Senate Bill S6743

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Creates a community impact fund from tolls collected on the Grand Island bridges

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Corporations, Authorities And Commissions Committee

  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2017-S6743 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Corporations, Authorities And Commissions
Law Section:
Public Authorities Law
Laws Affected:
Add §389, Pub Auth L

2017-S6743 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Creates a community impact fund from tolls collected on the Grand Island bridges to be used to offset the environmental and economic impact of the tolls.

2017-S6743 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S6743 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6743
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               June 15, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  JACOBS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation  to  creating  a
   community impact fund from tolls collected on the Grand Island bridges
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The public authorities law  is  amended  by  adding  a  new
 section 389 to read as follows:
   § 389. GRAND ISLAND BRIDGES COMMUNITY IMPACT FUND. THE AUTHORITY SHALL
 ALLOCATE  TEN  PERCENT  OF ALL REVENUE GENERATED FROM TOLLS ON THE GRAND
 ISLAND BRIDGES TO A COMMUNITY IMPACT FUND.  THE  COMMUNITY  IMPACT  FUND
 SHALL  BE  USED  TO  OFFSET THE ENVIRONMENTAL AND ECONOMIC IMPACT OF THE
 TOLLS IN THE COMMUNITIES OF TONAWANDA, GRAND ISLAND, AND NIAGARA  FALLS,
 WITH  FIFTY  PERCENT  OF  THE  FUND'S  PROCEEDS FOR THE BENEFIT OF GRAND
 ISLAND, TWENTY-FIVE PERCENT FOR THE BENEFIT OF  TONAWANDA,  AND  TWENTY-
 FIVE  PERCENT  FOR  THE BENEFIT OF NIAGARA FALLS. SUCH ENVIRONMENTAL AND
 ECONOMIC  IMPACTS  SHALL  INCLUDE,  BUT  ARE  NOT  LIMITED  TO,  TRAFFIC
 CONGESTION,  TAILPIPE  POLLUTION,  AND  HARDSHIPS  OF  BUSINESSES IN THE
 IMPACTED COMMUNITIES.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD11593-02-7

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