STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 1704 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY January 16, 2019 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. PHEFFER AMATO -- read once and referred to the Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions AN ACT to establish an amnesty program for tolls charged on the Cross Bay Veterans Memorial Bridge and to prohibit the collection of any toll or associated fee for travel over such bridge The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. 1. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, 2 the metropolitan transportation authority shall establish an amnesty 3 program for any person charged with the payment of a toll or any associ- 4 ated fees for the use of the Cross Bay Veterans Memorial Bridge who is 5 enrolled in the rebate program for residents of the Rockaway Peninsula 6 for travel over such bridge. Such amnesty program shall allow any person 7 charged with a toll or associated fee for the use of the Cross Bay 8 Veterans Memorial Bridge who is enrolled in such rebate program to have 9 such tolls or associated fees waived for a period of ninety days from 10 the establishment of such amnesty program. 11 2. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, at the 12 conclusion of the amnesty program established pursuant to subdivision 13 one of this section, no toll or associated fee shall be levied and 14 collected on the Cross Bay Veterans Memorial Bridge for any person 15 enrolled in the rebate program for residents of the Rockaway Peninsula 16 for travel over such bridge. 17 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD03777-01-9