Relates to a rebate for residents of Kings county who commute across the Verrazzano-Narrows bridge more than ten times per month while using a New York customer service E-ZPass account.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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4490
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
March 13, 2019
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Introduced by Sen. GOUNARDES -- 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 a rebate for
residents of Kings county who frequently commute across the Verrazza-
no-Narrows bridge
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 553-j to read as follows:
3 § 553-j. Verrazzano-Narrows bridge; Kings county program. Notwith-
4 standing any inconsistent provision of law, but subject to agreements
5 with noteholders and bondholders, the authority shall credit residents
6 of the county of Kings who make ten or more trips per month using a New
7 York customer service E-ZPass account on the Verrazzano-Narrows bridge
8 with the same rebate or rebates provided to Staten Island residents who
9 make three or more trips per month using a New York customer service
10 E-ZPass account on the Verrazzano-Narrows bridge, provided, however,
11 that such credit shall not apply to trips made by vehicles that are used
12 for commercial purposes.
13 § 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
14 have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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