Bill Text: NY S04490 | 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: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2020-01-08 - REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION [S04490 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-S04490-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 4490 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN SENATE March 13, 2019 ___________ Introduced by Sen. GOUNARDES -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation 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