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                                   2818
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 17, 2017
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 Introduced by Sens. LANZA, SAVINO -- read twice and ordered printed, and
   when printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation
 
 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
 THAN  THIRTY  DAYS AFTER THE ISSUANCE OF AN ECONOMIC IMPACT STATEMENT ON
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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 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.
   §  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.