Bill Text: NY S09692 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires certain public authorities to establish a cashless tolling amnesty program between August first, two thousand twenty-four and December thirty-first, two thousand twenty-four for cashless tolls collected between April twenty-third, two thousand sixteen and June twenty-ninth, two thousand twenty-four.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-05-21 - REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION [S09692 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S09692-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          9692

                    IN SENATE

                                      May 21, 2024
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        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 and chapter 47 of the laws of
          1931 relating to declaring the policy of the states of  New  York  and
          New  Jersey  in regard to certain vehicular bridges and tunnels within
          the port of New York district, in relation to requiring certain public
          authorities to establish  a  cashless  tolling  amnesty  program;  and
          providing for the repeal of certain provisions upon expiration thereof

          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 386-c to read as follows:
     3    §  386-c.  Cashless  tolling  amnesty  program. 1. Notwithstanding any
     4  other provisions of this title or any other  law,  the  authority  shall
     5  provide  an  amnesty program for any person, firm, corporation, or other
     6  entity charged with the payment of a cashless toll fee for  the  use  of
     7  any  highway,  bridge  or tunnel operated by the authority between April
     8  twenty-third, two thousand sixteen and June twenty-ninth,  two  thousand
     9  twenty-four.
    10    2.  Such amnesty program shall allow any person, firm, corporation, or
    11  other entity charged with the payment of a cashless toll fee for the use
    12  of any highway, bridge or tunnel operated by the authority to  pay  such
    13  tolls  in full and to have any toll violation fees and penalties related
    14  to such paid tolls waived; provided such payment is made  on  and  after
    15  August  first,  two thousand twenty-four and on or before December thir-
    16  ty-first, two thousand twenty-four.
    17    3. The authority shall conspicuously post on its  website  information
    18  on such amnesty program.
    19    §  2.  The  public  authorities law is amended by adding a new section
    20  553-l to read as follows:
    21    § 553-l. Cashless tolling  amnesty  program.  1.  Notwithstanding  any
    22  other  provisions  of  this  title or any other law, the authority shall
    23  provide an amnesty program for any person, firm, corporation,  or  other
    24  entity  charged  with  the payment of a cashless toll fee for the use of

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1  any highway, bridge or tunnel operated by the  authority  between  April
     2  twenty-third,  two  thousand sixteen and June twenty-ninth, two thousand
     3  twenty-four.
     4    2.  Such amnesty program shall allow any person, firm, corporation, or
     5  other entity charged with the payment of a cashless toll fee for the use
     6  of any highway, bridge or tunnel operated by the authority to  pay  such
     7  tolls  in full and to have any toll violation fees and penalties related
     8  to such paid tolls waived; provided such payment is made  on  and  after
     9  August  first,  two thousand twenty-four and on or before December thir-
    10  ty-first, two thousand twenty-four.
    11    3. The authority shall conspicuously post on its  website  information
    12  on such amnesty program.
    13    §  3.  The  public  authorities law is amended by adding a new section
    14  538-a to read as follows:
    15    § 538-a. Cashless tolling  amnesty  program.  1.  Notwithstanding  any
    16  other  provisions  of  this  title or any other law, the authority shall
    17  provide an amnesty program for any person, firm, corporation,  or  other
    18  entity  charged  with  the payment of a cashless toll fee for the use of
    19  any highway, bridge or tunnel operated by the  authority  between  April
    20  twenty-third,  two  thousand sixteen and June twenty-ninth, two thousand
    21  twenty-four.
    22    2. Such amnesty program shall allow any person, firm, corporation,  or
    23  other entity charged with the payment of a cashless toll fee for the use
    24  of  any  highway, bridge or tunnel operated by the authority to pay such
    25  tolls in full and to have any toll violation fees and penalties  related
    26  to  such  paid  tolls waived; provided such payment is made on and after
    27  August first, two thousand twenty-four and on or before  December  thir-
    28  ty-first, two thousand twenty-four.
    29    3.  The  authority shall conspicuously post on its website information
    30  on such amnesty program.
    31    § 4. Chapter 47 of the laws of 1931 relating to declaring  the  policy
    32  of  the states of New York and New Jersey in regard to certain vehicular
    33  bridges and tunnels within the port of New York district is  amended  by
    34  adding a new section 4B to read as follows:
    35    §  4B.  Cashless tolling amnesty program. 1. Notwithstanding any other
    36  provisions of this act or  any  other  law,  the  port  authority  shall
    37  provide  an  amnesty program for any person, firm, corporation, or other
    38  entity charged with the payment of a cashless toll fee for  the  use  of
    39  any  highway,  bridge or tunnel operated by such authority between April
    40  twenty-third, two thousand sixteen and June twenty-ninth,  two  thousand
    41  twenty-four.
    42    2.  Such amnesty program shall allow any person, firm, corporation, or
    43  other entity charged with the payment of a cashless toll fee for the use
    44  of any highway, bridge or tunnel operated by the port authority  to  pay
    45  such  tolls  in  full  and to have any toll violation fees and penalties
    46  related to such paid tolls waived; provided such payment is made on  and
    47  after  August  first, two thousand twenty-four and on or before December
    48  thirty-first, two thousand twenty-four.
    49    3. The port authority shall conspicuously post on its website informa-
    50  tion on such amnesty program.
    51    § 5. The public authorities law is amended by  adding  a  new  section
    52  1279-m to read as follows:
    53    §  1279-m.  Cashless  tolling  amnesty program. 1. Notwithstanding any
    54  other provisions of this title or any other  law,  the  authority  shall
    55  provide  an  amnesty program for any person, firm, corporation, or other
    56  entity charged with the payment of a cashless toll fee for  the  use  of
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     1  any  highway,  bridge  or tunnel operated by the authority between April
     2  twenty-third, two thousand sixteen and June twenty-ninth,  two  thousand
     3  twenty-four.
     4    2.  Such amnesty program shall allow any person, firm, corporation, or
     5  other entity charged with the payment of a cashless toll fee for the use
     6  of any highway, bridge or tunnel operated by the authority to  pay  such
     7  tolls  in full and to have any toll violation fees and penalties related
     8  to such paid tolls waived; provided such payment is made  on  and  after
     9  August  first,  two thousand twenty-four and on or before December thir-
    10  ty-first, two thousand twenty-four.
    11    3. The authority shall conspicuously post on its  website  information
    12  on such amnesty program.
    13    §  6.  This  act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be
    14  deemed repealed January 1, 2025; provided, however, section four of this
    15  act shall take effect upon the enactment into law by the  state  of  New
    16  Jersey  of  legislation having an identical effect with this act, but if
    17  the state of New Jersey shall have  already  enacted  such  legislation,
    18  this  act  shall take effect immediately; provided that the state of New
    19  Jersey shall notify the legislative bill drafting  commission  upon  the
    20  occurrence  of  the enactment of the legislation provided for in section
    21  one of this act in order that the commission may  maintain  an  accurate
    22  and  timely  effective data base of the official text of the laws of the
    23  state of New York in  furtherance  of  effectuating  the  provisions  of
    24  section  44  of the legislative law and section 70-b of the public offi-
    25  cers law. Any rights or remedies granted to an  individual  pursuant  to
    26  this  act  prior  to  the expiration and repeal of this act shall not be
    27  affected by such expiration.