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History
- Print number 2266a
- Amend 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 · Corporations, Authorities And Commissions · Sponsor Jeffrey Dinowitz
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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
To ensure that riders of the Metropolitan Transit Authority 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 provisions
Section one of the bill amends the Public Authorities Law by adding a new section, 1266-k, which would require the Metropolitan Transit Authority establish an expired fare transfer policy that may be amended from time to time. The policy is required to provide MetroCard holders with the ability to transfer the balance from an expired MetroCard to a new MetroCard for two years after the fare is deemed expired.
Section two of this bill provides that this act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be deemed repealed on July 1, 2021.
Existing law
None
Justification
Currently upon purchasing a pay-per-ride MetroCard the rider is given an expiration date that typically ranges anywhere from six months to two years time. During this time, the MetroCard holder can use the card until the balance he or she has pre-paid is spent. When the expiration date is reached, the rider then has two years within which he or she can transfer the remaining balance of the expired card to a new MetroCard. The Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) has administratively decided that after two years has passed, any unclaimed balance will no longer be refunded. This bill would ensure that the MTA cannot change this policy to reduce the refund period from two to one year.
Legislative history
2015: S.2266 - Referred to Transportation 2013-14: S.2109 - Referred to Transportation both years 2011-12: S.3840 - Referred to Transportation both years
Fiscal implications
None to the State
Effective date
This act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be deemed repealed on July 1, 2021.
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