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                                   2563
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 13, 2017
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 Introduced  by  Sen. HELMING -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation
 
 AN ACT to amend the public authorities law and the vehicle  and  traffic
   law,  in  relation  to  the  exemption  of certain veterans from tolls
   collected by the New York state thruway authority

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of section 361 of the public
 authorities  law,  as  amended  by  chapter  621 of the laws of 1998, is
 amended to read as follows:
   (a) In addition to the powers conferred by  the  vehicle  and  traffic
 law,  the  authority  is  hereby authorized to promulgate such rules and
 regulations for the use and occupancy of the thruway as may be necessary
 and proper for the public safety and convenience, for  the  preservation
 of  its  property  and  for the collection of tolls and provided further
 that the authority, in consultation with  the  departments  of  environ-
 mental  conservation and transportation, is hereby authorized to promul-
 gate rules and regulations necessary to implement a heavy  duty  vehicle
 roadside  inspection program pursuant to section 19-0320 of the environ-
 mental conservation law.  SUCH RULES AND REGULATIONS SHALL AUTHORIZE THE
 EXEMPTION FROM THE COLLECTION OF SUCH TOLLS  UPON  HONORABLY  DISCHARGED
 VETERANS  OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES. SUCH EXEMPTION SHALL
 BE IN SUCH FORM AND MANNER AS THE COMMISSIONER MAY PROVIDE.
   § 2. Subdivision 4 of section 1630 of the vehicle and traffic  law  is
 amended to read as follows:
   4.  Charging of tolls, taxes, fees, licenses or permits for the use of
 the highway or any of its parts, where the imposition thereof is author-
 ized by law.  NO SUCH TOLL SHALL BE IMPOSED BY THE NEW YORK STATE  THRU-
 WAY  AUTHORITY UPON HONORABLY DISCHARGED VETERANS OF THE ARMED FORCES OF
 THE UNITED STATES.

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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   § 3. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the  commissioner  of
 transportation  is  authorized  and  directed  to reimburse the New York
 state thruway authority for any loss in net revenue, up to  one  hundred
 thousand  dollars  per fiscal year, due to the exemption from tolls upon
 honorably  discharged  veterans of the armed forces of the United States
 authorized pursuant to paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of section 361  of
 the public authorities law.
   § 4. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
 it  shall have become a law except that any rule or regulation necessary
 for the timely implementation of this act on its effective date shall be
 promulgated on or before such date.