S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                  8119--A
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              March 23, 2020
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  COMRIE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation --  commit-
   tee  discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recom-
   mitted to said committee
 
 AN ACT to amend the  transportation  law,  in  relation  to  paratransit
   services  within the state and city of New York during the coronavirus
   disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Subdivision 5 of section 15-b of the transportation law is
 amended by adding a new paragraph c to read as follows:
   C. (1) (A) THE ELIGIBILITY OF  ALL  AMERICANS  WITH  DISABILITIES  ACT
 PARATRANSIT  ELIGIBLE  CUSTOMERS,  WHOSE  CERTIFICATION  WOULD OTHERWISE
 EXPIRE BETWEEN MARCH FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY AND  JULY  THIRTY-FIRST,
 TWO  THOUSAND TWENTY, SHALL BE EXTENDED THROUGH AUGUST THIRTY-FIRST, TWO
 THOUSAND TWENTY.
   (B) EACH CONTRACTOR PROVIDING PARATRANSIT SERVICES SHALL RENDER ELIGI-
 BILITY DETERMINATIONS FOR ANY APPLICATION FOR AMERICANS  WITH  DISABILI-
 TIES  ACT  PARATRANSIT  SUBMITTED BEFORE JULY THIRTY-FIRST, TWO THOUSAND
 TWENTY, BASED ON THE APPLICATION  AND  SUBMITTED  MEDICAL  DOCUMENTATION
 ALONE, UNTIL AUGUST THIRTY-FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY.
   (C)  FOR THE PERIOD ENDING JULY THIRTY-FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY, ALL
 CONTRACTORS PROVIDING PARATRANSIT SERVICES SHALL SUSPEND ALL PARATRANSIT
 SHARED RIDES AND SHALL INSTEAD DISPATCH AND ROUTE INDIVIDUAL PARATRANSIT
 TRIPS, TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT POSSIBLE. CUSTOMERS SHALL  BE  NOTIFIED  IN
 ADVANCE IN THE EVENT THAT THEIR RIDE WILL BE SHARED WITH ANOTHER CUSTOM-
 ER,  AND  SUCH  CUSTOMERS  SHALL  HAVE THE RIGHT TO REFUSE OR RESCHEDULE
 SHARED RIDES WITHOUT PENALTY.
   (D) ALL CONTRACTORS PROVIDING PARATRANSIT SERVICES IN THE CITY OF  NEW
 YORK  SHALL  ENSURE THAT ALL PARATRANSIT DRIVERS AND PERSONNEL PROVIDING
 PARATRANSIT SERVICES ARE PROVIDED WITH HAND SANITIZER, DISPOSABLE  STER-
 ILE  GLOVES, AND TRAINING ON PREVENTIVE MEASURES TO PROTECT BOTH CUSTOM-
 ERS AND DRIVERS FROM COVID-19 AND OTHER INFECTIOUS DISEASES,  CONSISTENT
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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 S. 8119--A                          2
 
