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                                   1528
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 15, 2019
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 Introduced  by  Sen.  LANZA  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation
 
 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to establishing
   the Move New York Fair Plan;  to  amend  the  state  finance  law,  in
   relation to establishing the Move New York mobility fund; to amend the
   public authorities law, in relation to the collection and disbursement
   of  the  funds  of  such  plan;  to  amend the tax law, in relation to
   rescinding certain tax exemptions; to  amend  the  executive  law,  in
   relation  to diversion of metropolitan transportation authority funds;
   to amend the public authorities law,  in  relation  to  directing  the
   metropolitan transportation authority to contract for the provision of
   an independent forensic audit of such authority; and providing for the
   repeal of certain provisions upon the expiration thereof
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The vehicle and traffic law is  amended  by  adding  a  new
 article 44-C to read as follows:
                               ARTICLE 44-C
                          MOVE NEW YORK FAIR PLAN
 SECTION 1701. DEFINITIONS.
         1702. AUTHORIZATION  AND ESTABLISHMENT OF THE MOVE NEW YORK FAIR
                 PLAN.
         1703. MOVE NEW YORK TOLL SWAP.
         1704. VIOLATIONS AND ENFORCEMENT.
         1705. DISPOSITION OF REVENUE AND PENALTIES.
         1706. RULEMAKING AUTHORITY.
   § 1701. DEFINITIONS.  FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS ARTICLE, THE  FOLLOWING
 TERMS SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS:
   1. "CITY" MEANS THE CITY OF NEW YORK.
   2. "DEPARTMENT" MEANS THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION OF THE CITY.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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   3.  "ELECTRONIC  FEE  COLLECTION  SYSTEM" MEANS A SYSTEM OF COLLECTING
 FEES WHICH IS CAPABLE OF CHARGING AN ACCOUNT HOLDER THE APPROPRIATE  FEE
 BY  TRANSMISSION  OF  INFORMATION  FROM  AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE IN OR ON A
 VEHICLE TO A DEVICE SENSOR, WHICH INFORMATION  IS  USED  TO  CHARGE  THE
 APPROPRIATE FEE.
   4.  "MOVE  NEW  YORK  MOBILITY  FUND"  MEANS THE FUND OF THE SAME NAME
 ESTABLISHED IN SECTION EIGHTY-FIVE OF THE STATE FINANCE LAW.
   5. "MOVE NEW YORK TOLL SWAP" MEANS THE IMPOSITION OF TOLLS ON CURRENT-
 LY FREE CROSSINGS THAT LEAD INTO THAT AREA WITHIN THE BOROUGH OF MANHAT-
 TAN SOUTH OF BUT EXCLUDING 60TH STREET AND THE REDUCTION OF TOLLS ON THE
 METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY'S EXISTING  SEVEN  TOLLED  BRIDGES
 SPECIFIED IN SUBDIVISION FOUR OF SECTION SEVENTEEN HUNDRED THREE OF THIS
 ARTICLE.
   6.  "OPERATION  DATE"  MEANS THE DATE DETERMINED BY THE DEPARTMENT AND
 THE TRIBOROUGH BRIDGE AND TUNNEL AUTHORITY  FOR  THE  BEGINNING  OF  THE
 OPERATION AND ENFORCEMENT OF THE MOVE NEW YORK TOLL SWAP, BUT IN NO CASE
 LATER THAN JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-TWO.
   7.  "OWNER"  MEANS ANY PERSON, CORPORATION, PARTNERSHIP, FIRM, AGENCY,
 ASSOCIATION, LESSOR, OR ORGANIZATION WHO AT THE TIME A VEHICLE IS  OPER-
 ATED:  (A) IS THE BENEFICIAL OR EQUITABLE OWNER OF SUCH VEHICLE; (B) HAS
 TITLE TO SUCH VEHICLE; (C) IS THE REGISTRANT OR  CO-REGISTRANT  OF  SUCH
 VEHICLE  WHICH  IS  REGISTERED  WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES OF
 THIS STATE OR ANY OTHER STATE, TERRITORY, DISTRICT, PROVINCE, NATION  OR
 OTHER  JURISDICTION; (D) USES SUCH VEHICLE IN ITS VEHICLE RENTING AND/OR
 LEASING BUSINESS; OR (E) IS AN OWNER  OF  SUCH  VEHICLE  AS  DEFINED  BY
 SECTION  ONE  HUNDRED TWENTY-EIGHT OR SUBDIVISION (A) OF SECTION TWENTY-
 ONE HUNDRED ONE OF THIS CHAPTER.
   8. "PARKING VIOLATIONS BUREAU" MEANS  THE  PARKING  VIOLATIONS  BUREAU
 CREATED  IN THE DEPARTMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 19-201 OF THE ADMINISTRA-
 TIVE CODE OF THE CITY.
   9. "VEHICLE-MONITORING SYSTEM" MEANS A  VEHICLE  SENSOR  INSTALLED  AT
 NEWLY TOLLED CROSSINGS, PURSUANT TO THIS ARTICLE, TO WORK IN CONJUNCTION
 WITH  PHOTOGRAPHIC  OR  OTHER  RECORDING  EQUIPMENT  WHICH AUTOMATICALLY
 PRODUCES ONE OR MORE PHOTOGRAPHS, ONE OR MORE MICROPHOTOGRAPHS, A  VIDE-
 OTAPE,  DIGITAL RECORD OR OTHER RECORDED IMAGES OF A VEHICLE ENTERING OR
 EXITING THE PERIMETER ESTABLISHED BY SUCH NEW TOLLS.
   § 1702. AUTHORIZATION AND ESTABLISHMENT OF  THE  MOVE  NEW  YORK  FAIR
 PLAN.    1. THE DEPARTMENT AND THE METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY
 ARE HEREBY AUTHORIZED AND SHALL, SUBJECT TO THE COMPLETION OF ANY  ENVI-
 RONMENTAL REVIEW REQUIRED BY LAW OR REGULATION, ESTABLISH AND ADMINISTER
 THE  PROVISIONS  OF  THIS  ARTICLE TO BE KNOWN AS THE MOVE NEW YORK FAIR
 PLAN SUBJECT TO AND CONDITIONAL UPON THE ESTABLISHMENT AND  CONTINUATION
 OF  TOLLS  BY THE TRIBOROUGH BRIDGE AND TUNNEL AUTHORITY AS SET FORTH IN
 THIS SECTION.
   2. THE PLAN SHALL COMMENCE ON THE  OPERATION  DATE  AS  DETERMINED  BY
 AGREEMENT  BETWEEN  THE  DEPARTMENT AND THE TRIBOROUGH BRIDGE AND TUNNEL
 AUTHORITY.
   3. CONTRACTING AND EMPLOYMENT CREATED THROUGH  THE  IMPLEMENTATION  OF
 THIS  PLAN  SHALL  BE  REQUIRED  TO COMPLY WITH ARTICLE FIFTEEN-A OF THE
 EXECUTIVE LAW OR THE MOST  CURRENT  MINORITY  AND  WOMEN-OWNED  BUSINESS
 CONTRACTING PROVISIONS.
   § 1703. MOVE  NEW YORK TOLL SWAP.  1. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL INSTALL AND
 OPERATE AN ELECTRONIC FEE COLLECTION  SYSTEM  AND  A  VEHICLE-MONITORING
 SYSTEM  OR  UTILIZE  ANY  OTHER  TECHNOLOGICAL  MEANS  TO EFFECTUATE THE
 PROVISIONS OF THIS ARTICLE AT POINTS OF ENTRY  SPECIFIED  IN  PARAGRAPHS
 (A)  AND  (B)  OF  THIS  SUBDIVISION. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL DETERMINE THE

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 APPROPRIATE PLACEMENT OF SUCH SYSTEMS SO AS TO IDENTIFY VEHICLES  ENTER-
 ING  AND  EXITING THE PERIMETER CREATED BY THE POINTS SPECIFIED BY PARA-
 GRAPHS (A) AND (B) OF THIS SUBDIVISION SO AS TO UTILIZE  THE  ELECTRONIC
 FEE COLLECTION AND VEHICLE-MONITORING SYSTEM, PROVIDED THAT SUCH SYSTEMS
 SHALL  BE  TECHNOLOGICALLY COMPATIBLE WITH THE ANALOGOUS SYSTEMS USED BY
 THE TRIBOROUGH BRIDGE AND TUNNEL AUTHORITY AT THE FACILITIES  IDENTIFIED
 IN  PARAGRAPH  (C)  OF  THIS  SUBDIVISION (SUCH THAT THE SYSTEMS WILL BE
 INTEROPERABLE AND CUSTOMERS WILL UTILIZE THE SAME TRANSPONDERS OR  OTHER
 MEANS OF IDENTIFICATION) AND BE PLACED AT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS:
   (A)  AT EACH INTERSECTION OF EAST OR WEST 60TH STREET WITH EACH NORTH-
 BOUND OR SOUTHBOUND ROADWAY THAT CROSSES EAST OR WEST 60TH STREET IN THE
 BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN, INCLUDING WHERE 60TH STREET WOULD  INTERSECT  BOTH
 FRANKLIN  DELANO ROOSEVELT DRIVE AND ROUTE 9A IF IT EXTENDED EAST TO THE
 EAST RIVER AND WEST TO THE HUDSON RIVER, SUCH THAT ANY VEHICLE TRAVELING
 IN A NORTHERLY OR SOUTHERLY DIRECTION AND PASSING OVER EAST OR WEST 60TH
 STREET, AS DESCRIBED ABOVE, WILL BE MONITORED AND ELIGIBLE FOR TOLLING;
   (B) THE BROOKLYN BRIDGE, THE ED KOCH QUEENSBORO BRIDGE, THE  MANHATTAN
 BRIDGE, AND THE WILLIAMSBURG BRIDGE; AND
   (C) THE BROOKLYN BATTERY TUNNEL AND THE QUEENS MIDTOWN TUNNEL.
