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Assembly Bill A8377

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Exempts volunteer fire department or fire company vehicles from the payment of tolls on highways, bridges, tunnels or other toll roads within the state

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2013-A8377 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Transportation
Law Section:
Firefighters
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A1938
2011-2012: A7726

2013-A8377 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Exempts volunteer fire department or fire company vehicles from the payment of tolls on highways, bridges, tunnels or other toll roads within the state when performing volunteer fire department or fire company services.

2013-A8377 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  8377

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             January 9, 2014
                               ___________

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

AN ACT in relation to exempting volunteer fire departments and companies
  from the payment of tolls

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary,
the payment of tolls on any highway, bridge, tunnel or other  toll  road
within  this state shall not apply to a duly incorporated volunteer fire
department or fire company while such vehicle is responding to an  emer-
gency or providing volunteer fire department or fire company services.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.








 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
A                                                          LBD11183-01-3

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