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Assembly Bill A5187

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Provides that tolls for Red Cross vehicles for access to highways, bridges and tunnels during an emergency are suspended

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2009-A5187 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S611
Current Committee:
Assembly Transportation
Law Section:
New York City
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A4734
2013-2014: A3455
2015-2016: A2789
2017-2018: A6370

2009-A5187 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that tolls for Red Cross vehicles for access to highways, bridges and tunnels during an emergency are suspended.

2009-A5187 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  5187

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 10, 2009
                               ___________

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:

  Section 1. Notwithstanding any law, rule or regulation to the  contra-
ry,  any  tolls or charges for ingress or egress to highways, bridges or
tunnels within the state shall be suspended for vehicles  registered  to
the American Red Cross.
  S  2.  Reimbursement shall only be granted for tolls incurred by vehi-
cles registered to the American Red Cross while responding  to  emergen-
cies.  The chief executive officer of each chapter of the New York State
American Red Cross shall certify  that  applications  for  reimbursement
pursuant to this act, only include toll expenses incurred as a result of
responding to such emergencies.
  S  3. The comptroller shall promulgate rules and regulations to imple-
ment the provisions of this act.
  S 4. This act shall take effect immediately.



 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD04033-01-9

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