Bill Text: NY S00726 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Relates to the imposition of tolls for certain bridges and tunnels.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-06-17 - COMMITTED TO RULES [S00726 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-S00726-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         726--A
                               2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                       (Prefiled)
                                     January 7, 2015
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by  Sen.  AVELLA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Corporations,  Authorities
          and  Commissions  --  recommitted  to  the  Committee on Corporations,
          Authorities and Commissions in accordance with Senate Rule 6,  sec.  8
          --  committee  discharged,  bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended
          and recommitted to said committee
        AN ACT to amend chapter 154 of the laws of 1921 relating to the port  of
          New York authority, in relation to the imposition of tolls for certain
          bridges and tunnels
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Chapter 154 of the laws of 1921 relating to the port of New
     2  York authority is amended by  adding  a  new  section  1-a  to  read  as
     3  follows:
     4    § 1-a. Bridge crossings and tunnels.  No toll charged by the authority
     5  for  crossings  over an authority bridge or an authority tunnel shall be
     6  increased on or after December first, two thousand seventeen,  provided,
     7  that nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit or otherwise
     8  limit  the authority from imposing a toll increase for crossings over an
     9  authority bridge or  an  authority  tunnel,  provided,  that  such  toll
    10  increase is utilized solely for the improvement, reconstruction or main-
    11  tenance of the authority's transportation related facilities.
    12    §  2.  This  act  shall take effect upon the enactment into law by the
    13  state of New Jersey of legislation having an identical effect with  this
    14  act,  but  if  the  state  of New Jersey shall have already enacted such
    15  legislation, this act shall take effect immediately; and the chairman of
    16  the port authority of New York and New Jersey shall notify the  legisla-
    17  tive  bill  drafting commission upon the occurrence of such enactment in
    18  order that the commission may maintain an accurate and timely  effective
    19  data  base  of the official text of the laws of the state of New York in
    20  furtherance of effecting the provisions of section 44 of the legislative
    21  law and section 70-b of the public officers law.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD00449-02-6