NY State Senate Bill 2025-S10596

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Date of Action	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
May 28, 2026	referred to transportation

2025-S10596 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Transportation
Law Section:: Public Authorities Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §2800, Pub Auth L

2025-S10596 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires every public authority which collects tolls from motorists to submit an annual report to the legislature; establishes the New York and New Jersey toll and fees reduction task force.

2025-S10596 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S10596

SPONSOR: MARTINEZ
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the public authorities law, in relation to toll
collections; and in relation to establishing the New York and New Jersey
toll and fees reduction task force

 
PURPOSE:

To improve transparency in toll enforcement practices, and establish a
bi-state task force to identify long-term reforms to reduce tolling-re-
lated costs for drivers in New York and New Jersey.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1. Adds a new subdivision 2-a to section 2800 of the public
authorities law to require annual reporting by toll collecting public
authorities. Such report shall include, among other things, the number
of toll violations issued, the frequency of violations by motorists, the
amount of revenue collected from repeat violators, historical compar-

isons in violation rates, and the administrative cost of processing
tolls and toll violations.

Section 2. Establishes the "New York and New Jersey Toll and Fees
Reduction Task Force" to study inefficiencies in tolling systems, iden-
tify opportunities to reduce administrative costs, examine the impact of
congestion pricing and other tolling policies on motorists, consider the
feasibility of amnesty options, and make recommendations aimed at reduc-
ing costs while ensuring fairness and accountability.

Section 3. Is the enactment clause.J

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Cashless tolling is essential for transportation infrastructure upkeep
and traffic flow, but it has also exposed motorists to an unfair
enforcement system which can impose substantial fees and penalties for
relatively minor violations.

Drivers currently may incur violations because of E-ZPass malfunctions,
outdated billing information, mail delivery issues, or confusion regard-
ing payment procedures. These incidents trigger excessive fees, which
results in occasional users and working families paying far beyond the
amount of the original toll owed.

To increase transparency and accountability this bill requires annual
reporting from all toll collecting public authorities. These reports
will provide the Legislature and the public with data necessary to
assess whether toll enforcement practices are equitable, efficient, and
cost justified.

Additionally, because many drivers regularly travel across the New York-
New Jersey border and encounter toll systems operated by the Port
Authority, meaningful reform requires regional coordination.  This bill
creates a bi-state task force to help the Port Authority identify oppor-
tunities to reduce administrative costs, improve system efficiency,
consider amnesty options, and ensure that the burden of toll enforcement
falls on true repeat offenders rather than ordinary motorists. Similar
legislation is pending in New Jersey to create the task force.

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

To be determined.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that 2
section two of this act shall take effect upon the enactment into law by
3 the state of New Jersey of legislation having an identical effect with
4 this act, but if the state of New Jersey shall have already enacted
such 5 legislation, this act shall take effect immediately.

2025-S10596 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   10596
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 28, 2026
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. MARTINEZ -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation
 
 AN ACT to  amend  the  public  authorities  law,  in  relation  to  toll
   collections;  and  in  relation  to  establishing the New York and New
   Jersey toll and fees reduction task force
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Section  2800 of the public authorities law is amended by
 adding a new subdivision 2-a to read as follows:
   2-A. AUTHORITIES WHICH COLLECT TOLLS. (A) EVERY PUBLIC AUTHORITY WHICH
 COLLECTS TOLLS FROM MOTORISTS SHALL  SUBMIT  AN  ANNUAL  REPORT  TO  THE
 LEGISLATURE. SUCH REPORT SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO:
   (I)  THE NUMBER OF VIOLATIONS OF THE TOLL COLLECTION MONITORING SYSTEM
 REGULATIONS THAT OCCURRED IN THE PAST YEAR;
   (II) THE FREQUENCY OF TOLL VIOLATIONS PER INDIVIDUAL;
   (III) TOTAL REVENUE COLLECTED IN THE PAST YEAR FROM  REPEAT  VIOLATORS
 PURSUANT  TO  PARAGRAPH (B) OF SUBDIVISION TWELVE OF SECTION TWENTY-NINE
 HUNDRED EIGHTY-FIVE OF THIS ARTICLE;
   (IV) A YEAR-TO-YEAR COMPARISON OF THE NUMBER OF  TOLL  VIOLATIONS  AND
 FREQUENCY OF TOLL VIOLATIONS PER INDIVIDUAL FOR THE PAST FIVE YEARS; AND
   (V)  AN  EXPLANATION  OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS OF PROCESSING A TOLL
 AND A TOLL VIOLATION.
   (B) THE FIRST REPORT SHALL BE DUE ONE YEAR AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF
 THIS SUBDIVISION.
   § 2. New York and New Jersey toll and fees reduction task force.
   1. There is established a task force to be known as the "New York  and
 New  Jersey  Toll and Fees Reduction Task Force" to examine and evaluate
 the efficacy of current payment processing procedures and  systems,  and
 to  provide  recommendations  to  increase efficacy and reduce tolls and
 administrative fees.
   2. (a) The task force shall be comprised of 12 members,  six  of  whom
 shall  be  appointed  by  the state of New York and six of whom shall be
 appointed by the state of New Jersey. Of the members  appointed  by  the
 state of New York:
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                            LBD16022-01-6
 S. 10596                            2
 
