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                                   7307
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              April 21, 2017
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 Introduced by M. of A. TITONE -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Transportation
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the public authorities law, in relation to providing
   access to the E-ZPass program on applications for motor vehicle regis-
   trations
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Section  362 of the public authorities law, as amended by
 section 9 of part TT of chapter 54 of the laws of 2016,  is  amended  to
 read as follows:
   §  362.  Assistance  by state officers, departments, boards, divisions
 and commissions. (A) At the request of the  authority,  engineering  and
 legal  services for such authority shall be performed by forces or offi-
 cers of the department of  transportation  and  the  department  of  law
 respectively,  and  all other state officers, departments, boards, divi-
 sions and commissions shall  render  services  within  their  respective
 functions.  At the request of the authority, services in connection with
 the collection of any charges or fees for the use of the thruway or  any
 part thereof may be performed by the department of motor vehicles.
   (B)  THE DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES SHALL INCLUDE ON ALL MOTOR VEHI-
 CLE REGISTRATION APPLICATIONS, THE OPPORTUNITY FOR APPLICANTS TO  VOLUN-
 TARILY PARTICIPATE IN THE E-ZPASS PROGRAM AS PRESCRIBED BY THE AUTHORITY
 OF  MOTOR VEHICLES. THE PURPOSE OF SUCH MEASURE IS TO FACILITATE PARTIC-
 IPATION IN THE E-ZPASS PROGRAM, THEREFORE THE DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR  VEHI-
 CLES  AND  THE  AUTHORITY  SHALL  ESTABLISH  MEANS BY WHICH THE RELEVANT
 INFORMATION MAY BE SHARED TO ACHIEVE SUCH PURPOSE. PARTICIPATION IN  THE
 E-ZPASS  PROGRAM  SHALL  BE SUBJECT TO THE PROCEDURES, TERMS, CONDITIONS
 AND AGREEMENTS AS FROM TIME TO TIME MAY BE ISSUED BY THE AUTHORITY. SUCH
 TERMS, CONDITIONS AND AGREEMENTS MAY INCLUDE MINIMUM DEPOSITS,  ADMINIS-
 TRATIVE SERVICE FEES ON ACCOUNTS OR EQUIPMENT, LIMITS ON TRANSFERABILITY
 AND  E-ZPASS  ACCOUNT  REQUIREMENTS.  USE  OF  THE E-ZPASS SYSTEM MAY BE
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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 CONDITIONED ON CONTINUED COMPLIANCE WITH REQUIREMENTS OF OTHER  AGENCIES
 WHICH  OPERATE  THE  E-ZPASS  SYSTEM. UNAUTHORIZED OR IMPROPER USE OF AN
 E-ZPASS TAG OR DEDICATED E-ZPASS LANE IS PROHIBITED AND  MAY  RESULT  IN
 CANCELLATION  OF  E-ZPASS  ACCOUNT  PRIVILEGE  AND/OR  THE IMPOSITION OF
 ADMINISTRATIVE FEES, COSTS OR PENALTIES.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
 have  become a law; provided, that the commissioner of motor vehicles is
 immediately authorized and directed to promulgate, amend  and/or  repeal
 any  rules and regulations necessary to implement the provisions of this
 act on its effective date.