Bill Text: NY S07729 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Provides for the suspension of the collection of tolls on public roads during a state declaration of disaster emergency on the New York state thruway.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-05-22 - PRINT NUMBER 7729B [S07729 Detail]

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          7729

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                    October 27, 2023
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen.  CHU  --  read  twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules

        AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to  the  suspen-
          sion of tolls collected by the New York state thruway authority during
          a state declaration of disaster emergency

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of section 361 of the public
     2  authorities law, as amended by chapter 621  of  the  laws  of  1998,  is
     3  amended to read as follows:
     4    (a)  In  addition  to  the powers conferred by the vehicle and traffic
     5  law, the authority is hereby authorized to  promulgate  such  rules  and
     6  regulations for the use and occupancy of the thruway as may be necessary
     7  and  proper  for the public safety and convenience, for the preservation
     8  of its property and for the collection of  tolls  and  provided  further
     9  that  the  authority,  in  consultation with the departments of environ-
    10  mental conservation and transportation, is hereby authorized to  promul-
    11  gate  rules  and regulations necessary to implement a heavy duty vehicle
    12  roadside inspection program pursuant to section 19-0320 of the  environ-
    13  mental  conservation law. Such rules and regulations shall authorize and
    14  require the suspension of the collection of such tolls upon  any  person
    15  using and occupying the thruway during a state declared emergency evacu-
    16  ation  declared  as  a  result  of a natural or a man-made disaster, and
    17  subject to a required evacuation  for  such  disaster,  during  a  state
    18  declaration  of  disaster  emergency pursuant to section twenty-eight of
    19  the executive law.
    20    § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
    21  it shall have become a law. Effective immediately the  addition,  amend-
    22  ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen-
    23  tation  of  this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and
    24  completed on or before such effective date.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD13385-02-3