Bill Text: NY A03272 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires all owners and operators of taxis to participate in the electronic toll collection system and to utilize the facilities and lanes provided therefor.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-01-24 - referred to transportation [A03272 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-A03272-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         3272
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   January 24, 2011
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       Introduced  by M. of A. SPANO, GALEF, ROBINSON, MAISEL, WEPRIN, SCARBOR-
         OUGH, HOOPER -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of  A.  JEFFRIES,  MAYERSOHN,
         TITONE -- read once and referred to the Committee on Transportation
       AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to requiring taxis
         to participate in the electronic toll collection system and to utilize
         facilities and traffic lanes established for such system
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. The general business law is amended by adding a new section
    2  396-ww to read as follows:
    3    S 396-WW. TAXIS; PARTICIPATION IN ELECTRONIC TOLL  COLLECTION  SYSTEM.
    4  1.  EVERY  OWNER OR OPERATOR OF A TAXI IN THIS STATE SHALL BE AN ACCOUNT
    5  HOLDER IN THE ELECTRONIC TOLL COLLECTION SYSTEM, AND EACH TAXI  OPERATED
    6  ON   A   PUBLIC   HIGHWAY   SHALL   BE  EQUIPPED  WITH  THE  APPROPRIATE
    7  RECEIVER-TRANSMITTER FOR USE OF SUCH SYSTEM.
    8    2. EVERY TAXI SHALL USE THE APPROPRIATE FACILITIES AND  TRAFFIC  LANES
    9  FOR  PARTICIPATION  IN  THE  ELECTRONIC TOLL COLLECTION SYSTEM. UNDER NO
   10  CIRCUMSTANCES, SHALL A TAXI USE A  CASH  LANE  OR  ANY  OTHER  LANE  NOT
   11  SPECIFICALLY  DESIGNATED  EXCLUSIVELY  FOR ELECTRONIC TOLL COLLECTION AT
   12  ANY TOLL COLLECTION FACILITY AT  WHICH  ELECTRONIC  TOLL  COLLECTION  IS
   13  AVAILABLE.
   14    3.  EVERY VIOLATION OF THIS SECTION IS A TRAFFIC INFRACTION PUNISHABLE
   15  BY A FINE OF NOT LESS THAN FIFTY DOLLARS NOR MORE THAN ONE HUNDRED FIFTY
   16  DOLLARS.
   17    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD07870-01-1