 WITH  CURRENT CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH GUIDE-
 LINES.
   (2)  ANY  CONTRACTOR  PROVIDING  PARATRANSIT SERVICES IS AUTHORIZED TO
 EXTEND ANY DATE SET FORTH IN CLAUSE (A), (B) OR (C) OF SUBPARAGRAPH  ONE
 OF  THIS  PARAGRAPH, IF, IN THE INTEREST OF THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF THE
 PUBLIC DUE TO THE CORONAVIRUS DISEASE  2019  (COVID-19)  PANDEMIC,  SUCH
 CONTRACTOR DEEMS SUCH EXTENSION TO BE NECESSARY.
   §  2.  Subdivision  5  of  section  15-c  of the transportation law is
 amended by adding a new paragraph e to read as follows:
   E. (1) (A) THE ELIGIBILITY OF  ALL  AMERICANS  WITH  DISABILITIES  ACT
 PARATRANSIT  ELIGIBLE  CUSTOMERS,  WHOSE  CERTIFICATION  WOULD OTHERWISE
 EXPIRE BETWEEN MARCH FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY AND  JULY  THIRTY-FIRST,
 TWO  THOUSAND TWENTY, SHALL BE EXTENDED THROUGH AUGUST THIRTY-FIRST, TWO
 THOUSAND TWENTY.
   (B) EACH TRANSPORTATION PROVIDER PROVIDING PARATRANSIT SERVICES  SHALL
 RENDER ELIGIBILITY DETERMINATIONS FOR ANY APPLICATION FOR AMERICANS WITH
 DISABILITIES  ACT  PARATRANSIT  SUBMITTED  BEFORE JULY THIRTY-FIRST, TWO
 THOUSAND TWENTY, BASED ON THE APPLICATION AND SUBMITTED MEDICAL DOCUMEN-
 TATION ALONE, UNTIL AUGUST THIRTY-FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY.
   (C) FOR THE PERIOD ENDING JULY THIRTY-FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY,  ALL
 TRANSPORTATION  PROVIDERS  PROVIDING  PARATRANSIT SERVICES SHALL SUSPEND
 ALL PARATRANSIT SHARED RIDES AND SHALL INSTEAD DISPATCH AND ROUTE  INDI-
 VIDUAL  PARATRANSIT  TRIPS,  TO  THE  MAXIMUM EXTENT POSSIBLE. CUSTOMERS
 SHALL BE NOTIFIED IN ADVANCE IN THE EVENT THAT THEIR RIDE WILL BE SHARED
 WITH ANOTHER CUSTOMER, AND SUCH CUSTOMERS SHALL HAVE THE RIGHT TO REFUSE
 OR RESCHEDULE SHARED RIDES WITHOUT PENALTY.
   (D) ALL TRANSPORTATION PROVIDERS  PROVIDING  PARATRANSIT  SERVICES  IN
 THIS  STATE  SHALL  ENSURE  THAT  ALL  PARATRANSIT DRIVERS AND PERSONNEL
 PROVIDING PARATRANSIT SERVICES ARE PROVIDED WITH HAND SANITIZER, DISPOS-
 ABLE STERILE GLOVES, AND TRAINING ON PREVENTIVE MEASURES TO PROTECT BOTH
 CUSTOMERS AND DRIVERS  FROM  COVID-19  AND  OTHER  INFECTIOUS  DISEASES,
 CONSISTENT  WITH  CURRENT  CENTER  FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND DEPARTMENT OF
 HEALTH GUIDELINES.
   (2) ANY TRANSPORTATION  PROVIDER  PROVIDING  PARATRANSIT  SERVICES  IS
 AUTHORIZED  TO  EXTEND  ANY  DATE SET FORTH IN CLAUSE (A), (B) OR (C) OF
 SUBPARAGRAPH ONE OF THIS PARAGRAPH, IF, IN THE INTEREST  OF  THE  HEALTH
 AND  SAFETY OF THE PUBLIC DUE TO THE CORONAVIRUS DISEASE 2019 (COVID-19)
 PANDEMIC, SUCH TRANSPORTATION PROVIDER DEEMS SUCH EXTENSION TO BE NECES-
 SARY.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

                            
 
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                                  8119--B
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              March 23, 2020
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens. COMRIE, HOYLMAN -- read twice and ordered printed,
   and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation --
   committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as  amended  and
   recommitted  to  said committee -- committee discharged, bill amended,
   ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the  transportation  law,  in  relation  to  paratransit
   services  within the state and city of New York during the coronavirus
   disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Subdivision 5 of section 15-b of the transportation law is
 amended by adding a new paragraph c to read as follows:
   C. (1) (A) THE ELIGIBILITY OF  ALL  AMERICANS  WITH  DISABILITIES  ACT
 PARATRANSIT  ELIGIBLE  CUSTOMERS,  WHOSE  CERTIFICATION  WOULD OTHERWISE
 EXPIRE BETWEEN MARCH FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY AND  JULY  THIRTY-FIRST,
 TWO  THOUSAND TWENTY, SHALL BE EXTENDED THROUGH AUGUST THIRTY-FIRST, TWO
 THOUSAND TWENTY.
   (B) EACH CONTRACTOR PROVIDING PARATRANSIT SERVICES SHALL RENDER ELIGI-
 BILITY DETERMINATIONS FOR ANY APPLICATION FOR AMERICANS  WITH  DISABILI-
 TIES  ACT  PARATRANSIT  BASED  ON  THE APPLICATION AND SUBMITTED MEDICAL
 DOCUMENTATION ALONE, UNTIL AUGUST THIRTY-FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY.
   (C) FOR THE PERIOD ENDING JULY THIRTY-FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY,  ALL
 CONTRACTORS PROVIDING PARATRANSIT SERVICES SHALL SUSPEND ALL PARATRANSIT
 SHARED RIDES AND SHALL INSTEAD DISPATCH AND ROUTE INDIVIDUAL PARATRANSIT
 TRIPS,  TO  THE  MAXIMUM EXTENT POSSIBLE. CUSTOMERS SHALL BE NOTIFIED IN
 ADVANCE IN THE EVENT THAT THEIR RIDE WILL BE SHARED WITH ANOTHER CUSTOM-
 ER, AND SUCH CUSTOMERS SHALL HAVE THE  RIGHT  TO  REFUSE  OR  RESCHEDULE
 SHARED RIDES WITHOUT PENALTY.
   (D)  ALL CONTRACTORS PROVIDING PARATRANSIT SERVICES IN THE CITY OF NEW
 YORK SHALL ENSURE THAT ALL PARATRANSIT DRIVERS AND  PERSONNEL  PROVIDING
 PARATRANSIT  SERVICES ARE PROVIDED WITH HAND SANITIZER, DISPOSABLE STER-
 ILE GLOVES, FACE MASKS AND TRAINING ON PREVENTIVE  MEASURES  TO  PROTECT
 BOTH  CUSTOMERS AND DRIVERS FROM COVID-19 AND OTHER INFECTIOUS DISEASES,
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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 S. 8119--B                          2
 
