Bill Text: NY A08414 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Establishes a central business district toll exemption for officers and employees of the city of New York, first responders, physicians, nurses, and people entering the city for medical treatment.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-04-09 - held for consideration in corporations, authorities and commissions [A08414 Detail]
Download: New_York-2023-A08414-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 8414 2023-2024 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY December 29, 2023 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. BEEPHAN -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to establishing a central business district toll exemption for officers and employees of the city of New York, first responders, physicians, nurses, and anyone entering the central business district for medical treatment The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 1704-a of the vehicle and traffic law is amended by 2 adding a new subdivision 2-a to read as follows: 3 2-a. (a) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, no 4 officer or employee of the city of New York, first responder, physician 5 or nurse licensed pursuant to the education law, or anyone entering the 6 central business district for medical treatment shall be charged a 7 central business district toll if such first responder is employed by 8 the state or any municipality thereof. Application for such toll 9 exemption shall be made in such manner as prescribed by the Triborough 10 bridge and tunnel authority and shall contain such information as the 11 authority may reasonably require. 12 (b) For the purposes of this subdivision, "first responder" shall 13 include but not be limited to a member of a police department or fire 14 department, an emergency medical technician, correction officer, 15 dispatcher, or other uniformed officer. 16 § 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall 17 have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD13823-01-3