Provides for the reimbursement of the ticket price of unused one-way, round trip or multi-trip tickets purchased for use on the Long Island Rail Road or the Metro-North Commuter Railroad Company if returned within one year.
NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
BILL NUMBER: A1268
SPONSOR: Brown E TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the public authorities law, in relation to one-way,
round trip or multi-trip tickets and tickets purchased after boarding
the Long Island Rail Road and the Metro-North Commuter Railroad Company
PURPOSE:
To ensure the validity of any one-way, round-trip or multi-trip ticket,
not purchased for a specific month or unlimited travel, for one year
from date of purchase and, additionally, to ensure full reimbursement
for returned tickets without additional surcharges, intended for tickets
purchased, for use on the Long Island Rail Road or the Metro-North
Commuter Railroad Company.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section 1. The public authorities law is amended by adding two new
sections 1266-m and 1266-n to read as follows:
§ 1266-m. Long Island Rail Road and Metro-North Commuter Railroad Compa-
ny; reimbursement. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any one-
way, round trip or multi-trip ticket not purchased for a specific month
or unlimited travel, but purchased for use on the Long Island Rail Road
or the Metro-North Commuter Railroad Company shall be valid for one Year
from the date of purchase and the authority shall reimburse one hundred
percent of the purchase price of any unused Long Island Rail Road or
Metro-North Commuter Railroad Company one-way, round trip or multi-trip
ticket to the bearer of such ticket, provided that such ticket is
returned within one year of the date of purchase. The authority is
prohibited from assessing any surcharge or processing fee for the return
of any such unused one-way, round trip or multi-trip ticket purchased
for use on the Long Island Rail Road or the Metro-North Commuter Rail-
road Company.
§ 1266-n. Long Island Rail Road and Metro-North Commuter Railroad Compa-
ny; fare after boarding. Additional train fare purchased after boarding
by a passenger possessing a ticket with insufficient fare, shall be
rounded up to the nearest quarter of a dollar.
JUSTIFICATION:
Frequent train passengers, who preplan and purchase an extra ticket for
future train rides, run the risk of their investments being invalid
after a short period of time. A one-way ticket is valid for 90 days,
however after 90 days the policy in place does not have the option of
reimbursement. This legislation provides an extension to the expiration
date of purchased tickets to one year and, additionally, it requires
full reimbursement of tickets at its original value without additional
fees. Currently there is a processing fee of $10 per transaction.
This legislation would provide relief for riders who present an off-peak
ticket or other ticket which must, in MTA parlance, be "stepped up".
Formerly the customer was charged the difference in the fare rounded up
to the next dollar. This legislation will round it up the next $.25.
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
2014: A.8806A held for consideration in corp, authorities and comm
2015: A.7385 referred to corp, authorities and comm
2019-2020: A.4902 held for consideration in corp, authorities and comm
2021-2022: A.10068 referred to corporations, authorities and commissions
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
Undetermined.
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it. shall have
become a law.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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1268
2023-2024 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 13, 2023
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Introduced by M. of A. E. BROWN -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions
AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to one-way,
round trip or multi-trip tickets and tickets purchased after boarding
the Long Island Rail Road and the Metro-North Commuter Railroad Compa-
ny
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The public authorities law is amended by adding two new
2 sections 1266-m and 1266-n to read as follows:
3 § 1266-m. Long Island Rail Road and Metro-North Commuter Railroad
4 Company; reimbursement. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any
5 one-way, round trip or multi-trip ticket not purchased for a specific
6 month or unlimited travel, but purchased for use on the Long Island Rail
7 Road or the Metro-North Commuter Railroad Company shall be valid for one
8 year from the date of purchase and the authority shall reimburse one
9 hundred percent of the purchase price of any unused Long Island Rail
10 Road or Metro-North Commuter Railroad Company one-way, round trip or
11 multi-trip ticket to the bearer of such ticket, provided that such tick-
12 et is returned within one year of the date of purchase. The authority is
13 prohibited from assessing any surcharge or processing fee for the return
14 of any such unused one-way, round trip or multi-trip ticket purchased
15 for use on the Long Island Rail Road or the Metro-North Commuter Rail-
16 road Company.
17 § 1266-n. Long Island Rail Road and Metro-North Commuter Railroad
18 Company; fare after boarding. Additional train fare purchased after
19 boarding by a passenger possessing a ticket with insufficient fare,
20 shall be rounded up to the nearest quarter of a dollar.
21 § 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
22 have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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