Provides milk dealers and agricultural food product transporters with electronic toll collection devices free of charge; requires the department of transportation to reimburse the thruway authority and the metropolitan transportation authority for costs incurred in providing such toll collection devices.
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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3748
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
January 30, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. GRAY, BLANKENBUSH, BENDETT, HAWLEY, DiPIETRO,
TAGUE, MILLER -- read once and referred to the Committee on Transpor-
tation
AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to providing
milk dealers and agricultural food product transporters with electron-
ic toll collection devices free of charge
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The public authorities law is amended by adding a new
section 378-b to read as follows:
§ 378-B. MILK AND FARM FOOD PRODUCT TRANSPORT ELECTRONIC TOLLING. 1.
FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, THE FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL HAVE THE
FOLLOWING MEANINGS:
(A) "MILK" SHALL HAVE THE SAME DEFINITION AS SUCH TERM IS DEFINED
PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION SEVEN OF SECTION TWO HUNDRED FIFTY-THREE OF THE
AGRICULTURE AND MARKETS LAW.
(B) "FARM FOOD PRODUCT" MEANS:
(I) LIVESTOCK;
(II) FRESH PRODUCE;
(III) MEAT;
(IV) MILK; AND
(V) DAIRY PRODUCTS.
2. THE AUTHORITY SHALL ESTABLISH AND ISSUE AN ELECTRONIC TOLL
COLLECTION EXEMPTION PROCESS FOR SINGLE UNIT TRUCKS AND TRUCKS HAVING
TWO OR MORE AXLES WHICH ARE OWNED AND OPERATED BY A PERSON OR ENTITY
ENGAGED IN THE PURCHASING, HANDLING OR SELLING OF MILK AND FARM FOOD
PRODUCTS, OR WHO BARGAINS FOR THE PURCHASE OR SALE OF MILK AND FARM FOOD
PRODUCTS, WHEN SUCH TRUCKS ARE USED EXCLUSIVELY TO FURTHER THE PURCHAS-
ING, HANDLING, AND SELLING OF MILK AND FARM FOOD PRODUCTS THROUGHOUT THE
STATE. THE EXEMPTION PROCESS SHALL BE DEVELOPED SUCH THAT THE USE OF
ELECTRONIC COLLECTION DEVICES SHALL BE AT NO COST TO SUCH PERSONS OR
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD06293-01-5
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