 CONSISTENT WITH CURRENT CENTER FOR DISEASE  CONTROL  AND  DEPARTMENT  OF
 HEALTH GUIDELINES.
   (2)  ANY  CONTRACTOR  PROVIDING  PARATRANSIT SERVICES IS AUTHORIZED TO
 EXTEND ANY DATE SET FORTH IN CLAUSE (A), (B) OR (C) OF SUBPARAGRAPH  (1)
 OF  THIS  PARAGRAPH, IF, IN THE INTEREST OF THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF THE
 PUBLIC DUE TO THE CORONAVIRUS DISEASE  2019  (COVID-19)  PANDEMIC,  SUCH
 CONTRACTOR DEEMS SUCH EXTENSION TO BE NECESSARY.
   §  2.  Subdivision  5  of  section  15-c  of the transportation law is
 amended by adding a new paragraph e to read as follows:
   E. (1) (A) THE ELIGIBILITY OF  ALL  AMERICANS  WITH  DISABILITIES  ACT
 PARATRANSIT  ELIGIBLE  CUSTOMERS,  WHOSE  CERTIFICATION  WOULD OTHERWISE
 EXPIRE BETWEEN MARCH FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY AND  JULY  THIRTY-FIRST,
 TWO  THOUSAND TWENTY, SHALL BE EXTENDED THROUGH AUGUST THIRTY-FIRST, TWO
 THOUSAND TWENTY.
   (B) EACH TRANSPORTATION PROVIDER PROVIDING PARATRANSIT SERVICES  SHALL
 RENDER ELIGIBILITY DETERMINATIONS FOR ANY APPLICATION FOR AMERICANS WITH
 DISABILITIES  ACT  PARATRANSIT  BASED  ON  THE APPLICATION AND SUBMITTED
 MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION ALONE, UNTIL  AUGUST  THIRTY-FIRST,  TWO  THOUSAND
 TWENTY.
   (C)  FOR THE PERIOD ENDING JULY THIRTY-FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY, ALL
 TRANSPORTATION PROVIDERS PROVIDING PARATRANSIT  SERVICES  SHALL  SUSPEND
 ALL  PARATRANSIT SHARED RIDES AND SHALL INSTEAD DISPATCH AND ROUTE INDI-
 VIDUAL PARATRANSIT TRIPS, TO  THE  MAXIMUM  EXTENT  POSSIBLE.  CUSTOMERS
 SHALL BE NOTIFIED IN ADVANCE IN THE EVENT THAT THEIR RIDE WILL BE SHARED
 WITH ANOTHER CUSTOMER, AND SUCH CUSTOMERS SHALL HAVE THE RIGHT TO REFUSE
 OR RESCHEDULE SHARED RIDES WITHOUT PENALTY.
   (D)  ALL  TRANSPORTATION  PROVIDERS  PROVIDING PARATRANSIT SERVICES IN
 THIS STATE SHALL ENSURE  THAT  ALL  PARATRANSIT  DRIVERS  AND  PERSONNEL
 PROVIDING PARATRANSIT SERVICES ARE PROVIDED WITH HAND SANITIZER, DISPOS-
 ABLE  STERILE  GLOVES, FACE MASKS AND TRAINING ON PREVENTIVE MEASURES TO
 PROTECT BOTH CUSTOMERS AND DRIVERS FROM COVID-19  AND  OTHER  INFECTIOUS
 DISEASES, CONSISTENT WITH CURRENT CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND DEPART-
 MENT OF HEALTH GUIDELINES.
   (2)  ANY  TRANSPORTATION  PROVIDER  PROVIDING  PARATRANSIT SERVICES IS
 AUTHORIZED TO EXTEND ANY DATE SET FORTH IN CLAUSE (A),  (B)  OR  (C)  OF
 SUBPARAGRAPH  (1)  OF  THIS PARAGRAPH, IF, IN THE INTEREST OF THE HEALTH
 AND SAFETY OF THE PUBLIC DUE TO THE CORONAVIRUS DISEASE 2019  (COVID-19)
 PANDEMIC, SUCH TRANSPORTATION PROVIDER DEEMS SUCH EXTENSION TO BE NECES-
 SARY.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

