Bill Text: NY A04388 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Allows the thruway authority to offer discounted tokens to residents of Rockland and Westchester counties for Mario M. Cuomo bridge crossings.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-07-15 - enacting clause stricken [A04388 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A04388-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          4388

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    February 14, 2023
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        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  ZEBROWSKI  --  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 offer a discounted toll rate to
          residents of Rockland and Westchester  counties  for  Mario  M.  Cuomo
          bridge crossings

          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.   Resident  discount.    Notwithstanding  any  inconsistent
     4  provision of law, but subject to agreements with noteholders  and  bond-
     5  holders,  the  authority shall offer a discounted toll rate for Mario M.
     6  Cuomo bridge crossings to residents of the county of  Rockland  and  the
     7  county  of  Westchester  and  may,  except as otherwise provided in this
     8  section, regulate the use thereof. The discount  for  residents  of  the
     9  county  of  Rockland  and  the  county of Westchester shall entitle such
    10  residents to crossings over the Mario M. Cuomo bridge at a reduced  cost
    11  of sixty per centum of the regular crossing fare imposed on nonresidents
    12  of  the  county  of Rockland and the county of Westchester. In the event
    13  the authority shall impose a surcharge in addition to the  regular  toll
    14  for  crossings  over the Mario M. Cuomo bridge, such surcharge shall not
    15  be deemed a part of the regular  crossing  fare  for  purposes  of  this
    16  section,  and  the  discount  offered  to the residents of the county of
    17  Rockland and the county of Westchester as  herein  provided  shall  also
    18  entitle  such residents to a permanent exemption from the payment of any
    19  such surcharge in an amount equal to the amount of  any  such  surcharge
    20  imposed  during calendar year two thousand twenty-three. Application for
    21  such discount shall be made in such manner as prescribed by the authori-
    22  ty and shall contain such information as the  authority  may  reasonably
    23  require.
    24    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD07007-01-3