New York Senate Bill S02245 Latest Draft

   
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 2245 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN SENATE January 16, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sens. COMRIE, ADDABBO, BAILEY, FELDER, FERNANDEZ, PARKER, PERSAUD, SANDERS, SEPULVEDA, STAVISKY -- read twice and ordered print- ed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Transporta- tion AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to requiring the triborough bridge authority to establish a cashless tolling amnesty program and requiring the metropolitan transportation authority to post their fee waiver policy on their website; and providing for the repeal of certain provisions upon expiration thereof 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 553-l to read as follows: 3 § 553-l. Cashless tolling amnesty program. 1. Notwithstanding subdivi- 4 sion five of section five hundred fifty-three of this title or any other 5 law, the authority shall provide an amnesty program for any person, 6 firm, corporation, or other entity charged with the payment of a cash- 7 less toll fee for the use of any bridge or tunnel operated by the 8 authority. 9 2. Such amnesty program shall allow any person, firm, corporation, or 10 other entity charged with the payment of a cashless toll fee for the use 11 of any bridge or tunnel operated by the authority to pay such tolls in 12 full and to have any toll violation fees related to such paid tolls 13 waived for a period of six months from the effective date of this 14 section. 15 3. Notwithstanding subdivision five of section five hundred fifty- 16 three of this title or any other law, any cashless toll violation fee 17 charged to any person, firm, corporation, or other entity for the use of 18 any bridge or tunnel operated by the authority shall not exceed twice 19 the amount of the toll charged for using such bridge or tunnel for a 20 period of ninety days from the effective date of this section and shall EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD04956-01-5 
 S. 2245 2 1 not exceed three times the amount of the toll charged for using such 2 bridge or tunnel for an additional ninety day period following the 3 initial ninety day period. 4 § 2. Section 1266 of the public authorities law is amended by adding a 5 new subdivision 3-b to read as follows: 6 3-b. The authority shall conspicuously post on its website the most 7 current version of its fee waiver policy. 8 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that 9 the provisions of section one of this act shall expire and be deemed 10 repealed one hundred eighty days after the effective date of this act. 11 Any rights or remedies granted to an individual pursuant to this act 12 prior to the expiration and repeal of section one of this act shall not 13 be affected by such expiration.