NY State Senate Bill 2019-S4664

Senate Bill S4664

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Establishes the toll advisory task force to study and report upon the current road and bridge toll rates, commuter discounts, resident discounts, commercial rates and funding for the Governor Mario M. Cuomo bridg

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- In Committee Senate
- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
- Passed Assembly
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Delivered to Governor
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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Jan 08, 2020	referred to transportation returned to senate died in assembly
Jun 19, 2019	referred to transportation
Jun 18, 2019	delivered to assembly passed senate ordered to third reading cal.1602 committee discharged and committed to rules
Mar 20, 2019	referred to transportation

Votes

- Jun 18, 2019 - Floor Vote
  S4664
  
  48
  
  Aye
  
  14
  
  Nay
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Floor Vote: Jun 18, 2019
      
      aye (48)
      
      Addabbo Jr.
      
      Akshar
      
      Amedore
      
      Bailey
      
      Benjamin
      
      Biaggi
      
      Boyle
      
      Breslin
      
      Brooks
      
      Carlucci
      
      Comrie
      
      Felder
      
      Gallivan
      
      Gaughran
      
      Gianaris
      
      Gounardes
      
      Harckham
      
      Hoylman-Sigal
      
      Jackson
      
      Kaminsky
      
      Kaplan
      
      Kavanagh
      
      Kennedy
      
      Krueger
      
      Lanza
      
      Liu
      
      Martinez
      
      May
      
      Mayer
      
      Metzger
      
      Montgomery
      
      Myrie
      
      Parker
      
      Persaud
      
      Ramos
      
      Ritchie
      
      Rivera
      
      Robach
      
      Salazar
      
      Sanders Jr.
      
      Savino
      
      Sepúlveda
      
      Serrano
      
      Skoufis
      
      Stavisky
      
      Stewart-Cousins
      
      Tedisco
      
      Thomas
      
      nay (14)
      
      Antonacci
      
      Flanagan
      
      Funke
      
      Griffo
      
      Helming
      
      Jacobs
      
      Jordan
      
      LaValle
      
      Little
      
      O'Mara
      
      Ortt
      
      Ranzenhofer
      
      Serino
      
      Seward
  Jun 18, 2019 - Rules Committee Vote
  S4664
  
  14
  
  Aye
  
  5
  
  Nay
  
  0
  
  Aye with Reservations
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Rules Committee Vote: Jun 18, 2019
      
      aye (14)
      
      Benjamin
      
      Breslin
      
      Comrie
      
      Gianaris
      
      Hoylman-Sigal
      
      Kennedy
      
      Krueger
      
      Lanza
      
      Little
      
      Liu
      
      Martinez
      
      Parker
      
      Savino
      
      Stewart-Cousins
      
      nay (5)
      
      Flanagan
      
      Griffo
      
      LaValle
      
      Robach
      
      Seward

2019-S4664 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A1878
Current Committee:: Senate Transportation
Law Section:: Transportation
Versions Introduced in 2017-2018 Legislative Session:: S5092, A8437

2019-S4664 (ACTIVE) - Summary

2019-S4664 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S4664

SPONSOR: CARLUCCI
 
TITLE OF BILL:  An act to establish the toll advisory task force, and
providing for the powers and duties thereof

 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF THE BILL:

Establishes the Toll Advisory Task Force to study and report upon the
current road and bridge toll rates, commuter discounts, resident
discounts, and funding for the Governor Mario M. Cuomo bridge.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section one of the bill creates the Toll Advisory Task Force requiring
the commissioner of transportation and the chairperson of the thruway
authority to convene a Toll Advisory Task Force to review toll rates,
commuter discount options, resident discount programs, and commercial
vehicle rates in order to ensure affordable travel on New York roads and
bridges.

The task force shall be made up of eight members and shall hold at least
four public hearings. The task force shall be required to make a report
on their findings by December 31, 2020.

Section two of the bill relates to the effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Currently, a toll freeze is in place until 2020. In connection with that
freeze, the Thruway Authority committed to convene a toll advisory task
force by the end of 2016 and hold hearings on the topic of a resident
toll discount as well as other cost-saving measures for toll-payers on
the Governor Mario M. Cuomo bridge and the Thruway as a whole. However,
this task force never convened nor did it ever hold any public hearings.
This is concerning because the freeze that is in place is costing the
state over a billion dollars and once lifted, it will have to be compen-
sated for in some way, likely through increased tolls or taxpayer
dollars.

The Toll Advisory Task Force will therefore be tasked with reviewing
toll rates, potential commuter discount options, a resident discount
program, commercial vehicle rates, and ways to properly secure funding
for the Governor Mario M. Cuomo bridge. Through this task force, thruway
users and taxpayers concerns regarding the Thruway and the Governor
Mario M. Cuomo Bridge will be addressed.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

A.8437A of 2017-18

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS:

To be determined.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

2019-S4664 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4664
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              March 20, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. CARLUCCI -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation
 
 AN ACT to establish the toll advisory task force, and providing for  the
   powers and duties thereof
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Toll advisory task force. 1. The commissioner of  transpor-
 tation  and  the  chairman of the New York state thruway authority shall
 convene a toll advisory task force to review the New York state  thruway
 authority's  current  toll  rates,  commuter  discount options, resident
 discount programs and  commercial  vehicle  rates  in  order  to  ensure
 affordable travel on the toll roads and bridges within the state.
   2.  Such task force shall consist of eight members. Such members shall
 be as follows: two  members  appointed  by  the  governor;  two  members
 appointed  by  the  temporary  president  of  the  senate;  two  members
 appointed by the speaker of the assembly; the commissioner of  transpor-
 tation,  or  his or her designee; and the chairman of the New York state
 thruway authority, or his or her designee.
   3. The task force shall be co-chaired by the commissioner of transpor-
 tation and the chairman of the New  York  state  thruway  authority,  or
 their designees.
   4.  The goals of the task force shall include, but are not limited to,
 the study and evaluation of the New York state thruway authority's:
   (a) current toll rates;
   (b) commuter discount programs;
   (c) resident discount programs;
   (d) rates issued for commercial vehicles;
   (e) any other special toll discount plans; and
   (f) potential toll increases as related to funding  for  the  Governor
 Mario M. Cuomo bridge.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01230-01-9

 S. 4664                             2
 
   5.  The  task  force  shall hold a minimum of four public hearings. At
 least one public hearing shall be held in the county of Rockland and one
 public hearing shall be held in the county of Westchester.   During  the
 public  hearings,  the  task force shall hear the testimony of voluntary
 witnesses,  shall  provide  an  opportunity  for public comment, and may
 request the production of any documents the task force deems  reasonably
 necessary to carry out its responsibilities.
   6. The task force shall make a report to the governor and the legisla-
 ture  of  its  findings,  conclusions  and  recommendations on or before
 December 31, 2020.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

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