Enables public authorities that offer E-ZPass payment for tolls, fares, fees, rentals or other charges to transmit electronic notifications stating that the electronic toll collection system has registered the customer's account to E-ZPass customers who opt in for such service.
NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
 
BILL NUMBER: A957
SPONSOR: Jacobson
 
TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the public authorities law, in relation to enabling
public authorities to transmit electronic notifications to E-ZPass
customers
 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:
To allow state authorities to send electronic notifications to E-ZPass
customers, provided the customer opts in to receive such notifications,
when the electronic toll collection systems has registered a charge on
the customer's account.
 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section 1 amends section 2855 of the Public Authorities Law by adding a
new subdivision 2 which permits public authorities to send notifications
of new charges to E-ZPass customers who pass through a toll plaza oper-
ated by the authority provided that the customer has an account for the
electronic toll collection system that is registered with the New York
E-ZPass customer service center (or successor entity) and voluntarily
opts-in for such notifications.
The notification shall alert the customer that the electronic toll
collection system has registered a charge on the customer's account.
The notification may be sent by electronic mail, a text message sent
directly to a customer's cell phone, or through a mobile application.
Notification shall be made within 24 hours of the transaction posting to
the customer's account or as soon as practicable if no valid account is
recognized at the time of transaction.
A customer may opt-out of receiving the notification at any time and may
be required to confirm participation in the notification program.
Section 2 sets forth the effective date which is on the sixtieth day
after it shall have become a law.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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957
2023-2024 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 11, 2023
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Introduced by M. of A. JACOBSON -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions
AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to enabling
public authorities to transmit electronic notifications to E-ZPass
customers
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 2855 of the public authorities law, as added by
2 section 1 of part KK of chapter 59 of the laws of 2006, is amended to
3 read as follows:
4 § 2855. Electronic method of payment[; periodic charges]. 1. Notwith-
5 standing the provisions of any law to the contrary, if any authority
6 shall offer any electronic method of payment for tolls, fares, fees,
7 rentals, or other charges, including but not limited to a system called
8 E-ZPass, such authority shall not impose any periodic administrative or
9 other charge for the privilege of using such electronic method of
10 payment for such charges. Nothing in this section shall be construed to
11 prohibit any authority from making any charge for extra services
12 requested by a holder of such electronic method of payment, any charge
13 for lost or damaged equipment, or for defaults, such as charges for
14 dishonored checks. The authority shall not enter any agreement with
15 bondholders that would require the imposition of administrative or other
16 periodic charges relating to electronic methods of payment prohibited by
17 this section.
18 2. Notwithstanding the provisions of any law to the contrary, if any
19 authority shall offer such electronic method of payment for tolls,
20 fares, fees, rentals, or other charges, including but not limited to a
21 system called E-ZPass, such authority shall transmit electronic notifi-
22 cation pursuant to the provisions of this section to a customer that
23 passes through a toll plaza operated by the authority, provided that the
24 customer has an account for the electronic toll collection system that
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 is registered with the New York E-ZPass customer service center or
2 successor entity and voluntarily opts in for such notification. Such
3 notification shall alert the customer that the electronic toll
4 collection system has registered the customer's account and may be
5 provided by electronic mail, a text message sent directly to a custom-
6 er's mobile device, or through a mobile application. Notification shall
7 be made within twenty-four hours of the transaction posting to the
8 customer's account, or as soon as practicable if no valid account is
9 recognized at the time of the transaction. A customer may opt out of
10 receiving the notification that is provided pursuant to the provisions
11 of this section at any time and may be required to confirm participation
12 in the notification program.
13 § 2. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
14 have become a law.