New York Codes, Rules and Regulations
Title 21 - Miscellaneous
Chapter XXI - Metropolitan Transportation Authority
Subchapter D - Rules and Regulations Governing the Conduct and Safety of the Public
Part 1050 - Rules Governing The Conduct And Safety Of The Public In The Use Of The Facilities Of New York City Transit Authority And Manhattan And Bronx Surface Transit Operating Authority
Section 1050.13 - Public notice of the provisions of New York Penal Law section 165.16 (as added by chapter 57 of the Laws of 2005)
Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 12, March 20, 2024
The following notice of the provisions of New York Penal Law, section 165.16 is provided pursuant to part T, section 2 of chapter 57 of the Laws of 2005. New York Penal Law, section 165.16 states:
§ 165.16 Unauthorized sale of certain transportation services.
1. A person is guilty of unauthorized sale of certain transportation services when, with intent to avoid payment by another person to the metropolitan transportation authority, New York city transit authority or a subsidiary or affiliate of either such authority of the lawful charge for transportation services on a railroad, subway, bus or mass transit service operated by either such authority or a subsidiary or affiliate thereof, he or she, in exchange for value, sells access to such transportation services to such person, without authorization, through the use of an unlimited farecard or doctored farecard. This section shall apply only to such sales that occur in a transportation facility, as such term is defined in subdivision two of section 240.00 of this chapter, operated by such metropolitan transportation authority, New York city transit authority or subsidiary or affiliate of such authority, when public notice of the prohibitions of its section and the exemptions thereto appears on the face of the farecard or is conspicuously posted in transportation facilities operated by such Metropolitan Transportation Authority, New York City Transit Authority or such subsidiary or affiliate of such authority.
2. It shall be a defense to a prosecution under this section that a person, firm, partnership, corporation, or association:
3. For purposes of this section.
Unauthorized sale of transportation service is a class B misdemeanor.