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.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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10596
IN SENATE
May 28, 2026
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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:
1 Section 1. Section 2800 of the public authorities law is amended by
2 adding a new subdivision 2-a to read as follows:
3 2-a. Authorities which collect tolls. (a) Every public authority which
4 collects tolls from motorists shall submit an annual report to the
5 legislature. Such report shall include, but not be limited to:
6 (i) the number of violations of the toll collection monitoring system
7 regulations that occurred in the past year;
8 (ii) the frequency of toll violations per individual;
9 (iii) total revenue collected in the past year from repeat violators
10 pursuant to paragraph (b) of subdivision twelve of section twenty-nine
11 hundred eighty-five of this article;
12 (iv) a year-to-year comparison of the number of toll violations and
13 frequency of toll violations per individual for the past five years; and
14 (v) an explanation of the administrative costs of processing a toll
15 and a toll violation.
16 (b) The first report shall be due one year after the effective date of
17 this subdivision.
18 § 2. New York and New Jersey toll and fees reduction task force.
19 1. There is established a task force to be known as the "New York and
20 New Jersey Toll and Fees Reduction Task Force" to examine and evaluate
21 the efficacy of current payment processing procedures and systems, and
22 to provide recommendations to increase efficacy and reduce tolls and
23 administrative fees.
24 2. (a) The task force shall be comprised of 12 members, six of whom
25 shall be appointed by the state of New York and six of whom shall be
26 appointed by the state of New Jersey. Of the members appointed by the
27 state of New York:
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 (i) Two shall be appointed by the governor;
2 (ii) One shall be appointed by the temporary president of the senate;
3 (iii) One shall be appointed by the senate minority leader;
4 (iv) One shall be appointed by the speaker of the assembly; and
5 (v) One shall be appointed by the assembly minority leader.
6 (b) Individuals appointed to the task force shall possess expertise in
7 one or more of the following fields: transportation, tolling operation
8 and enforcement, traffic engineering, procurement processes, information
9 technology systems, public finance, and data analysis.
10 (c) The task force shall be co-chaired by one member appointed by each
11 state, elected by the members appointed by each respective state.
12 (d) The task force shall meet no more than six months after the
13 appointment of all members pursuant to paragraph (a) of this subdivi-
14 sion, at which meeting the co-chairs shall be elected, and shall meet
15 once each month thereafter. Three members appointed by each state shall
16 be sufficient to establish a quorum. A simple majority of those members
17 voting on a question shall be sufficient for the conducting of business,
18 except that the final report required by subdivision five of this
19 section shall be approved for release by no fewer than seven votes in
20 the affirmative.
21 (e) Members of the task force shall receive no compensation for their
22 services but shall be reimbursed for their actual expenses incurred in
23 the performance of their duties in the work of the task force by the
24 state of their appointment.
25 3. The task force shall:
26 (a) identify inefficiencies in the tolling process and methods for
27 reduction in costs;
28 (b) consider and provide recommendations for an amnesty program to be
29 implemented in New York or New Jersey;
30 (c) identify the impact of congestion pricing on motorists; and
31 (d) research and recommend methods for shifting the cost burden of
32 toll violations away from occasional or inadvertent violators and onto
33 intentional, repeat violators.
34 4. (a) The task force may establish advisory committees as it deems
35 appropriate on matters relating to the task force's functions, powers,
36 and duties. Such committees shall be chaired by a task force member, but
37 may be composed of task force members as well as other individuals
38 selected by the task force to provide expertise of interest specific to
39 the charge of such committees.
40 (b) The task force may request that studies, surveys, or analyses
41 relating to the task force's powers and duties be performed by any state
42 department, commission, agency, or public authority, or by any depart-
43 ment, commission, agency, or public authority within the state of New
44 Jersey, to the extent permitted by New Jersey state law. All state
45 departments, commissions, agencies, or public authorities shall provide
46 information and advice in a timely manner and otherwise assist the task
47 force with its work; provided, however, any information obtained pursu-
48 ant to this paragraph shall be kept confidential and shall only be used
49 by members of the task force in the course of their tasks and duties as
50 a task force member.
51 5. The task force shall, no later than two years after the date of its
52 first meeting, provide a final report to the governor, the legislature,
53 and the governor and legislature of the state of New Jersey, of its
54 findings, conclusions, and recommendations, including but not limited to
55 any legislative proposals deemed necessary by the task force to imple-
56 ment the recommendations.
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1 § 3. 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.