   (D)  NOTWITHSTANDING  THE  OPENING  PARAGRAPH OF THIS SUBDIVISION, THE
 DEPARTMENT SHALL NOT PLACE SUCH  SYSTEMS  AT  THE  LINCOLN  TUNNEL,  THE
 HOLLAND  TUNNEL OR ANY OTHER CROSSING NOT OTHERWISE NAMED IN THIS SUBDI-
 VISION.
   2. THE COST OF TOLLS AT POINTS OF ENTRY SPECIFIED IN  PARAGRAPHS  (A),
 (B),  AND  (C)  OF  SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION SHALL BE UNIFORM AND
 EQUAL TO THOSE TOLLS ESTABLISHED FROM TIME TO  TIME  BY  THE  TRIBOROUGH
 BRIDGE  AND TUNNEL AUTHORITY AT THE LOCATIONS SPECIFIED IN PARAGRAPH (C)
 OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION.  AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE  PASSAGE
 OF THIS LEGISLATION, TOLLS SHALL BE REDUCED AT THOSE LOCATIONS SPECIFIED
 IN  PARAGRAPH  (C) OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION BY 9.75 PERCENT AT
 THE TIME THE MOVE NEW YORK TOLL SWAP IS IMPLEMENTED.  SUCH TOLLS AND ALL
 OTHER TOLLS AT THE  FACILITIES  OF  THE  TRIBOROUGH  BRIDGE  AND  TUNNEL
 AUTHORITY  MAY THEREAFTER BE ADJUSTED FROM TIME TO TIME AS DETERMINED BY
 THE TRIBOROUGH BRIDGE  AND  TUNNEL  AUTHORITY,  SUBJECT  TO  LEGISLATIVE
 APPROVAL,  AND  IN  ACCORDANCE  WITH  THOSE PROCEDURES APPLICABLE TO THE
 SETTING OF TOLLS FOR AUTHORITY FACILITIES GENERALLY.
   2-A.  NOTWITHSTANDING  THE  PROVISIONS  OF  SUBDIVISION  TWO  OF  THIS
 SECTION,  THE  TOLL  CHARGED FOR WESTBOUND VEHICLES UTILIZING THE NORTH-
 BOUND EXIT OF THE ED KOCH QUEENSBORO BRIDGE SHALL BE FIFTY-FIVE  PERCENT
 OF THE COST CHARGED AT ALL OTHER POINTS OF ENTRY ON SUCH BRIDGE.
   3.  TOLLS COLLECTED AT POINTS OF ENTRY SPECIFIED IN PARAGRAPHS (A) AND
 (B) OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION SHALL, EXCEPTING REVENUE  DERIVED
 FROM  TOLLS  ON  FACILITIES OPERATED BY THE TRIBOROUGH BRIDGE AND TUNNEL
 AUTHORITY, BE TRANSFERRED INTO THE MOVE NEW YORK  MOBILITY  FUND  ESTAB-
 LISHED  BY  SECTION  EIGHTY-FIVE  OF THE STATE FINANCE LAW.  ALL REVENUE
 COLLECTED FROM THE TOLLS AT POINTS OF ENTRY SPECIFIED IN  PARAGRAPH  (C)
 OF  SUBDIVISION  ONE  OF THIS SECTION SHALL CONTINUE TO BE COLLECTED AND
 RETAINED BY THE TRIBOROUGH BRIDGE AND TUNNEL AUTHORITY.
   4. THE TOLLS AT THE POINTS OF ENTRY SPECIFIED IN  PARAGRAPHS  (A)  AND
 (B) OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION SHALL BE IMPOSED AS OF THE OPERA-
 TION DATE, AND MAINTAINED THEREAFTER, ONLY IF, SIMULTANEOUSLY, THE THEN-
 PREVAILING  TOLLS  AT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS ARE LOWERED AND MAINTAINED
 THEREAFTER BY THE TRIBOROUGH BRIDGE AND TUNNEL AUTHORITY  IN  ACCORDANCE
 WITH THE PROVISIONS OF SUBDIVISION FIVE OF THIS SECTION:
   (A) HENRY HUDSON BRIDGE;
   (B) TRIBOROUGH BRIDGE;

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   (C) WHITESTONE BRIDGE;
   (D) THROGS NECK BRIDGE;
   (E) CROSS BAY VETERANS MEMORIAL BRIDGE;
   (F) MARINE PARKWAY-GIL HODGES MEMORIAL BRIDGE; AND
   (G) VERRAZANO BRIDGE.
   5. THE PRICE OF THE TOLLS AT THE POINT OF ENTRY SPECIFIED BY:
   (A) PARAGRAPH (A) OF SUBDIVISION FOUR OF THIS SECTION SHALL BE UNIFORM
 AND  NOT  MORE  THAN  TWENTY-EIGHT  PERCENT OF THE ELECTRONIC DIRECT-PAY
 RATE, OR FIFTY-SIX PERCENT OF THE COST OF  THE  PAY-BY-MAIL  RATE,  THAT
 WOULD BE CHARGED TO A VEHICLE AT THE TOLLS AT THE POINTS OF ENTRY SPECI-
 FIED IN PARAGRAPHS (A), (B) AND (C) OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION;
   (B)  PARAGRAPHS  (B),  (C),  (D)  AND  (G) OF SUBDIVISION FOUR OF THIS
 SECTION SHALL BE UNIFORM AND NOT MORE THAN  FIFTY-FIVE  PERCENT  OF  THE
 ELECTRONIC DIRECT-PAY RATE, OR SIXTY PERCENT OF THE COST OF THE TOLL-BY-
 MAIL RATE, THAT WOULD BE CHARGED TO A VEHICLE AT THE TOLLS AT THE POINTS
 OF  ENTRY SPECIFIED IN PARAGRAPHS (A), (B) AND (C) OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF
 THIS SECTION; AND
   (C) PARAGRAPHS (E) AND (F) OF SUBDIVISION FOUR OF THIS  SECTION  SHALL
 BE UNIFORM AND NOT MORE THAN TWENTY PERCENT OF THE ELECTRONIC DIRECT-PAY
 RATE,  OR THIRTY-FOUR PERCENT OF THE COST OF THE TOLL-BY-MAIL RATE, THAT
 WOULD BE CHARGED TO A VEHICLE AT THE TOLLS AT THE POINTS OF ENTRY SPECI-
 FIED IN PARAGRAPHS (A), (B) AND (C) OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION.
   (D) FOR THOSE BRIDGES WHERE A GOVERNOR-APPROVED RESIDENT TOLL DISCOUNT
 IS CURRENTLY IN EFFECT, SUCH DISCOUNT SHALL BE MADE PERMANENT,  AND  ANY
 RESIDENT  RATE  FOR  THOSE  SAME CROSSINGS SHALL BE FIFTY PERCENT OF THE
 STANDARD TOLL UNDER THIS PLAN FOR THOSE VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH ELECTRON-
 IC, ONSITE, DIRECT PAYMENT TECHNOLOGY.
   6. IN THE EVENT THAT THE TRIBOROUGH BRIDGE AND TUNNEL AUTHORITY  FAILS
 TO  ESTABLISH  AND  MAINTAIN  TOLLS AT THE FACILITIES SPECIFIED IN PARA-
 GRAPHS (A) THROUGH (G) OF SUBDIVISION FOUR OF  THIS  SECTION  AT  LEVELS
 CONSISTENT  WITH  THE  RATIOS  ESTABLISHED  BY  SUBDIVISION FIVE OF THIS
 SECTION, THEN THE AUTHORITY TO  ESTABLISH  AND  MAINTAIN  TOLLS  AT  THE
 FACILITIES  SPECIFIED  IN  PARAGRAPHS  (A) AND (B) OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF
 THIS SECTION SHALL LAPSE AND BE OF NO FORCE AND EFFECT. VEHICLES  REGIS-
 TERED  IN  ANY BOROUGH THAT LACKS SUBWAY SERVICE TO THE CENTRAL BUSINESS
 DISTRICT WHICH ARE TRAVELING TO OR FROM THE CENTRAL  BUSINESS  DISTRICT,
 SHALL  BE  LIMITED  TO  ONE TOLL PER DIRECTION SO LONG AS THE VEHICLE IN
 QUESTION IS USING E-ZPASS OR OTHER FORM OF INSTANT, ONSITE  PAYMENT  AND
 THAT  THE  SECOND TOLLED FACILITY THE DRIVER MAY CROSS IS REACHED WITHIN
 THREE HOURS OF  THE  FIRST  TOLLED  FACILITY  IN  THAT  DIRECTION  BEING
 CROSSED,  WHERE THE TOLLED FACILITIES IN QUESTION ARE THOSE SPECIFIED IN
 PARAGRAPHS (A) AND (B) OF SUBDIVISION ONE AND PARAGRAPH (G) OF  SUBDIVI-
 SION FOUR OF THIS SECTION.
