Bill Text: NY A04100 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Provides for the exemption of honorably discharged veterans of the armed forces of the United States from New York State Thruway tolls; provides reimbursement for any loss in net revenue up to one hundred thousand dollars.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 6-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-07-13 - held for consideration in corporations, authorities and commissions [A04100 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-A04100-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 4100 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY February 1, 2019 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. KOLB, HAWLEY, BRABENEC -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. GIGLIO -- read once and referred to the Committee on Corpo- rations, Authorities and Commissions AN ACT to amend the public authorities law and the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to the exemption of certain 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 honorably discharged 15 veterans of the armed forces of the United States. Such exemption shall 16 be in such form and manner as the commissioner may provide. 17 § 2. Subdivision 4 of section 1630 of the vehicle and traffic law is 18 amended to read as follows: 19 4. Charging of tolls, taxes, fees, licenses or permits for the use of 20 the highway or any of its parts, where the imposition thereof is author- 21 ized by law. No such toll shall be imposed by the New York state thru- 22 way authority upon honorably discharged veterans of the armed forces of 23 the United States. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD04084-01-9A. 4100 2 1 § 3. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the commissioner of 2 transportation is authorized and directed to reimburse the New York 3 state thruway authority for any loss in net revenue, up to one hundred 4 thousand dollars per fiscal year, due to the exemption from tolls upon 5 honorably discharged veterans of the armed forces of the United States 6 authorized pursuant to paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of section 361 of 7 the public authorities law. 8 § 4. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after 9 it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amend- 10 ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen- 11 tation of this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and 12 completed on or before such effective date.