STATE OF NEW YORK
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1749
2013-2014 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY(Prefiled)
January 9, 2013
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Introduced by M. of A. CROUCH, THIELE, RAIA, McDONOUGH -- Multi-Spon-
sored by -- M. of A. BARCLAY, HAWLEY, KOLB -- read once and referred
to the Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions
AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to providing
toll exemptions for farmers transporting their goods to the city of
New York
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The public authorities law is amended by adding a new
2 section 2858 to read as follows:
3 § 2858. Exemptions from tolls. 1. Any public authority under title
4 nine of article two, title two of article three or title three of arti-
5 cle three of this chapter, shall provide an exemption from any toll
6 imposed by such authority for transportation across, on or through any
7 bridge, road or tunnel, for any farmer or food producer who:
8 a. farms or produces food, including fish and fish products, on a
9 property located in the state; and
10 b. is transporting such food to the city of New York for the purposes
11 of consumption within such city.
12 2. Any person exempt from a toll pursuant to subdivision one of this
13 section shall also be exempt from any congestion pricing plan imple-
14 mented in the city of New York.
15 3. The New York state thruway authority shall establish acceptable
16 forms of proof to show that an individual does, in fact, comply with
17 paragraphs a and b of subdivision one of this section.
18 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
19 it shall have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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