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Assembly Bill A10104A

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Requires notices of liability issued for nonpayment of tolls to be uniform in form and content and contain specific information

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Bill Amendments

2025-A10104 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S9178
Current Committee:
Senate Rules
Law Section:
Public Authorities Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §2985, Pub Auth L

2025-A10104 - Summary

Requires notices of liability issued for nonpayment of tolls to be uniform in form and content and contain information on monetary penalties, the public authority issuing the notice of liability and the rates, fees, or charges applicable to nonpayment of tolls.

2025-A10104 - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   10104
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 2, 2026
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. BERGER -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the public authorities law, in relation to requiring
   notices of liability issued for nonpayment of tolls to be  uniform  in
   form and content and contain specific information
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 7 of section 2985 of the public authorities law
 is amended by adding a new paragraph (e) to read as follows:
   (E) A NOTICE OF LIABILITY ISSUED PURSUANT TO  THIS  SECTION  SHALL  BE
 UNIFORM  IN FORM AND CONTENT ACROSS ALL PUBLIC AUTHORITIES AUTHORIZED TO
 ISSUE SUCH NOTICES PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION AND SHALL  CONTAIN  A  CLEAR
 AND  CONSPICUOUS  STATEMENT  OF THE MONETARY PENALTIES APPLICABLE TO THE
 VIOLATION  CHARGED,  INCLUDING  THE  PENALTY  AUTHORIZED  FOR  A   FIRST
 VIOLATION,  A  SECOND  VIOLATION  WITHIN EIGHTEEN MONTHS, AND A THIRD OR
 SUBSEQUENT VIOLATION WITHIN EIGHTEEN MONTHS, AS SET FORTH IN SUBDIVISION
 FIVE OF THIS SECTION, AND SHALL FURTHER  SPECIFY  THE  RATES,  FEES,  OR
 CHARGES  APPLICABLE  TO  NONPAYMENT OF TOLLS AS PRESCRIBED BY THE PUBLIC
 AUTHORITY ISSUING SUCH NOTICE, AND CLEARLY IDENTIFY THE PUBLIC AUTHORITY
 AUTHORIZED TO IMPOSE SUCH PENALTIES, RATES, FEES, OR CHARGES.  WHERE  AN
 AUTOMATIC  PAYMENT  METHOD  HAS  BEEN DISCONNECTED OR AN ELECTRONIC TOLL
 COLLECTION ACCOUNT HAS  BEEN  TERMINATED,  THE  PUBLIC  AUTHORITY  SHALL
 PROVIDE  WRITTEN  NOTICE  OF  SUCH  DISCONNECTION  OR TERMINATION TO THE
 ACCOUNT HOLDER PRIOR TO, OR CONTEMPORANEOUSLY WITH, THE ISSUANCE OF  ANY
 NOTICE OF LIABILITY.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
 it shall have become a law.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD14661-01-6

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2025-A10104A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S9178
Current Committee:
Senate Rules
Law Section:
Public Authorities Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §2985, Pub Auth L

2025-A10104A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires notices of liability issued for nonpayment of tolls to be uniform in form and content and contain information on monetary penalties, the public authority issuing the notice of liability and the rates, fees, or charges applicable to nonpayment of tolls.

2025-A10104A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                 10104--A
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 2, 2026
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. BERGER -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on  Corporations, Authorities and Commissions -- committee discharged,
   bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended  and  recommitted  to  said
   committee
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the public authorities law, in relation to requiring
   notices of liability issued for nonpayment of tolls to be  uniform  in
   form and content and contain specific information
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 7 of section 2985 of the public authorities law
 is amended by adding a new paragraph (e) to read as follows:
   (E) A NOTICE OF LIABILITY ISSUED PURSUANT TO  THIS  SECTION  SHALL  BE
 UNIFORM  IN FORM AND CONTENT ACROSS ALL PUBLIC AUTHORITIES AUTHORIZED TO
 ISSUE SUCH NOTICES PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION AND SHALL  CONTAIN  A  CLEAR
 AND  CONSPICUOUS  STATEMENT  OF THE MONETARY PENALTIES APPLICABLE TO THE
 VIOLATION  CHARGED,  INCLUDING  THE  PENALTY  AUTHORIZED  FOR  A   FIRST
 VIOLATION,  A  SECOND  VIOLATION  WITHIN EIGHTEEN MONTHS, AND A THIRD OR
 SUBSEQUENT VIOLATION WITHIN EIGHTEEN MONTHS, AS SET FORTH IN SUBDIVISION
 FIVE OF THIS SECTION, AND SHALL FURTHER  SPECIFY  THE  RATES,  FEES,  OR
 CHARGES  APPLICABLE  TO  NONPAYMENT OF TOLLS AS PRESCRIBED BY THE PUBLIC
 AUTHORITY ISSUING SUCH NOTICE, AND CLEARLY IDENTIFY THE PUBLIC AUTHORITY
 AUTHORIZED TO IMPOSE SUCH PENALTIES, RATES, FEES, OR CHARGES.  WHERE  AN
 AUTOMATIC  PAYMENT  METHOD  HAS  BEEN DISCONNECTED OR AN ELECTRONIC TOLL
 COLLECTION ACCOUNT HAS  BEEN  TERMINATED,  THE  PUBLIC  AUTHORITY  SHALL
 PROVIDE  WRITTEN  NOTICE  OF  SUCH  DISCONNECTION  OR TERMINATION TO THE
 ACCOUNT HOLDER PRIOR TO, OR CONTEMPORANEOUSLY WITH, THE ISSUANCE OF  ANY
 NOTICE  OF  LIABILITY.    FAILURE  BY A PUBLIC AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE SUCH
 NOTICE SHALL RENDER NULL AND VOID ANY SURCHARGES,  FEES,  OR  ADDITIONAL
 PENALTIES ACCRUING AFTER THE DATE OF SUCH DISCONNECTION OR TERMINATION.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
 it shall have become a law.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD14661-02-6

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