Bill Text: NY A03455 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Provides that tolls for Red Cross vehicles for access to highways, bridges and tunnels during an emergency are suspended.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 12-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-08 - referred to transportation [A03455 Detail]
Download: New_York-2013-A03455-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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3455
2013-2014 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
January 25, 2013
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Introduced by M. of A. TITONE, CUSICK, MARKEY, GUNTHER, GABRYSZAK, BENE-
DETTO, BOYLAND, COLTON, HEVESI, DenDEKKER, LUPARDO -- Multi-Sponsored
by -- M. of A. GOTTFRIED, HEASTIE, WEISENBERG -- read once and
referred to the Committee on Transportation
AN ACT to provide for the reimbursement of tolls for highways, bridges
and tunnels for all vehicles registered to the American Red Cross in
the event of an emergency
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
1 Section 1. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, any
2 tolls or charges for ingress or egress to highways, bridges or tunnels
3 within the state shall be suspended for vehicles registered to the Amer-
4 ican Red Cross.
5 S 2. Reimbursement shall only be granted for tolls incurred by vehi-
6 cles registered to the American Red Cross while responding to emergen-
7 cies. The chief executive officer of each chapter of the New York State
8 American Red Cross shall certify that applications for reimbursement
9 pursuant to this act, only include toll expenses incurred as a result of
10 responding to such emergencies.
11 S 3. The comptroller shall promulgate rules and regulations to imple-
12 ment the provisions of this act.
13 S 4. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD03853-01-3
