Bill Text: NY S05509 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Senate Bill 5509

Introduced

Bill Title: Establishes a central business district toll exemption for police officers employed in a police force of a city with a population of one million or more.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION [S05509 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S05509-Introduced.html




                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          5509

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                      March 6, 2023
                                       ___________

        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 vehicle and traffic law, in relation to establishing
          a central business district toll exemption for certain police officers

          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.  Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary, no police officer
     4  shall be charged a central business district toll if such police officer
     5  is employed in the police force of a  city  with  a  population  of  one
     6  million or more.
     7    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.







         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD06440-01-3