   7.  (A)  THE CITY TAXI AND LIMOUSINE COMMISSION, PURSUANT TO AN AGREE-
 MENT TO BE ENTERED INTO WITH THE  MOVE  NEW  YORK  HIGHWAY  AND  TRANSIT
 AUTHORITY,  BUT  IN NO CASE LATER THAN JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWEN-
 TY-TWO SHALL BE AUTHORIZED TO IMPOSE AND SHALL IMPOSE A SURCHARGE ON ALL
 TAXIS, BLACK CARS, LIVERIES AND FOR-HIRE VEHICLES LICENSED BY  THE  CITY
 TAXI AND LIMOUSINE COMMISSION PICKING UP OR DISCHARGING PASSENGERS WITH-
 IN  THE  HAIL  EXCLUSIONARY  ZONE  AS  DEFINED BY THE TAXI AND LIMOUSINE
 COMMISSION.
   (B) SUCH CHARGE SHALL BE DETERMINED AS FOLLOWS: TWELVE CENTS PER  TWO-
 TENTHS  OF  ONE  MILE  TRAVELED AT A SPEED OF SIX MILES PER HOUR OR MORE
 PLUS TWENTY CENTS PER TWO-TENTHS OF ONE MILE TRAVELED AT A SPEED OF LESS
 THAN SIX MILES PER HOUR, WITHIN THE HAIL EXCLUSIONARY ZONE AS DEFINED BY
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 VISION  SHALL  VARY  ACCORDING  TO SUBDIVISION TEN OF THIS SECTION. SUCH
 CHARGES MAY BE ADJUSTED UPWARD FROM TIME TO TIME BY THE  CITY  TAXI  AND
 LIMOUSINE COMMISSION.
   (C)  ALL CHARGES UNDER THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL BE COLLECTED BY THE TAXI
 AND LIMOUSINE COMMISSION AND REMITTED TO THE MOVE NEW YORK  HIGHWAY  AND
 TRANSIT AUTHORITY ON A QUARTERLY BASIS.
   (D)  NOTWITHSTANDING ANY CONTRARY PROVISION OF LAW, ANY FOR HIRE VEHI-
 CLE OR TAXI SUBJECT TO THE SURCHARGE SPECIFIED BY THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL
 BE EXEMPT FROM THE TOLLS SPECIFIED IN PARAGRAPHS (A),  (B)  AND  (C)  OF
 SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION.
   8.  (A)  A COMMERCIAL VEHICLE, AS DEFINED BY THE NEW YORK CITY TRAFFIC
 RULES, EQUIPPED WITH AN OPERATIONAL COMMERCIAL E-ZPASS,  SHALL  ONLY  BE
 CHARGED  A  SINGLE ROUND TRIP TOLL PER DAY NOTWITHSTANDING THE NUMBER OF
 TIMES SUCH VEHICLE MAY CROSS THE PERIMETER OF THE TOLLS  ESTABLISHED  BY
 THIS SECTION.
   (B)  ALL  VEHICLES AND VEHICLE TYPES OR CLASSES SHALL PAY THE NEW TOLL
 CROSSINGS WITH THE EXCEPTION OF EMERGENCY VEHICLES  AND  NEW  YORK  CITY
 GOVERNMENT  VEHICLES  AS  MAY  BE  PROVIDED  PURSUANT TO THE RULE MAKING
 AUTHORITY OF THE MOVE NEW YORK HIGHWAY AND TRANSIT AUTHORITY BOARD.
   9. IT SHALL BE A VIOLATION OF THIS SECTION FOR THE OWNER OF ANY  VEHI-
 CLE  SUBJECT  TO A TOLL CHARGE PURSUANT TO THIS ARTICLE OR ANY SURCHARGE
 PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION SEVEN OF THIS SECTION TO FAIL TO PAY  SUCH  TOLL
 CHARGE  OR  SURCHARGE TO THE DEPARTMENT WITHIN THIRTY DAYS AFTER THE END
 OF A DAY IN WHICH THE VEHICLE HAS INCURRED SUCH TOLL CHARGE OR SURCHARGE
 PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION OR WITHIN FIFTEEN  DAYS  OF  RECEIVING  WRITTEN
 NOTICE, WHICHEVER IS LATER.
   10.  THE  DEPARTMENT  BY  AGREEMENT WITH THE MOVE NEW YORK HIGHWAY AND
 TRANSIT AUTHORITY AND THE TRIBOROUGH  BRIDGE  AND  TUNNEL  AUTHORITY  IS
 HEREBY  AUTHORIZED  TO  ESTABLISH  A DEMAND-BASED PRICING SCHEME WHEREBY
 TOLLS SHALL BE HIGHER DURING TIMES OF HEAVY  TRAFFIC  VOLUME  AND  LOWER
 DURING  TIMES  OF LIGHTER TRAFFIC VOLUME, PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT IN ALL
 CASES REVENUE RAISED FROM THE FEES ESTABLISHED  BY  THIS  SECTION  SHALL
 MEET  THE  REVENUE  THAT  WOULD HAVE BEEN RAISED IF RATES DID NOT CHANGE
 THROUGHOUT THE DAY, AS PROVIDED FOR IN THIS SECTION OF THIS ARTICLE.
   NOTHING IN THIS SECTION IS INTENDED NOR SHALL IT BE CONSTRUED TO LIMIT
 OR MODIFY THE AUTHORITY AND POWER OF THE TRIBOROUGH  BRIDGE  AND  TUNNEL
 AUTHORITY TO ESTABLISH TOLLS AT ITS OWN FACILITIES.
   §  1704.  VIOLATIONS  AND  ENFORCEMENT.   1. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER
 PROVISION OF LAW, VIOLATIONS OF THIS ARTICLE SHALL BE ADJUDICATED PURSU-
 ANT TO THIS SECTION. THE OWNER OF A VEHICLE SHALL BE LIABLE FOR A PENAL-
 TY IMPOSED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION IF SUCH VEHICLE WAS USED OR OPERATED
 WITH THE PERMISSION OF THE OWNER, EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, IN VIOLATION  OF
 THIS  ARTICLE,  AND  SUCH VIOLATION IS EVIDENCED BY INFORMATION OBTAINED
 FROM A VEHICLE-MONITORING SYSTEM OR OTHER CREDIBLE EVIDENCE.
   2. A CERTIFICATE, SWORN TO OR AFFIRMED BY  A  TECHNICIAN  EMPLOYED  OR
 CONTRACTED  BY  THE  CITY,  OR  A FACSIMILE OR ELECTRONIC IMAGE THEREOF,
 BASED  UPON  INSPECTION  OF  PHOTOGRAPHS,  MICROPHOTOGRAPHS,  VIDEOTAPE,
 DIGITAL RECORD, DIGITAL RECORDING OR OTHER RECORDED IMAGES PRODUCED BY A
 VEHICLE-MONITORING  SYSTEM  SHALL  BE  PRIMA FACIE EVIDENCE OF THE FACTS
 CONTAINED THEREIN. ANY PHOTOGRAPHS, MICROPHOTOGRAPHS, VIDEOTAPE, DIGITAL
 RECORDING, DIGITAL RECORD, OR OTHER RECORDED IMAGES  EVIDENCING  SUCH  A
 VIOLATION SHALL BE AVAILABLE FOR INSPECTION IN ANY PROCEEDING TO ADJUDI-
 CATE THE LIABILITY FOR SUCH VIOLATION PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION.
   3.  NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW, AN OWNER LIABLE FOR A
 VIOLATION OF THIS ARTICLE SHALL BE  LIABLE  FOR  MONETARY  PENALTIES  IN
 ACCORDANCE WITH THE FOLLOWING INITIAL SCHEDULE:

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      (A) FOR FAILURE TO RESPOND TO WRITTEN
          NOTICE WITHIN THIRTY DAYS ....................... FIFTY DOLLARS
      (B) FOR FAILURE TO RESPOND TO WRITTEN
          NOTICE WITHIN SIXTY DAYS .................. ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS
      (C) FOR FAILURE TO RESPOND TO WRITTEN
          NOTICE WITHIN NINETY OR MORE DAYS ... ONE HUNDRED FIFTY DOLLARS
   THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE OF THE CITY OR THE PARKING VIOLATIONS BUREAU
 SHALL ADJUDICATE LIABILITY IMPOSED BY THIS SECTION.
