Reilly, Brabenec, Smith, DeStefano, Pirozzolo, Durso, Brown E, Mikulin, Gandolfo, Tannousis
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Rpld Art 44-C, amd 1630, V & T L; rpld 553 sub 9 (s), sub 12-a, 553-j & 553-k, amd 566-a, Pub Auth L; rpld 87
sub 2 (p), Pub Off L; rpld Part ZZZ Subpart A 9 - 11, Chap 59 of 2019; rpld 606 sub (jjj), Tax L
STATE OF NEW YORK
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4660
2023-2024 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
February 21, 2023
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Introduced by M. of A. MCGOWAN -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Transportation
AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law and the public authorities
law, in relation to congestion pricing in New York City, and repealing
certain provisions of the vehicle and traffic law, the public authori-
ties law, the public officers law, the tax law, and subpart A of part
ZZZ of chapter 59 of the laws of 2019, amending the vehicle and traf-
fic law and the public authorities law relating to establishing a
central business district tolling program in the city of New York and
amending the public officers law relating to confidentiality of
certain public records, relating thereto
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Article 44-C of the vehicle and traffic law is REPEALED.
2 § 2. Subdivision 4 of section 1630 of the vehicle and traffic law, as
3 amended by section 2 of subpart A of part ZZZ of chapter 59 of the laws
4 of 2019, is amended to read as follows:
5 4. Charging of tolls, taxes, fees, licenses or permits for the use of
6 the highway or any of its parts [or entry into or remaining within the
7 central business district established by article forty-four-C of this
8 chapter], where the imposition thereof is authorized by law.
9 § 3. Paragraph (s) of subdivision 9 of section 553 of the public
10 authorities law is REPEALED.
11 § 4. Subdivision 12-a of section 553 of the public authorities law is
12 REPEALED.
13 § 5. Section 553-j of the public authorities law is REPEALED.
14 § 6. Paragraph (p) of subdivision 2 of section 87 of the public offi-
15 cers law, as added by section 7 of subpart A of part ZZZ of chapter 59
16 of the laws of 2019, is REPEALED.
17 § 7. Section 553-k of the public authorities law is REPEALED.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 § 8. Sections 9, 10, and 11 of subpart A of part ZZZ of chapter 59 of
2 the laws of 2019, amending the vehicle and traffic law and the public
3 authorities law relating to establishing a central business district
4 tolling program in the city of New York and amending the public officers
5 law relating to confidentiality of certain public records, are REPEALED.
6 § 9. Section 566-a of the public authorities law, as amended by
7 section 12 of subpart A of part ZZZ of chapter 59 of the laws of 2019,
8 is amended to read as follows:
9 § 566-a. Tax contract by the state. 1. It is hereby found, determined
10 and declared that the authority and the carrying out of its corporate
11 purposes is in all respects for the benefit of the people of the state
12 of New York, for the improvement of their health, welfare and prosper-
13 ity, and, in the case of some of the said purposes, for the promotion of
14 their traffic, and that said purposes are public purposes and, in the
15 case of those purposes which consist of vehicular bridges, vehicular
16 tunnels and approaches thereto [and the central business district toll-
17 ing program], the project is an essential part of the public highway
18 system and the authority will be performing an essential governmental
19 function in the exercise of the powers conferred by this title, and the
20 state of New York covenants with the purchasers and with all subsequent
21 holders and transferees of bonds issued after January first, nineteen
22 hundred thirty-nine by the authority pursuant to this title, in consid-
23 eration of the acceptance of any payment for the bonds that the bonds of
24 the authority issued after January first, nineteen hundred thirty-nine
25 pursuant to this title and the income therefrom, and all moneys, funds,
26 tolls and other revenues pledged to pay or secure the payment of such
27 bonds, shall at all times be free from taxation except for estate taxes
28 and taxes on transfers by or in contemplation of death.
29 2. Nothing herein shall be construed to repeal or supersede any tax
30 exemptions heretofore or hereafter granted by general or other laws.
31 § 10. Subsection (jjj) of section 606 of the tax law, as added by
32 section 1 of subpart F of part ZZZ of chapter 59 of the laws of 2019, is
33 REPEALED.
34 § 11. This act shall take effect immediately.
