City of Albuquerque - File #: O-21-67

• File #: O-21-67
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Enacted
• File created: 6/7/2021
• In control: City Council
• Final action: 9/20/2021
• Enactment date: 9/30/2021
• Enactment #: O-2021-023
• Title: Amending Sections 7-2-1-2, Of The Transit System Ordinance To Provide For A Zero Fare Pilot Project And Creating A New Section 7-2-1-3 (Davis, Sena, Pe?a, Benton)
• Sponsors: Pat Davis, Klarissa J. Peña, Isaac Benton

Date	Action By	Action	Result
9/30/2021	City Clerk	Published
9/27/2021	Mayor	Signed by the Mayor
9/22/2021	City Council	Sent to Mayor for Signature
9/20/2021	City Council	Passed as Amended	Pass
9/20/2021	City Council	Amended	Pass
9/8/2021	City Council	Postponed as Amended	Pass
9/8/2021	City Council	Amended	Pass
8/16/2021	City Council	Postponed	Pass
8/2/2021	City Council	Postponed	Pass
6/21/2021	City Council	Accepted Without Recommendation
6/14/2021	Finance & Government Operations Committee	Sent to Council Without Recommendation	Pass
6/7/2021	City Council	Introduced and Referred
6/7/2021	President	Referred

CITY of ALBUQUERQUE
TWENTY FOURTH COUNCIL


COUNCIL BILL NO. O-21-67 ENACTMENT NO. ________________________

SPONSORED BY: Davis, Sena, Pe?a, Benton


ORDINANCE
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Amending Sections 7-2-1-2, Of The Transit System Ordinance To Provide For A Zero Fare Pilot Project And Creating A New Section 7-2-1-3 (Davis, Sena, Pe?a, Benton)
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AMENDING SECTIONS 7-2-1-2, OF THE TRANSIT SYSTEM ORDINANCE TO PROVIDE FOR A ZERO FARE PILOT PROJECT AND CREATING A NEW SECTION 7-2-1-3.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL, THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE:
Section 1. Section 7-2-1-2 is hereby amended as follows and a new Section 7-2-1-3 is created:
"? 7-2-1-2:
(1) The Fares designated in ? 7-2-1-1, shall be suspended during the implementation of a twelve calendar month "Zero Fare" Pilot,
(2) The Zero Fare Pilot is to commence no later than January 1st 2022.
? 7-2-1-3 VIOLATION.
It shall be a violation of ? 7-2-1-1 for any person using the transit system to fail to pay the applicable fare. Any person in violation of ? 7-2-1-1 is guilty of a misdemeanor and subject to the penalty provisions set forth in ? 1-1-99 ROA 1994. Enforcement of ? 7-2-1-3 is suspended during the implementation
of a twelve calendar month Zero Fare Pilot."
Section 2. SEVERABILITY CLAUSE. If any section, paragraph, sentence, clause, word or phrase of this ordinance is for any reason held to be invalid or unenforceable by any court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining provisions of this ordinance. The Council hereby declares that it would have passed this ordinance and each section, paragraph, sentence, clause, word or phrase thereof irrespective of any provision being declared unconstitutional or otherwise invalid.
Section 3. COMPILATION. Section 1 of this ordinance shall be incorporated in and made part of the Revised Ordinances of Albuquerque, New Mexico, 1994.
Section 4. EFFECTIVE DATE. This or...