   4.  AN  IMPOSITION  OF LIABILITY PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION SHALL NOT BE
 DEEMED A CONVICTION AS AN OPERATOR AND SHALL NOT BE  MADE  PART  OF  THE
 OPERATING  RECORD  OF THE PERSON UPON WHOM SUCH LIABILITY IS IMPOSED NOR
 SHALL IT BE USED FOR INSURANCE PURPOSES IN THE PROVISION OF MOTOR  VEHI-
 CLE INSURANCE COVERAGE.
   5.  A  NOTICE  OF  LIABILITY SHALL BE SENT BY FIRST CLASS MAIL TO EACH
 PERSON ALLEGED TO BE LIABLE AS AN OWNER FOR A VIOLATION OF THIS ARTICLE.
 PERSONAL SERVICE ON THE OWNER SHALL NOT BE REQUIRED. A MANUAL  OR  AUTO-
 MATIC  RECORD  OF  MAILING  PREPARED  IN THE ORDINARY COURSE OF BUSINESS
 SHALL BE PRIMA FACIE EVIDENCE OF THE FACTS CONTAINED THEREIN. THE NOTICE
 OF LIABILITY SHALL CONTAIN THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION:
   (A) THE NAME AND ADDRESS OF THE PERSON ALLEGED  TO  BE  LIABLE  AS  AN
 OWNER FOR A VIOLATION OF THIS ARTICLE;
   (B) THE REGISTRATION NUMBER OF THE VEHICLE INVOLVED IN SUCH VIOLATION;
   (C)  THE  DATE,  TIME,  AND LOCATION OR LOCATIONS WHERE SUCH VIOLATION
 TOOK PLACE;
   (D) THE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER  OF  THE  VEHICLE-MONITORING  SYSTEM  OR
 OTHER DOCUMENT LOCATOR NUMBER;
   (E)  INFORMATION ADVISING THE PERSON CHARGED OF THE MANNER AND TIME IN
 WHICH HE OR SHE MAY CONTEST THE LIABILITY ALLEGED IN THE NOTICE; AND
   (F) A WARNING TO ADVISE THE PERSON CHARGED THAT FAILURE TO CONTEST  IN
 THE  MANNER AND TIME PROVIDED SHALL BE DEEMED AN ADMISSION OF LIABILITY,
 MAY SUBJECT THE PERSON TO ADDITIONAL PENALTIES, AND THAT A DEFAULT JUDG-
 MENT MAY BE ISSUED THEREON.
   6. IF THE EVIDENCE OF THE VIOLATION IS DERIVED FROM AN OFFICIAL SOURCE
 OTHER THAN THE VEHICLE-MONITORING SYSTEM, SUCH AS FROM  AN  EMPLOYEE  OF
 THE  POLICE  DEPARTMENT OF THE CITY, THE NOTICE SHALL CONTAIN SUFFICIENT
 INFORMATION DETAILING THE NAME  AND  TITLE  OF  THE  CITY  EMPLOYEE  WHO
 OBSERVED  THE  VIOLATION  IN  ADDITION  TO  THE INFORMATION DESCRIBED IN
 SUBDIVISION FIVE OF THIS SECTION.
   7. IF AN OWNER RECEIVES A NOTICE OF LIABILITY PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION
 FOR ANY TIME PERIOD DURING WHICH THE VEHICLE WAS REPORTED TO THE  POLICE
 DEPARTMENT  AS  HAVING  BEEN  STOLEN,  IT SHALL BE A VALID DEFENSE TO AN
 ALLEGATION OF LIABILITY FOR A VIOLATION OF THIS ARTICLE THAT THE VEHICLE
 HAD BEEN REPORTED TO  THE  POLICE  AS  STOLEN  PRIOR  TO  THE  TIME  THE
 VIOLATION OCCURRED AND HAD NOT BEEN RECOVERED BY SUCH TIME. FOR PURPOSES
 OF ASSERTING THE DEFENSE PROVIDED BY THIS SUBDIVISION IT SHALL BE SUFFI-
 CIENT  THAT  A CERTIFIED COPY OF THE POLICE REPORT ON THE STOLEN VEHICLE
 BE SENT BY FIRST CLASS MAIL TO THE CITY DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE OR PARKING
 VIOLATIONS BUREAU.
   8. (A) AN OWNER WHO IS A LESSOR OF A VEHICLE  TO  WHICH  A  NOTICE  OF
 LIABILITY  WAS ISSUED PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION FIVE OF THIS SECTION SHALL
 NOT BE LIABLE FOR THE VIOLATION OF THIS ARTICLE PROVIDED THAT:
   (I) PRIOR TO THE VIOLATION THE LESSOR HAS FILED WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF
 FINANCE OF THE CITY OR  THE  PARKING  VIOLATIONS  BUREAU  AND  PAID  THE
 REQUIRED  FILING  FEE  IN  ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION TWO
 HUNDRED THIRTY-NINE OF THIS CHAPTER; AND

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   (II) WITHIN THIRTY-SEVEN DAYS AFTER RECEIVING NOTICE FROM THE  DEPART-
 MENT OF FINANCE OF THE CITY OR THE PARKING VIOLATIONS BUREAU OF THE DATE
 AND  TIME  OF A LIABILITY, TOGETHER WITH THE OTHER INFORMATION CONTAINED
 IN THE ORIGINAL NOTICE OF LIABILITY, THE LESSOR SUBMITS TO  THE  DEPART-
 MENT OF FINANCE OF THE CITY OR THE PARKING VIOLATIONS BUREAU THE CORRECT
 NAME  AND  ADDRESS OF THE LESSEE OF THE VEHICLE IDENTIFIED IN THE NOTICE
 OF LIABILITY AT THE TIME OF SUCH VIOLATION,  TOGETHER  WITH  SUCH  OTHER
 ADDITIONAL  INFORMATION  CONTAINED IN THE RENTAL LEASE OR OTHER CONTRACT
 DOCUMENT, AS MAY BE REASONABLY REQUIRED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE  OF
 THE  CITY  OR THE PARKING VIOLATIONS BUREAU PURSUANT TO REGULATIONS THAT
 MAY BE PROMULGATED FOR SUCH PURPOSE.
   (B) FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH SUBPARAGRAPH (II) OF PARAGRAPH (A) OF  THIS
 SUBDIVISION  SHALL RENDER THE OWNER LIABLE FOR THE PENALTY PRESCRIBED IN
 THIS SECTION.
   (C) WHERE THE LESSOR COMPLIES WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SUBDIVISION,
 THE LESSEE OF SUCH VEHICLE ON THE DATE OF SUCH VIOLATION SHALL BE DEEMED
 TO BE THE OWNER OF SUCH VEHICLE FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION,  AND  SUCH
 LESSEE SHALL BE SUBJECT TO LIABILITY FOR A VIOLATION OF THIS ARTICLE AND
 SHALL BE SENT A NOTICE OF LIABILITY PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION FOUR OF THIS
 SECTION.
   9.  IF  THE  OWNER  LIABLE FOR A VIOLATION OF THIS ARTICLE WAS NOT THE
 OPERATOR OF THE VEHICLE AT THE TIME OF  THE  VIOLATION,  THE  OWNER  MAY
 MAINTAIN AN ACTION FOR INDEMNIFICATION AGAINST THE OPERATOR.
   10. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF THIS SECTION, NO OWNER OF A
 VEHICLE  SHALL  BE SUBJECT TO A PENALTY IMPOSED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION
 IF THE OPERATOR OF SUCH VEHICLE WAS OPERATING SUCH VEHICLE  WITHOUT  THE
 CONSENT  OF THE OWNER AT THE TIME SUCH OPERATOR COMMITTED A VIOLATION OF
 THIS ARTICLE. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION,  THERE  SHALL  BE  A
 PRESUMPTION THAT THE OPERATOR OF SUCH VEHICLE WAS OPERATING SUCH VEHICLE
 WITH  THE  CONSENT  OF  THE  OWNER AT THE TIME SUCH OPERATOR COMMITTED A
 VIOLATION OF THIS ARTICLE.
   11. NOTHING IN THIS SECTION SHALL BE CONSTRUED TO LIMIT THE  LIABILITY
 OF AN OPERATOR OF A VEHICLE FOR ANY VIOLATION OF THIS ARTICLE.
   §  1705.  DISPOSITION OF REVENUE AND PENALTIES. 1. ALL TOLLS, FEES AND
 SURCHARGES COLLECTED PURSUANT TO THIS ARTICLE SHALL AT ALL TIMES BE  THE
 PROPERTY  OF THE MOVE NEW YORK HIGHWAY AND TRANSIT AUTHORITY, EXCEPT FOR
 THAT PORTION ALLOCABLE AND PAID TO THE  TRIBOROUGH  BRIDGE  AND  TRANSIT
 AUTHORITY  PURSUANT  TO  SUBDIVISION  FIVE OF SECTION EIGHTY-FIVE OF THE
 STATE FINANCE LAW, WHICH SHALL BE RETAINED BY THE TRIBOROUGH BRIDGE  AND
 TUNNEL  AUTHORITY, SHALL BE DEPOSITED ON A QUARTERLY BASIS INTO THE MOVE
 NEW YORK MOBILITY FUND ESTABLISHED BY SECTION EIGHTY-FIVE OF  THE  STATE
 FINANCE LAW.
