Bill Text: NY S01746 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Relates to E-ZPass availability and waiving deposit fees for a certain period after a rate increase.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2022-02-28 - referred to corporations, authorities and commissions [S01746 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-S01746-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         1746--A
            Cal. No. 706

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                    January 14, 2021
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        Introduced  by Sens. KENNEDY, MAY -- read twice and ordered printed, and
          when printed to be committed to the  Committee  on  Transportation  --
          reported  favorably  from  said committee, ordered to first and second
          report, ordered to a third reading,  amended  and  ordered  reprinted,
          retaining its place in the order of third reading

        AN  ACT  to  amend  the  public  authorities law, in relation to E-ZPass
          availability and waiving deposit fees for a  certain  period  after  a
          rate increase

          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 378-b to read as follows:
     3    §  378-b.  E-ZPass  availability.  1.  If  the authority shall vote to
     4  increase any fees, rentals or charges for the use of the thruway or  any
     5  part  thereof  pursuant  to  subdivision  eight of section three hundred
     6  fifty-four of this title for cash or users who do not use E-ZPass to pay
     7  such fees, rentals or charges, the requirement to make a deposit owed to
     8  secure a new E-ZPass transponder shall be waived for a period of no less
     9  than sixty days from the later of the date of such vote or the date that
    10  the increase takes effect.
    11    2. Any retail location in the  state  which  sells  E-ZPass  shall  be
    12  required to accept cash payment as a valid method to purchase an E-ZPass
    13  or for E-ZPass holders to reload their E-ZPass transponder.
    14    3.  For  purposes of this section, "E-ZPass" and "E-ZPass transponder"
    15  shall mean a receiver-transmitter issued by the authority in  connection
    16  with    electronic  toll  collection when such receiver-transmitter   is
    17  affixed to the   exterior of a vehicle  in  accordance    with  mounting
    18  instructions provided by the authority.
    19    §  2.  This  act shall take effect immediately, provided however, that
    20  subdivision 2 of section 378-b of the public authorities law as added by
    21  section one of this act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after  it

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1  shall  have  become a law. Effective immediately the addition, amendment
     2  and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation
     3  of this act on  its  effective  date  are  authorized  to  be  made  and
     4  completed on or before such date.