Bill Text: NY A01265 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Allows the New York state thruway authority to provide a discounted toll rate to farmers transporting agricultural products.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 4-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - referred to corporations, authorities and commissions [A01265 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-A01265-Amended.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 1265--A 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY January 14, 2019 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. STIRPE, NORRIS, BRABENEC, WALCZYK, MANKTELOW -- read once and referred to the Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to allowing the New York state thruway authority to provide a discounted toll rate to farmers transporting agricultural products 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 a new 2 section 354-a to read as follows: 3 § 354-a. Discount for farmers. Farmers, engaged in activities listed 4 in subdivision four of section two of the agriculture and markets law, 5 and producing products as defined in subdivision five of section two of 6 the agriculture and markets law, shall receive a toll discount on roads 7 maintained by the thruway authority. Those farmers eligible for a tax 8 exemption under subparagraph (A) of paragraph two of subsection (a) of 9 section six hundred six of the tax law will be discounted fifty percent 10 of the normal toll rate. This discount shall not apply to surcharges in 11 addition to the regular crossing fare, and shall not be used in occa- 12 sions of non-commercial vehicle travel. Farmers receiving the tax 13 exemption under subparagraph (A) of paragraph two of subsection (a) of 14 section six hundred six of the tax law may file the certificate produced 15 for that exemption with the thruway authority. Upon receiving the 16 certificate, the thruway authority shall issue E-ZPass tags to the farm- 17 ers, providing them the fifty percent toll rate discount. 18 § 2. This act shall take effect January 1, 2021. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD00550-03-9