STATE OF NEW YORK
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1746--A
Cal. No. 706
2021-2022 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
January 14, 2021
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Introduced by Sens. KENNEDY, MAY -- read twice and ordered printed, and
when printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation --
reported favorably from said committee, ordered to first and second
report, ordered to a third reading, amended and ordered reprinted,
retaining its place in the order of third reading
AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to E-ZPass
availability and waiving deposit fees for a certain period after a
rate increase
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 378-b to read as follows:
3 § 378-b. E-ZPass availability. 1. If the authority shall vote to
4 increase any fees, rentals or charges for the use of the thruway or any
5 part thereof pursuant to subdivision eight of section three hundred
6 fifty-four of this title for cash or users who do not use E-ZPass to pay
7 such fees, rentals or charges, the requirement to make a deposit owed to
8 secure a new E-ZPass transponder shall be waived for a period of no less
9 than sixty days from the later of the date of such vote or the date that
10 the increase takes effect.
11 2. Any retail location in the state which sells E-ZPass shall be
12 required to accept cash payment as a valid method to purchase an E-ZPass
13 or for E-ZPass holders to reload their E-ZPass transponder.
14 3. For purposes of this section, "E-ZPass" and "E-ZPass transponder"
15 shall mean a receiver-transmitter issued by the authority in connection
16 with electronic toll collection when such receiver-transmitter is
17 affixed to the exterior of a vehicle in accordance with mounting
18 instructions provided by the authority.
19 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately, provided however, that
20 subdivision 2 of section 378-b of the public authorities law as added by
21 section one of this act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 shall have become a law. Effective immediately the addition, amendment
2 and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation
3 of this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and
4 completed on or before such date.
