Senate Bill S2371

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Requires cash lanes be made available at certain toll barriers

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Transportation Committee

  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2017-S2371 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Transportation
Law Section:
Public Authorities Law
Laws Affected:
Add §1266-k, Pub Auth L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: S32
2015-2016: S3092
2019-2020: S3211
2021-2022: S5786

2017-S2371 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires cash lanes be made available at certain toll barriers.

2017-S2371 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S2371 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2371
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 13, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sen. ALCANTARA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the public authorities law, in relation to requiring
   cash lanes to be made available at certain toll barriers
 
   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 1266-k to read as follows:
   § 1266-K. PLACEMENT OF ELECTRONIC  TOLL  COLLECTION  SYSTEM  LANES  AT
 METROPOLITAN  TRANSPORTATION  AUTHORITY  TOLL  BARRIERS LOCATED WITHIN A
 CITY HAVING A POPULATION OF ONE MILLION OR MORE.  THE  CHAIRMAN  OF  THE
 AUTHORITY  SHALL  ESTABLISH, BY RULE OR REGULATION, REQUIREMENTS FOR THE
 PLACEMENT OF AT LEAST ONE  CASH  LANE  TO  BE  MADE  AVAILABLE  FOR  THE
 COLLECTION  OF TOLLS AND FARES WHERE ELECTRONIC TOLL COLLECTION SYSTEMS,
 AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION TWELVE OF SECTION TWENTY-NINE HUNDRED  EIGHTY-
 FIVE OF THIS CHAPTER, HAVE BEEN DESIGNATED AT THE TOLL BARRIERS OPERATED
 BY  THE METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY AT A TOLL HIGHWAY, BRIDGE,
 TUNNEL OR OTHER THOROUGHFARE LOCATED WITHIN A CITY HAVING  A  POPULATION
 OF  ONE  MILLION  OR  MORE. SUCH RULES AND REGULATIONS SHALL SPECIFY THE
 GENERAL LOCATION OF THE ROADWAY LANES  IN  WHICH  CASH  LANES  SHALL  BE
 LOCATED.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 it  shall have become a law, provided, however, that the chairman of the
 metropolitan transportation authority  is  authorized  and  directed  to
 promulgate   any  rules  and  regulations  necessary  to  implement  the
 provisions of this act on or before such effective date.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD06545-01-7

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