New York S 3854: Allows MTA to establish discount fares for full-time undergraduate students

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S03854 Summary:

BILL NOS03854 

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SAME ASSAME AS A01770

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SPONSORCOMRIE

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §1266, Pub Auth L

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Establishes a discount fare rate of no less than 25% for full-time undergraduate students attending an accredited college who utilize the New York city transit system, including railroad, subway and/or omnibus services.

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01/30/2025REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

01/07/2026REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 3854

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 30, 2025
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 Introduced by Sen. COMRIE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation

 AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to rates of fare
 on the Metropolitan Transportation Authority

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Section 1266 of the public authorities law is amended by
 2 adding a new subdivision 20 to read as follows:
 3 20. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the authority and any
 4 of its subsidiary corporations shall establish and implement a discount
 5 fare rate program, such discount to be no less than twenty-five percent
 6 of the regular fare, for full-time undergraduate students attending an
 7 accredited college. The discount fare rate program established and
 8 implemented pursuant to this subdivision shall be in operation during
 9 all hours in which such authority provides railroad, subway and/or omni-
 10 bus services, and such program shall not be limited in operation to
 11 off-peak hours or to any other hours designated by the authority or its
 12 subsidiary corporations. The chairman shall establish and implement all
 13 rules and regulations necessary to effectuate this subdivision.
 14 § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed-
 15 ing the date on which it shall have become a law.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD04785-01-5

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