   2.  NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY  LAW TO THE CONTRARY, ALL FINES AND PENALTIES
 COLLECTED BY THE MOVE NEW YORK  HIGHWAY  AND  TRANSIT  AUTHORITY  FOR  A
 VIOLATION  OF  THIS ARTICLE PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION SEVEN-
 TEEN HUNDRED FOUR OF THIS ARTICLE SHALL AT ALL TIMES BE THE PROPERTY OF,
 AND SHALL BE PAID TO, THE AUTHORITY AND SHALL BE DEPOSITED INTO THE MOVE
 NEW YORK MOBILITY FUND ESTABLISHED BY SECTION EIGHTY-FIVE OF  THE  STATE
 FINANCE LAW.
   § 1706. RULEMAKING AUTHORITY. THE METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION AUTHORI-
 TY,  THE TRIBOROUGH BRIDGE AND TUNNEL AUTHORITY, THE MOVE NEW YORK HIGH-
 WAY AND TRANSIT AUTHORITY AND ANY AGENCIES OF THE  CITY,  INCLUDING  THE
 DEPARTMENT,  THE  CITY  DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AND THE PARKING VIOLATIONS
 BUREAU, ARE EMPOWERED  AND  AUTHORIZED  TO  PROMULGATE  ANY  REGULATIONS
 NECESSARY  OR IN AID OF THEIR POWERS AND DUTIES PURSUANT TO THIS ARTICLE
 INCLUDING ADJUSTMENTS IN FEES AND PENALTIES.

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   § 2. The state finance law is amended by adding a new  section  85  to
 read as follows:
   §  85.  MOVE NEW YORK MOBILITY FUND. 1. THERE IS HEREBY ESTABLISHED IN
 THE JOINT CUSTODY OF THE STATE COMPTROLLER AND THE MOVE NEW YORK HIGHWAY
 AND TRANSIT AUTHORITY, A SPECIAL REVENUE FUND TO BE KNOWN AS  THE  "MOVE
 NEW YORK MOBILITY FUND".
   2. MONEYS IN THE MOVE NEW YORK MOBILITY FUND SHALL  BE KEPT SEPARATELY
 FROM  AND  SHALL NOT BE COMMINGLED WITH ANY OTHER MONEYS IN THE JOINT OR
 SOLE CUSTODY OF THE STATE  COMPTROLLER  OR  METROPOLITAN  TRANSPORTATION
 AUTHORITY.
   3.  THE  FUND  SHALL  CONSIST  OF:  (I) ANY TOLLS, FEES AND SURCHARGES
 COLLECTED PURSUANT TO ARTICLE FORTY-FOUR-C OF THE  VEHICLE  AND  TRAFFIC
 LAW,  EXCEPT  TOLLS  COLLECTED  ON FACILITIES OPERATED BY THE TRIBOROUGH
 BRIDGE AND TUNNEL AUTHORITY; (II)  ANY  PENALTIES  IMPOSED  PURSUANT  TO
 ARTICLE  FORTY-FOUR-C OF THE VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAW, AND ADMINISTRATIVE
 FEES IMPOSED PURSUANT TO  SUBDIVISION  FIFTEEN  OF  SECTION  TWENTY-NINE
 HUNDRED  EIGHTY-FIVE  OF THE PUBLIC AUTHORITIES LAW; AND (III) ANY FUNDS
 REALIZED BY THE RESCISSION OF THE TAX  EXEMPTION  FOR  NEW  YORK  COUNTY
 RESIDENTS PURSUANT TO SECTION TWELVE HUNDRED TWELVE-A OF THE TAX LAW.
   4.  MONEYS  OF  THE FUND SHALL BE DISBURSED WITHOUT APPROPRIATION ONLY
 UPON DIRECTION OF THE MOVE NEW YORK HIGHWAY AND TRANSIT AUTHORITY.
   5. MONEYS IN THE FUND SHALL BE DISBURSED IN THE FOLLOWING FASHION  AND
 ORDER OF PRIORITY ON AN ANNUAL BASIS:
   (A)  SUFFICIENT  FUNDS  TO  COVER  THE LOST REVENUES FROM: (I) REDUCED
 TOLLS ON THE FACILITIES IDENTIFIED IN  PARAGRAPHS  (A)  THROUGH  (G)  OF
 SUBDIVISION  FOUR  OF SECTION SEVENTEEN HUNDRED THREE OF THE VEHICLE AND
 TRAFFIC LAW CALCULATED ON  AN  ANNUAL  BASIS  BASED  ON  THE  HISTORICAL
 PERCENTAGE  (REFLECTING  THE  THREE  YEAR  PERIOD PRIOR TO THE OPERATION
 DATE) SHARE THAT SUCH FACILITIES CONTRIBUTE TO ALL TRIBOROUGH BRIDGE AND
 TUNNEL AUTHORITY REVENUES THAT ARE COLLECTED FROM ALL BRIDGE AND  TUNNEL
 CROSSINGS,  AND  (II)  ANY  TOLL  EXEMPTIONS  TO VEHICLES REQUIRED BY OR
 IMPLEMENTED PURSUANT TO THIS ARTICLE AND DETERMINED  BY  THE  TRIBOROUGH
 BRIDGE AND TUNNEL AUTHORITY AND VERIFIED BY THE COMPTROLLER ON AN ANNUAL
 BASIS  BASED  UPON ACTUAL EXPERIENCE. SUCH REVENUE MAKE-UP PAYMENT SHALL
 BE CALCULATED ON A QUARTERLY BASIS AND PAID BY THE MOVE NEW YORK HIGHWAY
 AND TRANSIT AUTHORITY FROM THE  MOVE  NEW  YORK  MOBILITY  FUND  TO  THE
 TRIBOROUGH  BRIDGE AND TUNNEL AUTHORITY WITHIN THIRTY DAYS OF THE END OF
 EACH CALENDAR QUARTER.
   (B) SUFFICIENT FUNDS TO THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION OF  THE  CITY
 OF  NEW  YORK TO COVER THE AMORTIZED COST OF INSTALLING, MAINTAINING AND
 ADMINISTERING THE TOLLS ON THE ROADWAYS AND BRIDGES SPECIFIED  IN  PARA-
 GRAPHS (A) AND (B) OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION SEVENTEEN HUNDRED THREE
 OF THE VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAW.
   (C) UP TO THE FIRST THREE HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS TO THE NEW YORK CITY
 DEPARTMENT  OF  TRANSPORTATION  FOR ACTUAL AND VERIFIABLE COSTS OF MAIN-
 TAINING THE BRIDGES SPECIFIED IN SUBDIVISION ONE  OF  SECTION  SEVENTEEN
 HUNDRED THREE OF THE VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAW OVER A TEN YEAR PERIOD.
   (D)  FOUR  HUNDRED EIGHTY-SEVEN MILLION DOLLARS ANNUALLY TO THE METRO-
 POLITAN TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY, ALL OR A PORTION OF WHICH MAY BE  USED
 TO  SECURE  INDEBTEDNESS  OF  UP  TO SEVEN BILLION THREE HUNDRED MILLION
 DOLLARS BY SUCH AUTHORITY.
   (E) SEVENTY-FIVE MILLION DOLLARS PER YEAR  PLUS  ANY  FUNDS  ALLOCATED
 UNDER PARAGRAPH (C) OF THIS SUBDIVISION THAT ARE NOT REQUIRED FOR BRIDGE
 MAINTENANCE  COSTS TO THE NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION FOR
 MISCELLANEOUS ROAD AND BRIDGE MAINTENANCE AND IMPROVEMENTS.

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   (F) AS PROVIDED IN SECTION NINE OF THE CHAPTER  OF  THE  LAWS  OF  TWO
 THOUSAND NINETEEN THAT ADDED THIS SECTION ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-ONE MILLION
 DOLLARS  PER YEAR TO THE METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY TO IMPLE-
 MENT TRANSIT ACCESS IMPROVEMENTS THROUGHOUT THE  FIVE  BOROUGHS  OF  NEW
 YORK CITY.
