Budget Amendment ID: FY2017-S4-1146-R1

Redraft TRP 1146

Clarifying the Limit on MBTA Fare Increases

Ms. Chang-Diaz, Mr. McGee, Ms. O'Connor Ives, Mr. Eldridge and Ms. Lovely moved that the proposed new text be amended by inserting, after section 53, the following new section:-

"SECTION 53A.  Section 61 of chapter 46 of the acts of 2013 is hereby amended by striking out subsection (d) and inserting in place thereof the following subsection:-

(d) Fares shall not be increased more than once in a 24-month period.  No fare shall be increased greater than 5 per cent during said 24-month period.  Fare or fares shall be any amount paid by a user including, but not limited to, the cost of any single-ride price for a mode, the cost of a pass, and any discount from the cost of a single-ride price or the cost of pass, regardless of fare payment type, product, or media.; and

by inserting, after section 80, the following new section:-

SECTION 80A.  Section 53A shall take effect on January 1, 2017."