Bill Text: NY S04249 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Provides for the exemption from New York state thruway tolls for disabled individuals who require a trailer to transport a special chair.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-03 - REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION [S04249 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-S04249-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          4249
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                    February 7, 2017
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        Introduced  by  Sen.  DeFRANCISCO -- read twice and ordered printed, and
          when printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation
        AN ACT to amend the public authorities law and the vehicle  and  traffic
          law,  in relation to the exemption of disabled individuals who require
          a trailer to transport a special chair 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  any  New  York  state
    15  resident  who  is a disabled individual who requires a trailer to trans-
    16  port a special chair and is certified by a  physician  licensed  in  the
    17  state of New York that such person requires such chair.
    18    §  2.  Subdivision 4 of section 1630 of the vehicle and traffic law is
    19  amended to read as follows:
    20    4. Charging of tolls, taxes, fees, licenses or permits for the use  of
    21  the highway or any of its parts, where the imposition thereof is author-
    22  ized  by law.  No such toll shall be imposed by the New York state thru-
    23  way authority upon any New York state resident who is a  disabled  indi-
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1  vidual  who  requires  a  trailer  to  transport  a special chair and is
     2  certified by a physician licensed in the state of  New  York  that  such
     3  person requires such chair.
     4    § 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
     5  it  shall  have  become  a law provided, however, that any rule or regu-
     6  lation necessary for the timely implementation of this act on its effec-
     7  tive date shall be promulgated on or before such date.