Bill Text: NY A02170 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Provides for the exemption of disabled veterans of the armed forces of the United States from New York State Thruway tolls.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 7-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-03-10 - held for consideration in transportation [A02170 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A02170-Introduced.html


                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          2170
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    January 22, 2019
                                       ___________
        Introduced by M. of A. HAWLEY -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Transportation
        AN  ACT  to amend the public authorities law and the vehicle and traffic
          law, in relation to the exemption  of  disabled  veterans  from  tolls
          collected by the New York state thruway authority
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of section 361 of the public
     2  authorities law, as amended by chapter 621  of  the  laws  of  1998,  is
     3  amended to read as follows:
     4    (a)  In  addition  to  the powers conferred by the vehicle and traffic
     5  law, the authority is hereby authorized to  promulgate  such  rules  and
     6  regulations for the use and occupancy of the thruway as may be necessary
     7  and  proper  for the public safety and convenience, for the preservation
     8  of its property and for the collection of  tolls  and  provided  further
     9  that  the  authority,  in  consultation with the departments of environ-
    10  mental conservation and transportation, is hereby authorized to  promul-
    11  gate  rules  and regulations necessary to implement a heavy duty vehicle
    12  roadside inspection program pursuant to section 19-0320 of the  environ-
    13  mental conservation law.  Such rules and regulations shall authorize the
    14  exemption  from  the  collection  of  such tolls upon any New York state
    15  resident who is a veteran and is certified by the United  States  veter-
    16  ans'  administration or the department of defense as entitled to receive
    17  disability payments upon the certification  of  such  administration  or
    18  department for a disability incurred by him or her in time of war.
    19    §  2.  Subdivision 4 of section 1630 of the vehicle and traffic law is
    20  amended to read as follows:
    21    4. Charging of tolls, taxes, fees, licenses or permits for the use  of
    22  the highway or any of its parts, where the imposition thereof is author-
    23  ized  by law.  No such toll shall be imposed by the New York state thru-
    24  way authority upon any New York state resident who is a veteran  and  is
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD02116-01-9

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     1  certified  by  the United States veterans' administration or the depart-
     2  ment of defense as entitled to  receive  disability  payments  upon  the
     3  certification  of  such  administration  or  department for a disability
     4  incurred by him or her in time of war.
     5    § 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
     6  it  shall  have become a law. Effective immediately the addition, amend-
     7  ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen-
     8  tation of this act on its effective date are authorized to be made on or
     9  before such date.
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