Assembly Bill A816

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to prohibiting the metropolitan transportation authority from promulgating rules or regulations that penalize a student for using a student MetroCard when school is not in session

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly Committee

  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2023-A816 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S879
Current Committee:
Assembly Corporations, Authorities And Commissions
Law Section:
Public Authorities Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §1266, Pub Auth L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
A8245, S7492

2023-A816 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to prohibiting the metropolitan transportation authority from promulgating rules or regulations that penalize a student for using a student MetroCard when school is not in session.

2023-A816 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    816
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 11, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. EPSTEIN, SIMON, COLTON, REYES, DICKENS, MAMDANI,
   GLICK, AUBRY, GIBBS, CRUZ, JACKSON, GONZALEZ-ROJAS --  read  once  and
   referred to the Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the public authorities law, in relation to prohibiting
   the metropolitan transportation authority from promulgating  rules  or
   regulations that penalize a student for using a student MetroCard when
   school is not in session
 
   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 20 to read as follows:
   20.  NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW, THE AUTHORITY AND ANY
 OF ITS SUBSIDIARY CORPORATIONS SHALL NOT PROMULGATE ANY RULES  OR  REGU-
 LATIONS THAT PENALIZE ANY STUDENT FOR USING ANY CARD OR OTHER FARE MEDIA
 ISSUED  BY  THE CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR THE CITY OF NEW YORK FOR TRANS-
 PORTATION PURPOSES ON ANY DAY WHEN SCHOOL IS NOT IN SESSION.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02483-01-3

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