Bill Text: NY A06136 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Provides that the thruway authority shall issue permits for ambulances and fire vehicles exempting such vehicles from paying tolls on the thruway when engaged in an emergency operation.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 34-19)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2024-05-16 - REFERRED TO CORPORATIONS, AUTHORITIES AND COMMISSIONS [A06136 Detail]

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          6136

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                      April 3, 2023
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        Introduced by M. of A. EACHUS -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions

        AN  ACT  to  amend  the public authorities law, in relation to exempting
          ambulances and emergency medical services vehicles from  paying  tolls
          on the New York state thruway when engaged in an emergency operation

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Section 378-a of the public authorities law,  as  added  by
     2  chapter 23 of the laws of 2010, is amended to read as follows:
     3    § 378-a. Emergency service permits. 1. The authority is hereby author-
     4  ized  and directed to [issue refunds for tolls incurred by ambulances or
     5  fire vehicles engaged in an emergency operation, or, at  the  option  of
     6  the  authority,  to]  issue  emergency services permits for use by ambu-
     7  lances, emergency medical services vehicles,  and  fire  vehicles  which
     8  shall  provide for travel at no charge between interchanges and barriers
     9  while such vehicles are engaged in an emergency operation. For  purposes
    10  of  this  section,  the  term "ambulance" shall have the same meaning as
    11  such term is defined by section one hundred-b of the vehicle and traffic
    12  law, the term "fire vehicle" shall have the same meaning as such term is
    13  defined by section one hundred fifteen-a of the vehicle and traffic law,
    14  and the term "emergency operation" shall have the same meaning  as  such
    15  term  is  defined  by  section one hundred fourteen-b of the vehicle and
    16  traffic law. For the purposes  of  this  section,  the  term  "emergency
    17  medical  services  vehicle"  shall  mean an appropriately equipped motor
    18  vehicle owned or operated by an emergency  medical  services  agency  as
    19  defined  in section three thousand one of the public health law and used
    20  for the purpose of transporting emergency medical personnel  and  equip-
    21  ment to sick or injured persons. In any rules and regulations promulgat-
    22  ed  for  the implementation of this section, the authority may establish
    23  the type of documentation or other proof satisfactory to  the  authority

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1  that  an ambulance or fire vehicle was engaged in an emergency operation
     2  at the time a toll was incurred.
     3    2. If, upon the completion of an audit conducted by a certified public
     4  accountant selected by the authority, the authority can demonstrate that
     5  the issuance of [refunds or] permits as authorized in subdivision one of
     6  this  section causes a significant loss of revenue to the authority, the
     7  authority is authorized, pursuant to a resolution of the board, to offer
     8  such [refunds or] permits at a discount  of  the  cash  cost  per  mile;
     9  provided,  however,  that, prior to such board resolution, the authority
    10  shall hold at least two public hearings, at a time  and  location  which
    11  will,  to  the  extent  practicable,  maximize  the participation of the
    12  general public.
    13    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.