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A07304 Summary:

BILL NO	A07304
SAME AS	No same as
SPONSOR	Alessi
COSPNSR
MLTSPNSR
Add SS2857 & 2859, Pub Auth L
Establishes an office of E-Z Pass dispute resolution and dispute resolution process for claims of erroneous collection charges by E-Z Pass customers.

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A07304 Actions:

BILL NO	A07304
03/27/2009	referred to transportation
01/06/2010	referred to transportation

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A07304 Floor Votes:

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A07304 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          7304
 
                               2009-2010 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                     March 27, 2009
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced by M. of A. ALESSI -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Transportation
 
        AN  ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to establishing
          an office of E-ZPass dispute resolution and dispute resolution process
          for claims of erroneous collection charges by E-ZPass customers
 

          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 two new
     2  sections 2857 and 2859 to read as follows:
     3    § 2857. Office of E-ZPass dispute resolution. 1.  There  shall  be  an
     4  office of E-ZPass dispute resolution to handle formal appeals for claims
     5  of erroneous collection charges.
     6    2.  The  governor  shall  appoint a dispute resolution officer to hear
     7  claims of erroneous charges brought by E-ZPass customers.
     8    3. The governor shall set compensation for such officer upon  approval
     9  of the legislature.
    10    4.  The  officer  may  hire  individuals  to  run  the office with the
    11  approval of the governor.

    12    5. The office shall create rules and  regulations  to  administer  the
    13  dispute  resolution  process established in section twenty-eight hundred
    14  fifty-nine of this title.
    15    § 2859. E-ZPass; dispute resolution  process.  E-ZPass  customers  may
    16  bring  a  claim  of  erroneous  collection charges through the following
    17  process:
    18    1. The individual must file a complaint with  the  office  of  E-ZPass
    19  dispute resolution;
    20    2. The office of E-ZPass dispute resolution shall hold a hearing with-
    21  in thirty days of receipt of the complaint;
    22    3.  The aggrieved person shall have the opportunity to be heard either
    23  in person or in writing through documentation and other evidence;
 

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD10791-01-9
        A. 7304                             2
 
     1    4. The office of E-ZPass dispute resolution shall ensure  there  is  a
     2  recording of any oral testimony that is taken;
     3    5. A decision shall be rendered within thirty days of the hearing.
     4    § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
     5  it shall have become a law; provided, however, that effective immediate-
     6  ly,  the  addition,  amendment  and/or  repeal of any rule or regulation
     7  necessary for the implementation of this act on its  effective  date  is

     8  authorized  and  directed  to  be  made  and completed on or before such
     9  effective date.

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