   (G)  THREE  HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS PER YEAR TO SECURE INDEBTEDNESS OF
 THE METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY OF UP  TO  FOUR  BILLION  FIVE
 HUNDRED  SIXTY-SIX  MILLION  DOLLARS  TO  BE UTILIZED AS THE TRANSIT GAP
 INVESTMENT FUND-NYC  TO  BE  USED  BY  THE  METROPOLITAN  TRANSPORTATION
 AUTHORITY,  THE  NEW  YORK  CITY TRANSIT AUTHORITY AND THE NEW YORK CITY
 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION IN CONSULTATION  WITH  AND  APPROVAL  BY  A
 TRANSIT GAP INVESTMENT FUND-NYC BOARD WHICH SHALL CONSIST OF THE FOLLOW-
 ING  OFFICIALS  OR,  AT THE DISCRETION OF SUCH OFFICIALS, APPOINTEES WHO
 SHALL REPRESENT SUCH OFFICIALS: THE GOVERNOR, THE SPEAKER OF THE  ASSEM-
 BLY, THE TEMPORARY PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE, THE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF NEW
 YORK,  EACH BOROUGH PRESIDENT OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK, THE NEW YORK CITY
 COUNCIL SPEAKER, AND TWO REPRESENTATIVES, ONE OF WHOM SHALL BE APPOINTED
 BY THE HUDSON VALLEY DELEGATION OF THE STATE  LEGISLATURE,  AND  ONE  OF
 WHOM  SHALL  BE  APPOINTED  BY  THE  LONG ISLAND DELEGATION OF THE STATE
 LEGISLATURE. THE BOARD SHALL ADDITIONALLY INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING EX OFFI-
 CIO, NONVOTING MEMBERS: THE PRESIDENT OF THE TRANSIT WORKERS UNION,  THE
 CHAIR OF THE NEW YORK CITY TRANSIT RIDERS COUNCIL OF THE PERMANENT CITI-
 ZENS  ADVISORY COUNCIL TO THE METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY, THE
 PRESIDENT OF THE REGIONAL PLANNING ASSOCIATION AND A REPRESENTATIVE FROM
 THE  TRANSIT  RIDERS  ADVOCACY  COMMUNITY  SUCH   REPRESENTATIVE   BEING
 APPOINTED  BY  THE  TEMPORARY  PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE. THE BOARD SHALL,
 PRIOR TO VOTING ON ANY SPENDING PROPOSALS,  HOLD  AT  LEAST  ONE  PUBLIC
 MEETING  AT  WHICH  AN  OPPORTUNITY FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON SUCH PROPOSALS
 SHALL BE PROVIDED.
   (G-1) THE METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY, THROUGH  THE  TRANSIT
 GAP INVESTMENT FUND-NYC BOARD, SHALL DEDICATE THREE BILLION FIVE HUNDRED
 MILLION DOLLARS TO NETWORK EXPANSION PROJECTS. IN DEDICATING SUCH FUNDS,
 THE  BOARD  SHALL  CONSIDER  THE FOLLOWING EXPANSION PROJECTS:  CITYWIDE
 FERRY CAPITAL CONSTRUCTION (SEVENTY MILLION DOLLARS), SHERIDAN  EXPRESS-
 WAY  CONVERSION  IN  THE  BRONX  (SEVENTY  MILLION  DOLLARS), TRIBORO RX
 CIRCUMFERENTIAL RAPID TRANSIT (ONE BILLION DOLLARS), BUS  RAPID  TRANSIT
 ON THE NORTH SHORE OF STATEN ISLAND (FIVE HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS), BIKE
 AND  PEDESTRIAN  PATH  WIDENING AT THE BROOKLYN BRIDGE (NINETEEN MILLION
 DOLLARS), AND CONSTRUCTION OF SUCH PATHS ON THE VERRAZANO BRIDGE  (FIFTY
 MILLION  DOLLARS),  CONVERSION  OF  THE ATLANTIC AVENUE LINE OF THE LONG
 ISLAND RAIL ROAD TO A SUBWAY OPERATED BY NEW YORK  CITY  TRANSIT  (SEVEN
 HUNDRED  FIFTY  MILLION  DOLLARS), INITIAL WORK ON PHASE 2 OF THE SECOND
 AVENUE SUBWAY (FIVE HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS), MANHATTAN CROSSTOWN CORRI-
 DOR SELECT BUS SERVICE ON 14TH; 42ND; 57TH AND 96TH  STREETS  (FORTY-SIX
 MILLION  DOLLARS),  SELECT BUS SERVICE BETWEEN 125TH STREET TO LAGUARDIA
 AIRPORT; ON WEBSTER AVENUE IN THE BRONX;  ALONG  THE  SOUTHERN  BROOKLYN
 EAST-WEST  CORRIDOR;  ALONG THE SOUTHERN BRONX EAST-WEST CORRIDOR; ALONG
 WOODSIDE AVENUE IN QUEENS; AND ALONG UTICA AVENUE IN  BROOKLYN  (EIGHTY-
 THREE  MILLION DOLLARS), G TRAIN EXTENSION TO QUEENS PLAZA OR QUEENSBORO
 PLAZA WITH A NEW PEDESTRIAN TRANSFER BETWEEN THE  TWO  FACILITIES  (FOUR
 HUNDRED  MILLION  DOLLARS);  FREE OUT OF STATION TRANSFERS BETWEEN THE G
 AND JMZ LINES AT THE BROADWAY  AND  HEWES  STATIONS;  AND  FREE  OUT  OF
 STATION  TRANSFERS BETWEEN THE G AND L LINES AT THE BROADWAY AND LORIMER
 STATIONS (TWO MILLION DOLLARS), FREE OUT OF  STATION  TRANSFERS  BETWEEN
 THE  3  LINE  AT  JUNIUS STREET STATION AND THE L LINE AT LIVONIA AVENUE
 STATION (ONE MILLION DOLLARS), AND A FEASIBILITY STUDY FOR  REACTIVATION

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 OF  COMMUTER RAIL SERVICE ON THE LOWER MONTAUK BRANCH OF THE LONG ISLAND
 RAIL ROAD (TWO MILLION DOLLARS).
   (G-2)  THE  REMAINING BILLION DOLLARS SHALL BE ALLOCATED BY THE METRO-
 POLITAN TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY AND DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION OF THE
 CITY OF NEW YORK IN THE FOLLOWING AMOUNTS: THREE HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS
 FOR THE BOROUGHS  OF  BROOKLYN  AND  QUEENS,  ONE  HUNDRED  SEVENTY-FIVE
 MILLION  FOR  THE BOROUGHS OF THE BRONX AND MANHATTAN, AND FIFTY MILLION
 FOR THE BOROUGH OF STATEN ISLAND.  PROJECTS FROM FUNDS DEDICATED  PURSU-
 ANT TO THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL BE USED FOR HYPERLOCAL TRANSIT ACCESSIBIL-
 ITY  PROJECTS  INCLUDING,  BUT  NOT LIMITED TO, NEW BUS SHELTERS, SUBWAY
 STATION ACCESSIBILITY IMPROVEMENTS AND STREETSCAPE IMPROVEMENTS CONSIST-
 ENT WITH THE NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF  TRANSPORTATION'S  VISION  ZERO
 GOALS.    IN  EVERY BOROUGH, EACH COMMUNITY BOARD SHALL PETITION FOR ITS
 PRIORITY PROJECTS, AND THE FINAL LIST IN EVERY BOROUGH SHALL BE APPROVED
 AT THE FIRST BOROUGH BOARD MEETING SUBSEQUENT TO  THE  ESTABLISHMENT  OF
 THE  BOARD.  FUNDS  SHALL BE DISTRIBUTED EVENLY BETWEEN COMMUNITY BOARDS
 WITHIN A BOROUGH, WITHIN A TEN PERCENT MARGIN DIFFERENTIAL. THE  MINIMUM
 PROJECT SIZE SHALL BE UP TO THE DISCRETION OF THE MANAGING AGENCY.
   (G-3)  THE  TRANSIT  GAP INVESTMENT FUND-NYC SHALL BE ANNUALLY AUDITED
 UNTIL ALL MONEYS WITHIN THE FUND ARE DEPLETED BY BOTH  THE  STATE  COMP-
 TROLLER  AND  THE COMPTROLLER OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK. ALL MONEYS WITHIN
 THE FUND SHALL BE EXPENDED OR ALLOCATED WITHIN FIVE YEARS  OF  RECEIVING
 BONDED REVENUES.
