Assembly Bill A807

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Provides that any service outside of N.Y. city, that is designated as a microtransit service shall be eligible for statewide mass transportation operating assistance regard

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  • 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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2025-A807 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S7608
Current Committee:
Assembly Transportation
Law Section:
Transportation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §18-b, Transp L

2025-A807 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that any service outside of a city with a population of more than one million, that is designated as a microtransit service shall be eligible for statewide mass transportation operating assistance regardless of vehicle size; defines "microtransit service" to mean a technology-enabled on-demand service with dynamically generated routing that uses a managed fleet of multi-passenger vehicles dedicated to that service.

2025-A807 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    807
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 8, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  MAGNARELLI  -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Transportation
 
 AN ACT to amend the transportation law, in relation  to  permitting  the
   reimbursement  of  operating  expenses  of  small  vehicles as part of
   specific bus or demand-responsive services under  the  statewide  mass
   transportation operating assistance program
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 18-b of the transportation law is amended by adding
 a new subdivision 13 to read as follows:
   13. A. ANY SERVICE OUTSIDE OF A CITY WITH A POPULATION  OF  MORE  THAN
 ONE  MILLION,  THAT  IS  DESIGNATED  AS  A MICROTRANSIT SERVICE SHALL BE
 ELIGIBLE FOR STATEWIDE MASS TRANSPORTATION OPERATING ASSISTANCE  REGARD-
 LESS OF VEHICLE SIZE.
   B.  FOR  THE  PURPOSES  OF  THIS  SUBDIVISION,  THE TERM "MICROTRANSIT
 SERVICE" SHALL MEAN A TECHNOLOGY-ENABLED ON-DEMAND SERVICE  WITH  DYNAM-
 ICALLY  GENERATED  ROUTING  THAT USES A MANAGED FLEET OF MULTI-PASSENGER
 VEHICLES DEDICATED TO THAT SERVICE.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01278-01-5

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