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Assembly Bill A8782

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Directs the New York state thruway authority to conduct a study exploring the cost of modernizing E-ZPass toll booth systems to allow for faster crossing of toll areas

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2019-A8782 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Transportation
Law Section:
Transportation

2019-A8782 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Directs the New York state thruway authority to conduct a study exploring the cost of modernizing E-ZPass toll booth systems to allow for faster crossing of toll areas.

2019-A8782 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8782
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             November 25, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. SAYEGH -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Transportation
 
 AN ACT directing the New York state thruway authority to conduct a study
   exploring  the cost of modernizing E-ZPass toll booth systems to allow
   for faster crossing of toll areas

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. The New York state thruway authority, in consultation with
 the department of transportation, shall conduct a study of the  cost  to
 modernize the E-ZPass toll booth systems to allow for faster crossing of
 toll areas. Such study shall include, but not be limited to, the cost of
 upgrading  toll  areas  to allow for faster passing of vehicles equipped
 with an E-ZPass, the disruption to traffic at toll plazas while  upgrad-
 ing  such  systems, and how long it would take to complete such improve-
 ments.
   § 2. No later than one year after the effective date of this act,  the
 New  York  state  thruway authority shall submit to the governor and the
 legislature a report based on the study described in section one of this
 act.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD14119-01-9

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