAM CAN RECEIVE IMMEDI-
 ATE RIDES USING A SMARTPHONE APP OR PHONE SERVICE.
   B.  THE AUTHORITY SHALL CONTINUE TO OPERATE THE ON-DEMAND E-HAIL PARA-
 TRANSIT PILOT THROUGH MARCH THIRTY-FIRST, TWO  THOUSAND  TWENTY-TWO,  AS
 PROVIDED  BY  SUBDIVISION FIVE-A OF SECTION FIFTEEN-B OF THE TRANSPORTA-
 TION LAW.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

                                                            LBD15113-02-0

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   C. FARES FOR RIDES FOR THE ON-DEMAND E-HAIL PARATRANSIT PILOT SHALL BE
 EQUAL TO THE AUTHORITY'S BASE FARE FOR BUS AND SUBWAY SERVICES. HOURS OF
 SERVICE FOR SUCH PILOT SHALL BE THE SAME AS  THE  AUTHORITY'S  HOURS  OF
 SERVICE  FOR  BUS,  SUBWAY,  AND OTHER PARATRANSIT SERVICES. THE LENGTH,
 DURATION  AND  NUMBER OF ON-DEMAND E-HAIL PARATRANSIT PILOT RIDES AVAIL-
 ABLE TO EACH USER ENROLLED IN THE  ON-DEMAND  E-HAIL  PARATRANSIT  PILOT
 SHALL NOT BE LIMITED OR RESTRICTED.
   § 2. Section 15-b of the transportation law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 5-a to read as follows:
   5-A.  A.  FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION, THE TERM "ON-DEMAND E-HAIL
 PARATRANSIT PILOT" SHALL MEAN THE SERVICE CREATED  BY  THE  METROPOLITAN
 TRANSPORTATION  AUTHORITY IN TWO THOUSAND SEVENTEEN, THROUGH WHICH USERS
 OF THE AUTHORITY'S ACCESS-A-RIDE PARATRANSIT PROGRAM CAN RECEIVE IMMEDI-
 ATE RIDES USING A SMARTPHONE APP OR PHONE SERVICE.
   B. THE METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY SHALL CONTINUE TO OPERATE
 THE ON-DEMAND E-HAIL PARATRANSIT PILOT THROUGH MARCH  THIRTY-FIRST,  TWO
 THOUSAND TWENTY-TWO.
   C. ON OR BEFORE MARCH SIXTEENTH, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY, THE METROPOLITAN
 TRANSPORTATION  AUTHORITY  SHALL EXPAND THE ON-DEMAND E-HAIL PARATRANSIT
 PILOT TO INCLUDE AN ADDITIONAL ONE THOUSAND  TWO  HUNDRED  ACCESS-A-RIDE
 USERS;  PROVIDED,  HOWEVER,  THE  AUTHORITY  SHALL  NOT PAY ANY COSTS OR
 EXPENSES RELATED TO SUCH EXPANSION ABOVE FUNDING LEVELS FOR  THE  ON-DE-
 MAND  E-HAIL  PARATRANSIT  PILOT  FOR THE TWO THOUSAND NINETEEN CALENDAR
 YEAR, AND MAY ONLY IMPLEMENT SUCH EXPANSION WITH FUNDS  APPROPRIATED  TO
 IT  BY  THE  STATE  OF  NEW  YORK  OR OTHER GOVERNMENTAL SOURCE FOR SUCH
 PURPOSE. IN SELECTING NEW USERS FOR  THE  ON-DEMAND  E-HAIL  PARATRANSIT
 PILOT,  THE  METROPOLITAN  TRANSPORTATION  AUTHORITY  SHALL  ENDEAVOR TO
 SELECT A REPRESENTATIVE SAMPLE OF ACCESS-A-RIDE  USERS,  ACCOUNTING  FOR
 AGE,  DISABILITY,  GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION THROUGHOUT NEW YORK CITY, AND
 FREQUENCY OF RIDERSHIP OF ACCESS-A-RIDE'S OTHER SERVICES.
   D. FARES FOR RIDES FOR THE ON-DEMAND E-HAIL PARATRANSIT PILOT SHALL BE
 EQUAL TO THE METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY'S BASE FARE  FOR  BUS
 AND  SUBWAY  SERVICES. HOURS OF SERVICE FOR SUCH PILOT SHALL BE THE SAME
 AS THE METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY'S HOURS OF SERVICE FOR BUS,
 SUBWAY, AND OTHER PARATRANSIT SERVICES. THE LENGTH, DURATION AND  NUMBER
 OF  ON-DEMAND  E-HAIL  PARATRANSIT  PILOT  RIDES  AVAILABLE TO EACH USER
 ENROLLED IN THE ON-DEMAND E-HAIL PARATRANSIT PILOT SHALL NOT BE  LIMITED
 OR RESTRICTED.
   E. ON OR BEFORE APRIL THIRTEENTH, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-ONE, THE AUTHOR-
 ITY SHALL ISSUE A REPORT TO THE GOVERNOR, THE TEMPORARY PRESIDENT OF THE
 SENATE,  THE MINORITY LEADER OF THE SENATE, THE SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY,
 THE MINORITY LEADER OF THE ASSEMBLY, THE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF NEW  YORK,
 THE  CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK AND THE METROPOLITAN TRANSPOR-
 TATION AUTHORITY. SUCH REPORT SHALL DETAIL  RIDERSHIP,  USAGE  PATTERNS,
 AND COSTS OF THE ON-DEMAND E-HAIL PARATRANSIT PILOT.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.