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Assembly Bill A5726

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Provides for reduced fare tokens for residents of Nassau county for use of certain bridges operated by the Triborough bridge and tunnel authority

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2017-A5726 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Corporations, Authorities And Commissions
Law Section:
Public Authorities Law
Laws Affected:
Add §553-j, Pub Auth L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A6227
2011-2012: A6652
2013-2014: A4458
2015-2016: A4935

2017-A5726 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides for reduced fare tokens (80% of regular rate) for residents of Nassau county for use of the Triborough, Bronx-Whitestone, Throgs Neck and Verrazano-Narrows bridges operated by the Triborough bridge and tunnel authority upon approval by bond and note holders of such authority and subject to regulation for usage by the authority.

2017-A5726 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5726
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 14, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of A. CURRAN, FINCH -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions
 
 AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation  to  authorizing
   reduced fare tokens for residents of Nassau county over certain bridg-
   es operated by the Triborough bridge and tunnel authority

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The public authorities law  is  amended  by  adding  a  new
 section 553-j to read as follows:
   §  553-J.  TOKENS; NASSAU COUNTY RESIDENTS. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY INCON-
 SISTENT PROVISION OF LAW, BUT SUBJECT TO AGREEMENTS WITH NOTEHOLDERS AND
 BONDHOLDERS, THE AUTHORITY SHALL OFFER FOR SALE TOKENS WITH  RESPECT  TO
 RESIDENTS  OF THE COUNTY OF NASSAU AND MAY, EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED
 HEREIN, REGULATE THE USE THEREOF. TOKENS FOR RESIDENTS OF THE COUNTY  OF
 NASSAU  SHALL  ENTITLE  THE  PURCHASER TO CROSSINGS OVER THE TRIBOROUGH,
 BRONX-WHITESTONE,  THROGS  NECK,  AND  VERRAZANO-NARROWS  BRIDGES  AT  A
 REDUCED  COST  OF EIGHTY PER CENTUM OF THE REGULAR CROSSING FARE IMPOSED
 ON NONRESIDENTS OF THE COUNTY OF NASSAU.   APPLICATION FOR  SUCH  TOKENS
 SHALL  BE  MADE  IN SUCH MANNER AS PRESCRIBED BY THE AUTHORITY AND SHALL
 CONTAIN SUCH INFORMATION AS THE AUTHORITY MAY REASONABLY REQUIRE.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day  after  it  shall
 have become a law.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD08547-01-7

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