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     S. 4315--A                                            A. 6365--A
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                       S E N A T E - A S S E M B L Y
 
                               March 7, 2019
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 IN SENATE -- Introduced by Sen. LAVALLE -- read twice and ordered print-
   ed,  and  when printed to be committed to the Committee on Transporta-
   tion -- recommitted to the Committee on Transportation  in  accordance
   with  Senate  Rule  6,  sec.  8 -- committee discharged, bill amended,
   ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 IN ASSEMBLY -- Introduced by M. of A. THIELE -- read once  and  referred
   to  the Committee on Transportation -- recommitted to the Committee on
   Transportation in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee
   discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
   to said committee
 
 AN ACT to amend the highway law, in relation to providing that a  county
   board of supervisors shall be authorized to require that a ferry shall
   carry  without charge or fee of any kind for transportation any member
   of the United States armed forces in  uniform  during  their  term  of
   enlistment in the service of the United States
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Section 131-g of the highway law, as amended by chapter 897
 of the laws of 1971, is amended to read as follows:
   § 131-g. Regulation of toll rates. 1. Such boards shall have power  by
 a  vote  of two-thirds of all the members elected to authorize an alter-
 ation, reduction or change of the rates of toll charged or  received  by
 any turnpike, plank or gravel road, or other toll road within such coun-
 ty,  or by any bridge company or ferry within such county, or, if within
 more than one county, then by joint action with the supervisors of  such
 counties,  provided such alteration shall be asked for by the directors,
 trustees or owners of such road, bridge or ferry; but that  no  increase
 of  toll  shall be so authorized unless notice of such proposed increase
 shall have been published once each week for three successive weeks in a
 newspaper having general circulation in each town in which such road  or
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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 bridge  is  located  or  in  which such ferry is operated, commencing at
 least thirty days prior to the  date  of  such  authorization;  and  any
 alteration  in  rates of toll authorized by any board of supervisors may
 be  changed or modified by any subsequent board, on their own motion, by
 a like vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to such board;  but
 nothing  [herein]  IN THIS SECTION contained shall affect or abridge the
 powers of any city.
   2. IN THE CASE OF RATES OF TOLL FOR A  FERRY,  SUCH  BOARDS  SHALL  BE
 AUTHORIZED  TO  ADOPT  A  LOCAL  LAW TO PROVIDE THAT A FERRY SHALL CARRY
 WITHOUT CHARGE OR FEE OF ANY  KIND  FOR  TRANSPORTATION  BETWEEN  POINTS
 WHOLLY  WITHIN  THE  STATE  OF  NEW YORK ANY MEMBER OF THE UNITED STATES
 ARMED FORCES IN UNIFORM DURING THEIR TERM OF ENLISTMENT IN  THE  SERVICE
 OF  THE  UNITED STATES.   PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT THE PROVISIONS OF THIS
 SUBDIVISION SHALL NOT APPLY TO A FERRY OWNED OR OPERATED  BY  A  MUNICI-
 PALITY  THAT IS SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION ONE HUNDRED FOUR OF
 THE TRANSPORTATION LAW.
   § 2. Severability. The provisions of this act shall be  severable  and
 if  any  portion  thereof  or the applicability thereof to any person or
 circumstances shall be held invalid, the remainder of this act  and  the
 application thereof shall not be affected thereby.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.