N.Y. Executive Law § 170-a: Celebration of Rosa Parks; bus companies

§ 170-a. Celebration of Rosa Parks; bus companies. 1. For purposes of

this section, the terms "bus company" and "bus line" shall have the same

meanings as set forth in subdivisions two and three of section two of

the transportation law.

2. On February fourth, two thousand eight and every February fourth

thereafter, a day of commemoration designated as "Rosa Parks Day"

pursuant to section one hundred sixty-eight-a of this article, every bus

company operating a bus line in this state may reserve and keep empty

one seat on each bus placed in service by such bus company in honor of

civil rights activist Rosa Parks.

3. Compliance with the provisions of this section shall be voluntary,

and no bus company operating a bus line in this state shall be subject

to any liability, either civil or criminal, solely for the failure to

comply with the provisions of this section.