S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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11269--A
I N A S S E M B L Y
May 25, 2010
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Introduced by M. of A. HAWLEY -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Transportation -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered
reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
AN ACT to amend the public authorities law and the vehicle and traffic
law, in relation to the exemption of disabled 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 ANY NEW YORK STATE
RESIDENT WHO IS A VETERAN AND IS CERTIFIED BY THE UNITED STATES VETER-
ANS' ADMINISTRATION OR THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AS ENTITLED TO RECEIVE
DISABILITY PAYMENTS UPON THE CERTIFICATION OF SUCH ADMINISTRATION OR
DEPARTMENT FOR A DISABILITY INCURRED BY HIM OR HER IN TIME OF WAR.
S 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 ANY NEW YORK STATE RESIDENT WHO IS A VETERAN AND IS
CERTIFIED BY THE UNITED STATES VETERANS' ADMINISTRATION OR THE DEPART-
MENT OF DEFENSE AS ENTITLED TO RECEIVE DISABILITY PAYMENTS UPON THE
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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CERTIFICATION OF SUCH ADMINISTRATION OR DEPARTMENT FOR A DISABILITY
INCURRED BY HIM OR HER IN TIME OF WAR.
S 3. 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.