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                                  6495

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             March 25, 2015
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Introduced  by  M.  of A. CUSICK, COLTON, BROOK-KRASNY, ABBATE, CLARK --
  read once and referred to the Committee on  Corporations,  Authorities
  and Commissions

AN ACT to amend chapter 47 of the laws of 1931 relating to declaring the
  policy  of  the states of New York and New Jersey in regard to certain
  vehicular bridges and tunnels within the port of New York district, in
  relation to economic impact statements prior to the increase of  tolls
  for the use of bridges and tunnels

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

  Section 1. The opening paragraph of section 11 of chapter  47  of  the
laws  of 1931 relating to declaring the policy of the states of New York
and New Jersey in regard to certain vehicular bridges and tunnels within
the port of New York district, as amended by chapter 807 of the laws  of
1955, is amended to read as follows:
  The port authority is hereby authorized to make and enforce such rules
and  regulations and to establish, levy and collect such tolls and other
charges in connection with any vehicular bridges and  tunnels  which  it
may now or hereafter be authorized to own, construct, operate or control
(including  the said Holland tunnel and the said Midtown Hudson tunnel),
as it may deem necessary, proper or  desirable,  which  said  tolls  and
charges  shall  be  at  least  sufficient  to  meet  the expenses of the
construction, operation and maintenance thereof, and to provide for  the
payment  of,  with interest upon, and the amortization and retirement of
bonds or other securities or obligations issued or incurred  for  bridge
or  tunnel  purposes.  There  shall  be  allocated  to  the  cost of the
construction, operation and maintenance of  such  bridges  and  tunnels,
such  proportion  of  the  general  expenses of the port authority as it
shall deemed properly chargeable thereto.    NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY  OTHER
PROVISION  OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, NO TOLL OR OTHER CHARGE IN CONNECTION
WITH ANY VEHICULAR BRIDGE OR TUNNEL SHALL BE INCREASED  UNTIL  NOT  LESS

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD01038-02-5
              

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THAN  THIRTY  DAYS AFTER THE ISSUANCE OF AN ECONOMIC IMPACT STATEMENT ON
THE PROPOSED INCREASE. SUCH ECONOMIC IMPACT STATEMENT SHALL BE ISSUED BY
AN INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR ENGAGED BY THE AUTHORITY BASED ON A  STUDY  OF
THE  ECONOMIC  IMPACT  OF  SUCH  PROPOSED  INCREASE OF THE TOLL OR OTHER
CHARGE UPON ALL COMMUNITIES AFFECTED THEREBY.
  S 2. This act shall take effect upon the enactment  into  law  by  the
state  of New Jersey of legislation having an identical effect with this
act, but if the state of New Jersey  shall  have  already  enacted  such
legislation,  this  act shall take effect immediately; provided that the
state of New Jersey shall notify the legislative bill  drafting  commis-
sion  upon  the  occurrence of the enactment of the legislation provided
for in section one of this act in order that the commission may maintain
an accurate and timely effective data base of the official text  of  the
laws  of  the  state  of  New  York  in  furtherance of effectuating the
provisions of section 44 of the legislative law and section 70-b of  the
public officers law.