                            
 
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                                  8119--C
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              March 23, 2020
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens. COMRIE, HOYLMAN -- read twice and ordered printed,
   and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation --
   committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as  amended  and
   recommitted  to  said committee -- committee discharged, bill amended,
   ordered reprinted as amended and  recommitted  to  said  committee  --
   committee  discharged,  bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and
   recommitted to said committee
 
 AN ACT to amend the  transportation  law,  in  relation  to  paratransit
   services  within the state and city of New York during the coronavirus
   (COVID-19) pandemic
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Subdivision 5 of section 15-b of the transportation law is
 amended by adding a new paragraph c to read as follows:
   C. (1) (A) THE PERIOD OF VALIDITY OF THE PARATRANSIT CERTIFICATION  OF
 ALL  AMERICANS  WITH  DISABILITIES ACT PARATRANSIT ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUALS,
 WHOSE CERTIFICATION WOULD OTHERWISE  EXPIRE  BETWEEN  MARCH  FIRST,  TWO
 THOUSAND  TWENTY  AND  JULY  THIRTY-FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY, SHALL BE
 EXTENDED THROUGH AUGUST THIRTY-FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY.
   (B) EACH CONTRACTOR PROVIDING PARATRANSIT SERVICES SHALL RENDER ELIGI-
 BILITY DETERMINATIONS FOR ANY APPLICATION FOR AMERICANS  WITH  DISABILI-
 TIES  ACT PARATRANSIT BASED SOLELY ON INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THE WRIT-
 TEN APPLICATION AND IN SUBMITTED  MEDICAL  DOCUMENTATION,  UNTIL  AUGUST
 THIRTY-FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY.
   (C)  ALL  CONTRACTORS PROVIDING PARATRANSIT SERVICES SHALL, UNTIL JULY
 THIRTY-FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY, DISPATCH AND ROUTE INDIVIDUAL  RATHER
 THAN SHARED PARATRANSIT RIDES, TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT POSSIBLE, AND SHALL
 NOTIFY  CUSTOMERS  AS  SOON  AS PRACTICABLE IN ADVANCE IN THE EVENT THAT
 THEIR RIDE WILL BE SHARED WITH ANOTHER CUSTOMER.  SUCH  CUSTOMERS  SHALL
 HAVE  THE  RIGHT  TO  REFUSE  OR  RESCHEDULE  RIDES THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN
 SHARED, AND ANY SUCH REFUSAL OR RESCHEDULING SHALL  BE  WITHOUT  PENALTY
 PROVIDED THEY RESPOND WITHIN A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME.
   (D)  ALL CONTRACTORS PROVIDING PARATRANSIT SERVICES IN THE CITY OF NEW
 YORK SHALL ENSURE THAT ALL PARATRANSIT DRIVERS AND  PERSONNEL  PROVIDING
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
              

                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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 S. 8119--C                          2
 
