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Senate Bill S5403

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to allowing judgments and seizure and removal of vehicles for unpaid and uncontested tolls and violation fees

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2017-S5403 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Transportation
Law Section:
Public Authorities Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §553, Pub Auth L

2017-S5403 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to allowing judgments and seizure and removal of vehicles for unpaid and uncontested tolls and violation fees.

2017-S5403 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S5403 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5403
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              March 24, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sen. ROBACH -- (at request of the Metropolitan Transporta-
   tion Authority) -- 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 allowing
   entry of judgments and seizure and removal of vehicles for unpaid  and
   uncontested tolls and violation fees
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 553 of the public authorities  law  is  amended  by
 adding a new subdivision 23 to read as follows:
   23.  TO  ENTER  JUDGMENTS  AGAINST  REGISTERED VEHICLE OWNERS ON THEIR
 UNPAID AND UNCONTESTED TOLLS AND VIOLATION FEES AND ENFORCE  SUCH  JUDG-
 MENTS,  WITHOUT COURT PROCEEDINGS, IN THE SAME MANNER AS THE ENFORCEMENT
 OF MONEY JUDGMENTS IN CIVIL ACTIONS IN ANY COURT OF COMPETENT  JURISDIC-
 TION OR ANY OTHER PLACE PROVIDED FOR THE ENTRY OF CIVIL JUDGMENTS WITHIN
 THE  STATE OF NEW YORK. WHEN SUCH JUDGMENT OR JUDGMENTS AGAINST A REGIS-
 TERED VEHICLE OWNER TOTAL MORE THAN THREE HUNDRED FIFTY  DOLLARS,  VEHI-
 CLES BELONGING TO THE REGISTERED VEHICLE OWNER AGAINST WHOM THE JUDGMENT
 OR JUDGMENTS HAVE BEEN ENTERED WOULD BE SUBJECT TO SEIZURE AND REMOVAL.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10135-01-7

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