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                                  1398

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 5, 2011
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Introduced by M. of A. HAWLEY -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Transportation

AN  ACT  to amend the public authorities law and the vehicle and traffic
  law, in relation to the exemption  of  disabled  veterans  from  tolls
  collected by the New York state thruway authority

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of section 361 of the public
authorities law, as amended by chapter 621  of  the  laws  of  1998,  is
amended to read as follows:
  (a)  In  addition  to  the powers conferred by the vehicle and traffic
law, the authority is hereby authorized to  promulgate  such  rules  and
regulations for the use and occupancy of the thruway as may be necessary
and  proper  for the public safety and convenience, for the preservation
of its property and for the collection of  tolls  and  provided  further
that  the  authority,  in  consultation with the departments of environ-
mental conservation and transportation, is hereby authorized to  promul-
gate  rules  and regulations necessary to implement a heavy duty vehicle
roadside inspection program pursuant to section 19-0320 of the  environ-
mental conservation law.  SUCH RULES AND REGULATIONS SHALL AUTHORIZE THE
EXEMPTION  FROM  THE  COLLECTION  OF  SUCH TOLLS UPON ANY NEW YORK STATE
RESIDENT WHO IS A VETERAN AND IS CERTIFIED BY THE UNITED  STATES  VETER-
ANS'  ADMINISTRATION OR THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AS ENTITLED TO RECEIVE
DISABILITY PAYMENTS UPON THE CERTIFICATION  OF  SUCH  ADMINISTRATION  OR
DEPARTMENT FOR A DISABILITY INCURRED BY HIM OR HER IN TIME OF WAR.
  S  2.  Subdivision 4 of section 1630 of the vehicle and traffic law is
amended to read as follows:
  4. Charging of tolls, taxes, fees, licenses or permits for the use  of
the highway or any of its parts, where the imposition thereof is author-
ized  by law.  NO SUCH TOLL SHALL BE IMPOSED BY THE NEW YORK STATE THRU-

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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A. 1398                             2

WAY AUTHORITY UPON ANY NEW YORK STATE RESIDENT WHO IS A VETERAN  AND  IS
CERTIFIED  BY  THE UNITED STATES VETERANS' ADMINISTRATION OR THE DEPART-
MENT OF DEFENSE AS ENTITLED TO  RECEIVE  DISABILITY  PAYMENTS  UPON  THE
CERTIFICATION  OF  SUCH  ADMINISTRATION  OR  DEPARTMENT FOR A DISABILITY
INCURRED BY HIM OR HER IN TIME OF WAR.
  S 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
it shall have become a law except that any rule or regulation  necessary
for the timely implementation of this act on its effective date shall be
promulgated on or before such date.