Bill Text: NY A01012 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Allows the New York state thruway authority to provide a discounted toll rate to farmers transporting agricultural products.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-3)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - referred to corporations, authorities and commissions [A01012 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A01012-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          1012

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    January 13, 2023
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        Introduced  by  M.  of A. STIRPE, KELLES, MANKTELOW, BRABENEC, NORRIS --
          read once and referred to the Committee on  Corporations,  Authorities
          and Commissions

        AN  ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to allowing the
          New York state thruway authority to provide a discounted toll rate  to
          farmers transporting agricultural products

          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.  Discount for farmers. Farmers, engaged in activities listed
     4  in subdivision four of section two of the agriculture and  markets  law,
     5  and  producing products as defined in subdivision five of section two of
     6  the agriculture and markets law, shall receive a toll discount on  roads
     7  maintained  by  the  thruway authority. Those farmers eligible for a tax
     8  exemption under subparagraph (A) of paragraph two of subsection  (a)  of
     9  section  six hundred six of the tax law will be discounted fifty percent
    10  of the normal toll rate. This discount shall not apply to surcharges  in
    11  addition  to  the  regular crossing fare, and shall not be used in occa-
    12  sions of  non-commercial  vehicle  travel.  Farmers  receiving  the  tax
    13  exemption  under  subparagraph (A) of paragraph two of subsection (a) of
    14  section six hundred six of the tax law may file the certificate produced
    15  for that exemption  with  the  thruway  authority.  Upon  receiving  the
    16  certificate, the thruway authority shall issue E-ZPass tags to the farm-
    17  ers, providing them the fifty percent toll rate discount.
    18    § 2. This act shall take effect January 1, 2025.


         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD02117-01-3