   (H)  TWENTY-THREE  MILLION  FIVE  HUNDRED  THOUSAND  DOLLARS  ALL OR A
 PORTION OF WHICH MAY BE USED TO  SECURE  INDEBTEDNESS  OF  UP  TO  THREE
 HUNDRED  FIFTY  MILLION  DOLLARS TO ESTABLISH THE TRANSIT GAP INVESTMENT
 FUND-HUDSON VALLEY FOR TRANSIT CAPITAL PROJECTS IN THE COUNTIES OF WEST-
 CHESTER, PUTNAM, DUTCHESS, ORANGE,  AND  ROCKLAND,  INCLUDING,  BUT  NOT
 LIMITED  TO,  TRANSFORMING THE TAPPAN ZEE EXPRESS BUS SERVICE INTO A BUS
 RAPID TRANSIT LINE; SUPPLEMENTING EXISTING COUNTY BUS  SYSTEM  OPERATING
 BUDGETS WITH UP TO TEN PERCENT OF ADDITIONAL FUNDING; INVESTING IN TRAN-
 SIT-ORIENTED  DEVELOPMENT  AND  INCREASED  PARKING  CAPACITY  AT  SELECT
 METRO-NORTH RAILROAD STATIONS; AND ESTABLISHING NEW EXPRESS ROUTES  FROM
 POINTS  ORIGINATING  WEST  OF  THE HUDSON RIVER INTO MANHATTAN'S CENTRAL
 BUSINESS  DISTRICT.    FUNDS  PROVIDED  BY  THIS  SUBDIVISION  SHALL  BE
 CONTROLLED  BY A   BOARD CONSISTING OF THE FOLLOWING OFFICIALS, OR THEIR
 APPOINTEES: THE GOVERNOR, THE SPEAKER OF  THE  ASSEMBLY,  THE  TEMPORARY
 PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE, AND FIVE MEMBERS APPOINTED BY THE HUDSON VALLEY
 DELEGATION OF THE STATE LEGISLATURE (EACH OF WHOM SHALL REPRESENT ONE OF
 THE  FIVE  COUNTIES) AND ONE MEMBER JOINTLY APPOINTED BY THE FIVE COUNTY
 EXECUTIVES. THE BOARD SHALL, PRIOR TO VOTING ON ANY SPENDING  PROPOSALS,
 HOLD  AT  LEAST  ONE  PUBLIC  MEETING AT WHICH AN OPPORTUNITY FOR PUBLIC
 COMMENT ON SUCH PROPOSALS SHALL BE PROVIDED.
   (I) TWENTY-THREE MILLION FIVE  HUNDRED  THOUSAND  DOLLARS,  ALL  OR  A
 PORTION  OF  WHICH  MAY  BE  USED  TO SECURE INDEBTEDNESS OF UP TO THREE
 HUNDRED FIFTY MILLION DOLLARS TO ESTABLISH THE  TRANSIT  GAP  INVESTMENT
 FUND-LONG  ISLAND TO FINANCE TRANSIT CAPITAL PROJECTS IN THE COUNTIES OF
 NASSAU AND SUFFOLK, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO: SUPPLEMENTING  EXIST-
 ING  COUNTY BUS SYSTEM OPERATING BUDGETS WITH UP TO TEN PERCENT OF ADDI-
 TIONAL FUNDING; INVESTING IN TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT AND  INCREASED
 PARKING  CAPACITY  AT  LONG ISLAND RAIL ROAD STATIONS. FUNDS PROVIDED BY
 THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL BE  CONTROLLED  BY  A  BOARD  CONSISTING  OF  THE
 FOLLOWING  OFFICIALS,  OR THEIR APPOINTEES: THE GOVERNOR, SPEAKER OF THE
 ASSEMBLY, THE  TEMPORARY  PRESIDENT  OF  THE  SENATE,  AND  TWO  MEMBERS
 APPOINTED  BY  THE LONG ISLAND DELEGATION OF THE STATE LEGISLATURE (EACH
 OF WHOM SHALL REPRESENT ONE OF THE TWO  COUNTIES)  AND  THE  TWO  COUNTY

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 EXECUTIVES.  THE BOARD SHALL, PRIOR TO VOTING ON ANY SPENDING PROPOSALS,
 HOLD  AT  LEAST  ONE  PUBLIC  MEETING AT WHICH AN OPPORTUNITY FOR PUBLIC
 COMMENT ON SUCH PROPOSALS SHALL BE PROVIDED.
   (J)  ANY  SUMS REMAINING IN THE FUND SHALL BE ALLOCATED THREE QUARTERS
 TO THE METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY AND ONE QUARTER TO THE CITY
 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO BE UTILIZED IN BOTH  CASES  FOR  CAPITAL
 PURPOSES ONLY IN THE FIRST YEAR THERE IS A SURPLUS AND EVERY YEAR THERE-
 AFTER.
   (K)  IN THE EVENT THAT THERE MAY BE INSUFFICIENT FUNDS TO BE DISBURSED
 PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPHS (G), (H),  AND  (I)  OF  THIS  SUBDIVISION,  86.5
 PERCENT OF AVAILABLE FUNDS SHALL BE ALLOCATED TO THE TRANSIT GAP INVEST-
 MENT FUND-NYC, 6.75 PERCENT OF AVAILABLE FUNDS SHALL BE ALLOCATED TO THE
 TRANSIT GAP INVESTMENT FUND-HUDSON VALLEY, AND 6.75 PERCENT OF AVAILABLE
 FUNDS SHALL BE ALLOCATED TO THE TRANSIT GAP INVESTMENT FUND-LONG ISLAND.
   §  3.  The  public  authorities law is amended by adding a new section
 1279-e to read as follows:
   § 1279-E. MOVE NEW YORK HIGHWAY AND TRANSIT AUTHORITY. 1. CREATION  OF
 AUTHORITY.  THERE  IS  HEREBY  CREATED A PUBLIC BENEFIT CORPORATION THAT
 SHALL BE KNOWN AS THE "MOVE NEW YORK  HIGHWAY  AND  TRANSIT  AUTHORITY".
 THE  AUTHORITY  SHALL  BE  A  BODY  CORPORATE AND POLITIC CONSTITUTING A
 PUBLIC BENEFIT CORPORATION. THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF THE METROPOLITAN
 TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY SHALL SERVE, EX OFFICIO, AS THE MEMBERS OF  THE
 BOARD OF THE MOVE NEW YORK HIGHWAY AND TRANSIT AUTHORITY.
   2.  DUTIES  OF  THE AUTHORITY.   THE MOVE NEW YORK HIGHWAY AND TRANSIT
 AUTHORITY SHALL HAVE THE SOLE DUTY OF: (A) RECEIVING REVENUE PURSUANT TO
 ARTICLE FORTY-FOUR-C OF THE VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAW ADMINISTERED BY  THE
 DEPARTMENT  OF TRANSPORTATION OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK, ANY FEES OR FINES
 FOR VIOLATIONS THEREOF, AND ANY FUNDS REALIZED BY THE RESCISSION OF  THE
 TAX  EXEMPTION  FOR NEW YORK COUNTY RESIDENTS PURSUANT TO SECTION TWELVE
 HUNDRED TWELVE-A OF THE TAX LAW; (B) DISBURSING SUCH FUNDS  PURSUANT  TO
 SUBDIVISION  FOUR OF SECTION EIGHTY-FIVE OF THE STATE FINANCE LAW AND IN
 ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION FIVE OF SUCH  SECTION;  (C)  ISSUING  BONDS,
 NOTES  AND  OTHER  OBLIGATIONS AGAINST REVENUE COLLECTED UNDER PARAGRAPH
 (A) OF THIS SUBDIVISION; (D) FURNISHING AN ANNUAL REPORT ON ALL RECEIPTS
 AND EXPENDITURES OF THE FUND, AND OPERATION EXPENSES OF THE PLAN  ESTAB-
 LISHED  BY  ARTICLE  FORTY-FOUR-C  OF THE VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAW, TO BE
 PUBLISHED ON THE WEBSITE OF THE  METROPOLITAN  TRANSPORTATION  AUTHORITY
 AND  SUBMITTED  TO  THE  GOVERNOR,  STATE LEGISLATURE, AND THE MAYOR AND
 COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK; AND (E) TAKING ALL NECESSARY OR CONVEN-
 IENT MEASURES TO EFFECTUATE THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SUBDIVISION.
   3. POWERS OF THE AUTHORITY. THE AUTHORITY SHALL  POSSESS  ALL  OF  THE
 POWERS OF THE METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY AS DESCRIBED IN THIS
 TITLE AS ARE NECESSARY TO FULFILL THESE DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES.
   4.  AGREEMENT  OF THE STATE. THE STATE DOES HEREBY PLEDGE TO AND AGREE
 WITH THE METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES, NEW
 YORK CITY TRANSIT AUTHORITY AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES, AND TRIBOROUGH  BRIDGE
 AND TUNNEL AUTHORITY, AND THE HOLDERS OF ANY NOTES, BONDS OR OTHER OBLI-
 GATIONS,  INCLUDING LEASE OBLIGATIONS, ISSUED OR INCURRED, NOT TO IMPAIR
 THE ABILITY OF, OR INTERFERE WITH THE RIGHTS AND POWERS VESTED  IN,  THE
 METROPOLITAN  TRANSPORTATION  AUTHORITY  AND  ITS SUBSIDIARIES, NEW YORK
 CITY TRANSIT AUTHORITY AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES, AND TRIBOROUGH  BRIDGE  AND
 TUNNEL  AUTHORITY  BY  THIS TITLE TO FULFILL THE TERMS OF ANY AGREEMENTS
 MADE BY ANY OF THEM WITH THE HOLDERS THEREOF, OR IN ANY WAY  IMPAIR  THE
 RIGHTS  AND  REMEDIES  OF  SUCH HOLDERS UNTIL SUCH NOTES, BONDS OR OTHER
 OBLIGATIONS, INCLUDING LEASE OBLIGATIONS,  TOGETHER  WITH  THE  INTEREST
 THEREON,  WITH  INTEREST ON ANY UNPAID INSTALLMENTS OF INTEREST, AND ALL

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 COSTS AND EXPENSES FOR WHICH THE METROPOLITAN  TRANSPORTATION  AUTHORITY
 OR  ITS  SUBSIDIARIES,  NEW  YORK CITY TRANSIT AUTHORITY AND ITS SUBSID-
 IARIES,  AND  TRIBOROUGH  BRIDGE  AND  TUNNEL  AUTHORITY  IS  LIABLE  IN
 CONNECTION  WITH  ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING BY OR ON BEHALF OF SUCH HOLD-
 ERS, ARE FULLY  MET  AND  DISCHARGED.  THE  METROPOLITAN  TRANSPORTATION
 AUTHORITY  AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES, NEW YORK CITY TRANSIT AUTHORITY AND ITS
 SUBSIDIARIES, AND  TRIBOROUGH  BRIDGE  AND  TUNNEL  AUTHORITY  ARE  EACH
 AUTHORIZED  TO  INCLUDE  THIS  PLEDGE  AND AGREEMENT OF THE STATE IN ANY
 AGREEMENT WITH THE HOLDERS OF SUCH NOTES, BONDS  OR  OTHER  OBLIGATIONS,
 INCLUDING LEASE OBLIGATIONS.
