§ 170-a. Celebration of Rosa Parks; bus companies. 1. For purposes of
this section, the terms "bus company" and "bus line" shall have the same
meanings as set forth in subdivisions two and three of section two of
the transportation law.

2. On February fourth, two thousand eight and every February fourth
thereafter, a day of commemoration designated as "Rosa Parks Day"
pursuant to section one hundred sixty-eight-a of this article, every bus
company operating a bus line in this state may reserve and keep empty
one seat on each bus placed in service by such bus company in honor of
civil rights activist Rosa Parks.

3. Compliance with the provisions of this section shall be voluntary,
and no bus company operating a bus line in this state shall be subject
to any liability, either civil or criminal, solely for the failure to
comply with the provisions of this section.