Bill Text: NY S02715 | 2025-2026 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Senate Bill 2715

Introduced

Bill Title: Limits the amount of the fine to be paid for violating the E-ZPass system for failing to pay a toll to not exceed the amount of such unpaid toll.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2025-01-22 - REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION [S02715 Detail]

Download: New_York-2025-S02715-Introduced.html




                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          2715

                               2025-2026 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                    January 22, 2025
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by Sen. SCARCELLA-SPANTON -- 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 limiting  the
          amount of the fine to be paid for violating the E-ZPass system

          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.  Violation cap. Notwithstanding the provisions of any law to
     4  the contrary, if any person fails to pay  a  toll  as  required  by  the
     5  E-ZPass  system,  the  authority  shall  not  issue a fine exceeding the
     6  amount of the unpaid toll.
     7    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.







         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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