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A07085 Summary:

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Requires that bus drivers be provided with regular rest periods to have the opportunity to use a restroom.

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03/20/2025referred to transportation

01/07/2026referred to transportation

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 7085

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 March 20, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. PRETLOW -- read once and referred to the Commit-
 tee on Transportation

 AN ACT to amend the transportation law, in relation to providing bus
 drivers with appropriate rest periods

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

 1 Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
 2 the "public transit safety act".
 3 § 2. The transportation law is amended by adding a new section 211-a
 4 to read as follows:
 5 § 211-a. Appropriate rest periods for bus drivers. 1. As used in this
 6 section:
 7 a. "Appropriate rest period" means a period of rest of not less than
 8 ten minutes for every segment of four hours or major part thereof worked
 9 in one work period without deduction for the employee's pay.
 10 b. "Bus" means every motor vehicle having a seating capacity of nine
 11 or more passengers in addition to the driver and used for the transpor-
 12 tation of persons.
 13 c. "Bus driver" means any person employed by any transit agency,
 14 authority or company, public or private, whose operation is authorized
 15 by the state or any of its political subdivisions, that drives a bus for
 16 hire or profit.
 17 d. "Transportation provider" means any public, private or not-for-pro-
 18 fit entity, including any transportation authority, utilizing public
 19 funds to provide or contract for public transportation services for the
 20 benefit of the general public or specific client groups.
 21 2. a. Every transportation provider shall provide each bus driver an
 22 appropriate rest period to utilize the nearest convenient restroom.
 23 b. No provision of this section shall be deemed to prohibit employers
 24 and employees from establishing appropriate rest periods which differ
 25 from those required by this section pursuant to a collective bargaining
 26 agreement.
 27 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD10751-01-5

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