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- Print number 2109a
- Amend (t) and recommit to transportation
- Referred to transportation
- Referred to transportation
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Requires the metropolitan transportation authority to create an expired fare transfer policy
In Assembly Committee · Ways And Means · Sponsor Jeffrey Dinowitz
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BILL NUMBER:S2109A
Title of bill
An act to amend the public authorities law, in relation to requiring the metropolitan transportation authority to establish an expired fare transfer policy; and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof
Purpose or general idea of bill
To ensure that riders of the MTA mass-transit system do not forfeit pre-paid funds due to administrative decisions relating to the expiration of said funds after a certain time period.
Summary of specific provisions
Section 1 amends the public authorities' law by adding a new § 1266-j, which would require the authority to establish an expired fare transfer policy that may be amended from time to time. Such policy shall provide any person who purchases a fare the ability to transfer any remaining balance for two years after such fare is deemed expired.
§ 2 Provides that the law take immediate effect, and shall be deemed expired and repealed on July 1, 2019
Justification
Currently upon purchasing a pay-per-ride MetroCard the rider is given an expiration date that typically dates to a year after the rider purchases the card, during which they can use the card until the balance they have pre-paid is spent. When the expiration date is reached the rider then has one more year within which they can transfer the remaining balance of the expired card to a new MetroCard The MTA has decided administratively that after two years from the date of purchase of a MetroCard has passed, any unclaimed balance will no longer be refunded. Essentially the MTA is taking money that the rider has paid and either forgotten about or misplaced for a time, or could have been visiting an area the MTA services and didn't return for some time only to find out that their balance has been forfeited. This bill would ensure that every rider is guaranteed two years, beginning after the date of expiration, in which they can transfer their remaining balances onto a new MetroCard.
Prior legislative history
2011-12- A.4775- Referred to Corporations, Authorities and Commissions/ S.3840- Referred to Transportation
Fiscal implications
None to the State.
Effective date
This act shall take effect immediately, and shall be deemed expired and repealed on July 1, 2019
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