Bill Text: NY A05187 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: An act in relation to the reimbursement of tolls for highways, bridges or tunnels for all vehicles registered to the American Red Cross in the event of an emergency

Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 17-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-01-06 - referred to transportation [A05187 Detail]

Download: New_York-2009-A05187-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         5187
                              2009-2010 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   February 10, 2009
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       Introduced  by M. of A. TITONE, CUSICK, FIELDS, MARKEY, GUNTHER, GABRYS-
         ZAK, STIRPE, BENEDETTO, BOYLAND, COLTON,  HEVESI,  TOBACCO  --  Multi-
         Sponsored  by -- M. of A. GORDON, GOTTFRIED, HEASTIE, PHEFFER, REILLY,
         WEISENBERG -- read once and referred to the Committee  on  Transporta-
         tion
       AN  ACT  in relation to the reimbursement of tolls for highways, bridges
         or tunnels for all vehicles registered to the American  Red  Cross  in
         the event of an emergency
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Notwithstanding any law, rule or regulation to the  contra-
    2  ry,  any  tolls or charges for ingress or egress to highways, bridges or
    3  tunnels within the state shall be suspended for vehicles  registered  to
    4  the American Red Cross.
    5    S  2.  Reimbursement shall only be granted for tolls incurred by vehi-
    6  cles registered to the American Red Cross while responding  to  emergen-
    7  cies.  The chief executive officer of each chapter of the New York State
    8  American Red Cross shall certify  that  applications  for  reimbursement
    9  pursuant to this act, only include toll expenses incurred as a result of
   10  responding to such emergencies.
   11    S  3. The comptroller shall promulgate rules and regulations to imple-
   12  ment the provisions of this act.
   13    S 4. 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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