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Assembly Bill A1704

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Establishes an amnesty program for tolls charged on the Cross Bay Veterans Memorial Bridge and prohibits the collection of any toll or associated fee for travel over such bridge

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2019-A1704 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Corporations, Authorities And Commissions
Law Section:
Public Authorities
Versions Introduced in 2017-2018 Legislative Session:
A10619

2019-A1704 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes an amnesty program for tolls charged on the Cross Bay Veterans Memorial Bridge and prohibits the collection of any toll or associated fee for travel over such bridge for persons enrolled in the rebate program for residents of the Rockaway Peninsula for travel over such bridge.

2019-A1704 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1704
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 16, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of A. PHEFFER AMATO -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions
 
 AN ACT to establish an amnesty program for tolls charged  on  the  Cross
   Bay  Veterans  Memorial  Bridge  and to prohibit the collection of any
   toll or associated fee for travel over such bridge

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  1.  Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary,
 the metropolitan transportation authority  shall  establish  an  amnesty
 program for any person charged with the payment of a toll or any associ-
 ated  fees  for the use of the Cross Bay Veterans Memorial Bridge who is
 enrolled in the rebate program for residents of the  Rockaway  Peninsula
 for travel over such bridge. Such amnesty program shall allow any person
 charged  with  a  toll  or  associated  fee for the use of the Cross Bay
 Veterans Memorial Bridge who is enrolled in such rebate program to  have
 such  tolls  or  associated fees waived for a period of ninety days from
 the establishment of such amnesty program.
   2. Notwithstanding any provision  of  law  to  the  contrary,  at  the
 conclusion  of  the  amnesty program established pursuant to subdivision
 one of this section, no toll or  associated  fee  shall  be  levied  and
 collected  on  the  Cross  Bay  Veterans  Memorial Bridge for any person
 enrolled in the rebate program for residents of the  Rockaway  Peninsula
 for travel over such bridge.
   ยง 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03777-01-9

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