Bill Text: NY S08134 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Senate Bill 8134 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Bill Title: Creates a cashless tolling amnesty program, providing up to six months to pay a cashless toll fee to have any violation fees related to such toll waived.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-08-22 - PRINT NUMBER 8134A [S08134 Detail]

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          8134
                    IN SENATE
                                      April 6, 2018
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by  Sen. KENNEDY -- 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  creating  a
          cashless tolling amnesty program
          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 354-a to read as follows:
     3    §  354-a.  Cashless  tolling  amnesty  program. 1. Notwithstanding any
     4  section of this title or any other law, the authority shall  provide  an
     5  amnesty  program  for  any  person,  firm,  corporation, or other entity
     6  charged with the payment of a cashless toll  fee  for  the  use  of  any
     7  bridge or highway operated by the authority.
     8    2.  Such amnesty program shall allow any person, firm, corporation, or
     9  other entity charged with the payment of a cashless toll fee for the use
    10  of any bridge or highway operated by the authority to pay such tolls  in
    11  full  and  to  have  any  toll violation fees related to such paid tolls
    12  waived for a period of six months  from  the  commencement  of  cashless
    13  tolling on a bridge or highway, or six months from the effective date of
    14  this section, whichever is later.
    15    3.  Notwithstanding  any  section  of this title or any other law, any
    16  cashless toll violation fee charged to any person, firm, corporation, or
    17  other entity for the use of  any  bridge  or  highway  operated  by  the
    18  authority  shall  not  exceed  twice  the amount of the toll charged for
    19  using such bridge or highway for a period of ninety days from the effec-
    20  tive date of this section or from the commencement of  cashless  tolling
    21  on  such  bridge  or highway, whichever is greater, and shall not exceed
    22  three times the amount of the toll charged  for  using  such  bridge  or
    23  highway for an additional ninety day period following the initial ninety
    24  day period.
    25    § 2. Section 1266 of the public authorities law is amended by adding a
    26  new subdivision 3-b to read as follows:
    27    3-b.  The  authority  shall conspicuously post on its website the most
    28  current version of its fee waiver policy.
    29    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD15291-01-8