 PARATRANSIT  SERVICES ARE PROVIDED WITH HAND SANITIZER, DISPOSABLE STER-
 ILE GLOVES, FACE MASKS AND TRAINING ON PREVENTIVE  MEASURES  TO  PROTECT
 CUSTOMERS,  PARATRANSIT  DRIVERS  AND  PERSONNEL  PROVIDING  PARATRANSIT
 SERVICES  FROM  COVID-19  AND OTHER INFECTIOUS DISEASES, CONSISTENT WITH
 CURRENT GUIDELINES FROM THE FEDERAL  CENTERS  FOR  DISEASE  CONTROL  AND
 PREVENTION,  THE  FEDERAL OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION,
 AND THE NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH.
   (2) ANY CONTRACTOR PROVIDING PARATRANSIT  SERVICES  IS  AUTHORIZED  TO
 EXTEND  ANY DATE SET FORTH IN CLAUSE (A), (B) OR (C) OF SUBPARAGRAPH ONE
 OF THIS PARAGRAPH, IF, IN THE INTEREST OF THE HEALTH AND SAFETY  OF  THE
 PUBLIC DUE TO THE CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19) PANDEMIC, SUCH CONTRACTOR DEEMS
 SUCH EXTENSION TO BE NECESSARY.
   §  2.  Subdivision  5  of  section  15-c  of the transportation law is
 amended by adding a new paragraph e to read as follows:
   E. (1) (A) THE PERIOD OF VALIDITY OF THE PARATRANSIT CERTIFICATION  OF
 ALL  AMERICANS  WITH  DISABILITIES ACT PARATRANSIT ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUALS,
 WHOSE CERTIFICATION WOULD OTHERWISE  EXPIRE  BETWEEN  MARCH  FIRST,  TWO
 THOUSAND  TWENTY  AND  JULY  THIRTY-FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY, SHALL BE
 EXTENDED THROUGH AUGUST THIRTY-FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY.
   (B) EACH TRANSPORTATION PROVIDER PROVIDING PARATRANSIT SERVICES  SHALL
 RENDER ELIGIBILITY DETERMINATIONS FOR ANY APPLICATION FOR AMERICANS WITH
 DISABILITIES  ACT  PARATRANSIT  BASED SOLELY ON INFORMATION CONTAINED IN
 THE WRITTEN APPLICATION AND IN SUBMITTED  MEDICAL  DOCUMENTATION,  UNTIL
 AUGUST THIRTY-FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY.
   (C) ALL TRANSPORTATION PROVIDERS PROVIDING PARATRANSIT SERVICES SHALL,
 UNTIL  JULY  THIRTY-FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY, DISPATCH AND ROUTE INDI-
 VIDUAL RATHER THAN SHARED  PARATRANSIT  RIDES,  TO  THE  MAXIMUM  EXTENT
 POSSIBLE,  AND  SHALL NOTIFY CUSTOMERS AS SOON AS PRACTICABLE IN ADVANCE
 IN THE EVENT THAT THEIR RIDE WILL BE SHARED WITH ANOTHER CUSTOMER.  SUCH
 CUSTOMERS  SHALL HAVE THE RIGHT TO REFUSE OR RESCHEDULE RIDES THAT WOULD
 HAVE BEEN SHARED, AND ANY SUCH REFUSAL OR RESCHEDULING SHALL BE  WITHOUT
 PENALTY PROVIDED THEY RESPOND WITHIN A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME.
   (D)  ALL  TRANSPORTATION  PROVIDERS  PROVIDING PARATRANSIT SERVICES IN
 THIS STATE SHALL ENSURE  THAT  ALL  PARATRANSIT  DRIVERS  AND  PERSONNEL
 PROVIDING PARATRANSIT SERVICES ARE PROVIDED WITH HAND SANITIZER, DISPOS-
 ABLE  STERILE  GLOVES, FACE MASKS AND TRAINING ON PREVENTIVE MEASURES TO
 PROTECT CUSTOMERS, PARATRANSIT DRIVERS AND PERSONNEL PROVIDING PARATRAN-
 SIT SERVICES FROM COVID-19 AND  OTHER  INFECTIOUS  DISEASES,  CONSISTENT
 WITH CURRENT GUIDELINES FROM THE FEDERAL CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND
 PREVENTION,  THE  FEDERAL OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION,
 AND THE NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH.
   (2) ANY TRANSPORTATION  PROVIDER  PROVIDING  PARATRANSIT  SERVICES  IS
 AUTHORIZED  TO  EXTEND  ANY  DATE SET FORTH IN CLAUSE (A), (B) OR (C) OF
 SUBPARAGRAPH ONE OF THIS PARAGRAPH, IF, IN THE INTEREST  OF  THE  HEALTH
 AND  SAFETY  OF  THE  PUBLIC DUE TO THE CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19) PANDEMIC,
 SUCH TRANSPORTATION PROVIDER DEEMS SUCH EXTENSION TO BE NECESSARY.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.