Bill Text: NY A07094 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Relates to a rebate for residents of Kings county who commute across the Verrazzano-Narrows bridge more than ten times per month while using a New York customer service E-ZPass account.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - referred to corporations, authorities and commissions [A07094 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A07094-Introduced.html


                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
                                          7094
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                      April 5, 2019
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by M. of A. FRONTUS -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions
        AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to a rebate  for
          residents  of Kings county who frequently commute across the Verrazza-
          no-Narrows bridge
          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 553-j to read as follows:
     3    § 553-j. Verrazzano-Narrows bridge; Kings county  program.    Notwith-
     4  standing  any  inconsistent  provision of law, but subject to agreements
     5  with noteholders and bondholders, the authority shall  credit  residents
     6  of  the county of Kings who make ten or more trips per month using a New
     7  York customer service E-ZPass account on the  Verrazzano-Narrows  bridge
     8  with  the same rebate or rebates provided to Staten Island residents who
     9  make three or more trips per month using a  New  York  customer  service
    10  E-ZPass  account  on  the  Verrazzano-Narrows bridge, provided, however,
    11  that such credit shall not apply to trips made by vehicles that are used
    12  for commercial purposes.
    13    § 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day  after  it  shall
    14  have become a law.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD10715-01-9
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