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Assembly Bill A691

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Exempts motorcycles from tolls collected from the New York state thruway authority

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2009-A691 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Transportation
Law Section:
Public Authorities Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §361, Pub Auth L; amd §1630, V & T L

2009-A691 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Exempts motorcycles from tolls collected from the New York state thruway authority by authorizing the thruway authority to promulgate rules and regulations to establish such exemption.

2009-A691 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                   691

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 7, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M. of A. JOHN -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Transportation

AN ACT to amend the public authorities law and the vehicle  and  traffic
  law,  in  relation  to exempting motorcycles from tolls collected from
  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]; PROVIDED THAT SUCH RULES AND REGULATIONS SHALL INCLUDE THE ESTAB-
LISHMENT OF AN EXEMPTION FROM THE COLLECTION OF  TOLLS  FOR  MOTORCYCLES
AND MOTORCYCLES PULLING TRAILERS. FURTHERMORE, the authority, in consul-
tation  with the departments of environmental conservation and transpor-
tation, is hereby authorized to promulgate rules and regulations  neces-
sary  to  implement  a  heavy  duty  vehicle roadside inspection program
pursuant to section 19-0320 of the environmental conservation law.
  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 OPERATORS OF MOTORCYCLES OR OPERATORS OF MOTORCYCLES
PULLING TRAILERS.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD02522-01-9

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