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Assembly Bill A8800

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Requires the New York State thruway authority, the port authority of New York and New Jersey and the metropolitan transportation authority to create an e-z pass mobile application

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2017-A8800 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Corporations, Authorities And Commissions
Law Section:
Public Authorities Law
Laws Affected:
Add §389, amd §1266, Pub Auth L

2017-A8800 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the New York state thruway authority, the port authority of New York and New Jersey and the metropolitan transportation authority to create an e-z pass mobile application to provide e-z pass account holders with a toll calculator, account information, and the option to pay tolls within five days of tolling.

2017-A8800 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8800
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             November 27, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  CASTORINA  --  read once and referred to the
   Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions
 
 AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to requiring the
   New York state thruway authority, the port authority of New  York  and
   New  Jersey and the metropolitan transportation authority to create an
   e-z pass mobile application
 
   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 389 to read as follows:
   § 389. E-Z PASS MOBILE APPLICATION. 1. THE AUTHORITY,  IN  CONJUNCTION
 WITH  THE PORT AUTHORITY OF NEW YORK AND NEW JERSEY AND THE METROPOLITAN
 TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY, SHALL CREATE AND MAINTAIN AN E-Z  PASS  MOBILE
 APPLICATION FOR USE BY E-Z PASS ACCOUNT HOLDERS.
   2. SUCH MOBILE APPLICATION SHALL PROVIDE THE FOLLOWING:
   (A) A TOLL CALCULATOR FOR ROUTE DESTINATIONS;
   (B) E-Z PASS HOLDER ACCOUNT INFORMATION INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO,
 DISPLAY OF ACCOUNT BALANCES, FEES AND PAYMENT OPTIONS; AND
   (C)  THE  OPTION FOR E-Z PASS ACCOUNT HOLDERS TO PAY TOLLS WITHIN FIVE
 DAYS OF TOLLING.
   3. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION "MOBILE APPLICATION" SHALL MEAN APPLI-
 CATION SOFTWARE DESIGNED TO RUN ON A MOBILE DEVICE  INCLUDING,  BUT  NOT
 LIMITED TO, A MOBILE PHONE OR TABLET COMPUTER.
   § 2. Section 1266 of the public authorities law is amended by adding a
 new subdivision 19 to read as follows:
   19.  THE  AUTHORITY  SHALL ASSIST THE NEW YORK STATE THRUWAY AUTHORITY
 AND THE PORT AUTHORITY OF NEW YORK AND NEW JERSEY IN DEVELOPING  AN  E-Z
 PASS  MOBILE  APPLICATION,  AS PROVIDED IN SECTION THREE HUNDRED EIGHTY-
 NINE OF THIS CHAPTER.
   § 3. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
 have become a law.

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

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