NY State Senate Bill 2017-S5403

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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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
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Delivered to Governor
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Jan 03, 2018	referred to transportation
Mar 24, 2017	referred to transportation

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

                                 BILL NUMBER:  S5403

 TITLE OF BILL :

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

 PURPOSE OF THE BILL :

This legislation would strengthen toll violation enforcement and deter
toll evasion on the Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority's (TBTA)
seven bridges and two tunnels by facilitating the entry of judgments
against registered vehicle owners on their unpaid and uncontested
tolls and violation fees, and authorizing the TBTA to seize and remove
vehicles whose registered owners have more than three fifty dollars in
such judgments.

 SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS :

Section 1 of the bill would amend Public Authorities Law § 553 to
authorize the TBTA to enter judgments against registered vehicle
owners on unpaid and uncontested tolls and violation fees and enforce
them, without court proceedings, in the same manner as the enforcement
of money judgments in civil actions in any court of competent
jurisdiction or any other place provided for the entry of civil

judgments within the state of New York. When such judgment or
judgments against a registered vehicle owner total greater than three
hundred fifty dollars, vehicles belonging to the registered owner
against whom the judgment or judgments have been entered would be
subject to seizure and removal.

Section 2 would make it effective immediately.

 JUSTIFICATION :

In accordance with Public Authorities Law §§ 553, 569-c and 1219-a,
tolls on TBTA's seven bridges and two tunnels are used to support the
mass transit and commuter transportation services provided by MTA New
York City Transit, MTA Long Island Rail Road and MTA Metro-North
Railroad. As TBTA converts its bridges and tunnels to cashless,
all-electronic tolling, it needs robust enforcement methods to deter
toll evasion, and ensure that its surplus toll revenue will continue
to support the capital projects and operating expenses of the MTA's
integrated transportation network. Authorizing TBTA to enter judgments
against registered owners on unpaid and uncontested tolls and fees,
and to seize and remove vehicles of owners with judgments against them
of more than three hundred fifty dollars will strengthen TBTA's
ability to deter and prevent toll evasion.

 PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY :

None.

 FISCAL IMPLICATIONS :

Deterring toll evasion through increased toll violation enforcement
mechanisms will have a net positive fiscal.

 EFFECTIVE DATE :
The bill would take effect immediately.

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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