   (i) Two shall be appointed by the governor;
   (ii) One shall be appointed by the temporary president of the senate;
   (iii) One shall be appointed by the senate minority leader;
   (iv) One shall be appointed by the speaker of the assembly; and
   (v) One shall be appointed by the assembly minority leader.
   (b) Individuals appointed to the task force shall possess expertise in
 one  or  more of the following fields: transportation, tolling operation
 and enforcement, traffic engineering, procurement processes, information
 technology systems, public finance, and data analysis.
   (c) The task force shall be co-chaired by one member appointed by each
 state, elected by the members appointed by each respective state.
   (d) The task force shall meet  no  more  than  six  months  after  the
 appointment  of  all  members pursuant to paragraph (a) of this subdivi-
 sion, at which meeting the co-chairs shall be elected,  and  shall  meet
 once  each month thereafter. Three members appointed by each state shall
 be sufficient to establish a quorum. A simple majority of those  members
 voting on a question shall be sufficient for the conducting of business,
 except  that  the  final  report  required  by  subdivision five of this
 section shall be approved for release by no fewer than  seven  votes  in
 the affirmative.
   (e)  Members of the task force shall receive no compensation for their
 services but shall be reimbursed for their actual expenses  incurred  in
 the  performance  of  their  duties in the work of the task force by the
 state of their appointment.
   3. The task force shall:
   (a) identify inefficiencies in the tolling  process  and  methods  for
 reduction in costs;
   (b)  consider and provide recommendations for an amnesty program to be
 implemented in New York or New Jersey;
   (c) identify the impact of congestion pricing on motorists; and
   (d) research and recommend methods for shifting  the  cost  burden  of
 toll  violations  away from occasional or inadvertent violators and onto
 intentional, repeat violators.
   4. (a) The task force may establish advisory committees  as  it  deems
 appropriate  on  matters relating to the task force's functions, powers,
 and duties. Such committees shall be chaired by a task force member, but
 may be composed of task force  members  as  well  as  other  individuals
 selected  by the task force to provide expertise of interest specific to
 the charge of such committees.
   (b) The task force may request  that  studies,  surveys,  or  analyses
 relating to the task force's powers and duties be performed by any state
 department,  commission,  agency, or public authority, or by any depart-
 ment, commission, agency, or public authority within the  state  of  New
 Jersey,  to  the  extent  permitted  by  New Jersey state law. All state
 departments, commissions, agencies, or public authorities shall  provide
 information  and advice in a timely manner and otherwise assist the task
 force with its work; provided, however, any information obtained  pursu-
 ant  to this paragraph shall be kept confidential and shall only be used
 by members of the task force in the course of their tasks and duties  as
 a task force member.
   5. The task force shall, no later than two years after the date of its
 first  meeting, provide a final report to the governor, the legislature,
 and the governor and legislature of the state  of  New  Jersey,  of  its
 findings, conclusions, and recommendations, including but not limited to
 any  legislative  proposals deemed necessary by the task force to imple-
 ment the recommendations.
 S. 10596                            3
 
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately; provided,  however,  that
 section two of this act shall take effect upon the enactment into law by
 the  state  of New Jersey of legislation having an identical effect with
 this act, but if the state of New Jersey shall have already enacted such
 legislation, this act shall take effect immediately.

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Monica R. Martinez

Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Transportation Committee

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