S701-2013 Actions

• Jan 9, 2013: REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

S701-2013 Memo

BILL NUMBER:S701

TITLE OF BILL:
An act
to amend the transportation law, in relation to providing free public
transportation for senior citizens

PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:
To provide all senior citizens who reside in New York State with the
privilege of having free transportation.

SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:
Add section 15-d to the transportation law.

JUSTIFICATION:
The purpose of this bill is to give seniors a break from their expenses.
Seniors are retired citizens with fixed incomes and most of them
cannot afford the extra expense of public transportation on a daily
basis.

PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
S.1691 of 2011
01/11/11 REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION
01/04/12 REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
To be determined.

EFFECTIVE DATE:
This bill shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after it
shall become a law, provided that the commissioner of transportation
shall promulgate any rules and regulations necessary for the
implementation of this act on or before such effective date.

S701-2013 Text

                      S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
  ________________________________________________________________________

                                     701

                         2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                              I N  SENATE

                                 (PREFILED)

                               January 9, 2013
                                 ___________

  Introduced  by  Sen. SAMPSON -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
    printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation

  AN ACT to amend the transportation law, in relation  to  providing  free
    public transportation for senior citizens

    THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
  BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:


    Section 1. The transportation law is amended by adding a  new  section
  15-d to read as follows:

    S  15-D.  PUBLIC  TRANSPORTATION  FOR SENIOR CITIZENS. SENIOR CITIZENS
  SHALL RECEIVE USE OF PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION FREE OF CHARGE.
    S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
  it shall have become a law, provided, however, that the commissioner  of
  transportation  shall promulgate any rules and regulations necessary for
  the implementation of this act on or before such effective date.






   EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                        [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                             LBD02129-01-3