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Assembly Bill A8457

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Provides a non-revenue E-ZPass to every sworn officer of the metropolitan transportation police department

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2025-A8457 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S7931
Current Committee:
Assembly Corporations, Authorities And Commissions
Law Section:
Public Authorities Law
Laws Affected:
Add §1270-k, Pub Auth L

2025-A8457 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides a non-revenue E-ZPass to every sworn officer of the metropolitan transportation police department; provides for the disposal of such E-ZPass after a police officer leaves the metropolitan transportation authority.

2025-A8457 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8457
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 16, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. WILLIAMS -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the public authorities law, in relation to providing
   reimbursements to sworn officers of  the  metropolitan  transportation
   authority police department non-revenue E-ZPasses

   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 1270-k to read as follows:
   § 1270-K. TOLL REIMBURSEMENT. 1. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, THE
 TERM  "SWORN  OFFICER  OF THE METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION POLICE DEPART-
 MENT" SHALL INCLUDE EVERY SWORN POLICE OFFICER, THE CHIEF OF POLICE, THE
 DEPUTY CHIEF, CAPTAINS,  LIEUTENANTS,  AND  SERGEANTS  EMPLOYED  BY  THE
 METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY.
   2.  EACH  SWORN  OFFICER  OF  THE  METROPOLITAN  TRANSPORTATION POLICE
 DEPARTMENT SHALL BE ENTITLED TO A NON-REVENUE  E-ZPASS  OR  A  SUCCESSOR
 DEVICE  EXCLUSIVELY  FOR COMMUTATION ONLY. UNLESS OTHERWISE DEFINED IN A
 REPRESENTED MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT WITH THE AUTHORITY, EACH SWORN OFFI-
 CER OF THE METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION POLICE DEPARTMENT SHALL SURRENDER
 SUCH OFFICER'S E-ZPASS UPON RETIREMENT, RESIGNATION OR TERMINATION.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD11390-04-5

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