   5. MAINTENANCE OF EFFORT. SUCH AMOUNT OF REVENUE GENERATED PURSUANT TO
 ARTICLE  FORTY-FOUR-C  OF  THE  VEHICLE  AND TRAFFIC LAW WILL BE USED TO
 INCREASE THE LEVEL OF FUNDS THAT WOULD OTHERWISE BE MADE  AVAILABLE  FOR
 PURPOSES  SPECIFIED BY SECTION EIGHTY-FIVE OF THE STATE FINANCE LAW, AND
 NOT TO SUPPLANT THE AMOUNT TO BE PROVIDED TO THE METROPOLITAN  TRANSPOR-
 TATION  AUTHORITY OR THE NEW YORK CITY TRANSIT AUTHORITY OR ANY OF THEIR
 SUBSIDIARIES PROVIDED BY STATE OR LOCAL LAW, RULE OR REGULATION.
   § 4. Section 2985 of the public authorities law is amended  by  adding
 three new subdivisions 15, 16 and 17 to read as follows:
   15. IN ADDITION TO ANY MONETARY LIABILITY THAT MAY BE IMPOSED PURSUANT
 TO THIS SECTION AND ARTICLE FORTY-FOUR-C OF THE VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAW,
 A PUBLIC AUTHORITY THAT OPERATES A TOLL HIGHWAY, BRIDGE OR TUNNEL FACIL-
 ITY  IS  HEREBY AUTHORIZED AND EMPOWERED TO IMPOSE AN ADMINISTRATIVE FEE
 OR FEES ON AN OWNER, AN OPERATOR OR AN ACCOUNT HOLDER THAT HAS  VIOLATED
 TOLL COLLECTION REGULATIONS.
   16. ANY NOTICE REQUIRED TO BE SENT PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION OR ARTICLE
 FORTY-FOUR-C  OF  THE  VEHICLE  AND  TRAFFIC LAW BY FIRST CLASS MAIL MAY
 INSTEAD BE SENT, WITH CONSENT, BY ELECTRONIC MEANS OF  COMMUNICATION.  A
 MANUAL OR AUTOMATIC RECORD OF ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS PREPARED IN THIS
 ORDINARY  COURSE  OF  BUSINESS  SHALL BE ADEQUATE EVIDENCE OF ELECTRONIC
 NOTICE.
   17. THE TRIBOROUGH BRIDGE AND TUNNEL AUTHORITY, WITH  RESPECT  TO  ITS
 TOLL FACILITIES AND THE MOVE NEW YORK HIGHWAY AND TRANSIT AUTHORITY WITH
 RESPECT  TO  NEW  TOLL FACILITIES ESTABLISHED BY ARTICLE FORTY-FOUR-C OF
 THE VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAW ARE AUTHORIZED  TO  ADOPT  RULES  AND  REGU-
 LATIONS  TO  ESTABLISH  AN  ADMINISTRATIVE  TRIBUNAL  TO  ADJUDICATE THE
 LIABILITY OF OWNERS FOR VIOLATION  OF  TOLL  COLLECTION  REGULATIONS  AS
 DEFINED  IN  AND  IN  ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION AND
 ARTICLE FORTY-FOUR-C OF THE VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAW AND  THE  APPLICABLE
 TOLL  REGULATIONS  OF  SUCH  AUTHORITIES. SUCH TRIBUNAL SHALL HAVE, WITH
 RESPECT TO VIOLATION OF TOLL COLLECTION REGULATIONS OF SUCH AUTHORITIES,
 NON-EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OVER VIOLATIONS OF THE RULES AND  REGULATIONS
 WHICH  MAY  FROM  TIME  TO  TIME  BE  ESTABLISHED BY SUCH AUTHORITIES IN
 ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION AND ARTICLE  FORTY-FOUR-C
 OF THE VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAW. VIOLATIONS SHALL BE HEARD AND DETERMINED
 IN  THE  COUNTY IN WHICH THE VIOLATION IS ALLEGED TO HAVE OCCURRED OR IN
 THE COUNTY IN WHICH THE PUBLIC AUTHORITY HAS  ITS  PRIMARY  OR  REGIONAL
 ADMINISTRATIVE  OFFICES  AND  REGULATIONS MAY PROVIDE FOR THE CONDUCT OF
 HEARINGS VIA VIDEOCONFERENCING.
   § 5. Subdivision 4-d of section 510 of the vehicle and traffic law, as
 added by chapter 379 of the laws of 1992, is amended to read as follows:
   4-d. Suspension of registration for failure to answer or pay penalties
 with respect to certain violations. Upon the receipt of a  notification,
 IN  THE  MANNER  AND  FORM  PRESCRIBED BY THE COMMISSIONER, from a court
 [or], an administrative tribunal,  A  PUBLIC  AUTHORITY,  OR  ANY  OTHER
 PUBLIC  ENTITY  IMPOSING  VIOLATIONS,  that  an owner of a motor vehicle

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 failed to appear on the  return  date  or  dates  or  a  new  subsequent
 adjourned  date or dates or failed to pay any penalty imposed by a court
 or failed to comply with the rules and regulations of an  administrative
 tribunal  following  entry of a final decision or decisions, in response
 to five or more notices of liability or other process, issued within  an
 eighteen month period FROM ANY AND ALL JURISDICTIONS charging such owner
 with  a  violation of toll collection regulations in accordance with the
 provisions of section two  thousand  nine  hundred  eighty-five  of  the
 public authorities law or sections sixteen-a, sixteen-b and sixteen-c of
 chapter  seven  hundred  seventy-four  of  the  laws of nineteen hundred
 fifty, OR OTHER COMPARABLE LAW, the commissioner or  his  OR  HER  agent
 shall  suspend  the  registration of the vehicle or vehicles involved in
 the violation or the privilege of operation of any motor  vehicle  owned
 by the registrant. Such suspension shall take effect no less than thirty
 days  from  the date on which notice thereof is sent by the commissioner
 to the person whose registration or privilege  is  suspended  and  shall
 remain  in effect until such registrant has appeared in response to such
 notices of liability or has paid such penalty  or  in  the  case  of  an
 administrative  tribunal, the registrant has complied with the rules and
 regulations following the entry of a final decision or decisions.
   § 6. Subparagraph (i) of paragraph a of subdivision 5-a of section 401
 of the vehicle and traffic law, as amended by section 8 of  chapter  222
 of the laws of 2015, is amended to read as follows:
   (i) If at the time of application for a registration or renewal there-
 of  there  is  a  certification from a court, parking violations bureau,
 traffic and parking violations  agency  or  administrative  tribunal  of
 appropriate  jurisdiction  that  the  registrant or his or her represen-
 tative failed to appear on the return date or any  subsequent  adjourned
 date  or  failed to comply with the rules and regulations of an adminis-
 trative tribunal following entry of a final decision in  response  to  a
 total  of  three  or  more  summonses or other process in the aggregate,
 issued within an eighteen month period, charging either that:  (i)  such
 motor  vehicle was parked, stopped or standing, or that such motor vehi-
 cle was operated for hire by the registrant or his or her agent  without
 being  licensed  as  a  motor  vehicle for hire by the appropriate local
 authority, in violation of any of the provisions of this chapter  or  of
 any  law,  ordinance,  rule  or regulation made by a local authority; or
 (ii) the registrant was liable in accordance with section eleven hundred
 eleven-a, section eleven hundred  eleven-b  or  section  eleven  hundred
 eleven-d  of  this chapter for a violation of subdivision (d) of section
 eleven hundred eleven of this  chapter;  or  (iii)  the  registrant  was
 liable  in accordance with section eleven hundred eleven-c of this chap-
 ter for a violation of  a  bus  lane  restriction  as  defined  in  such
 section,  or  (iv)  the registrant was liable in accordance with section
 eleven hundred eighty-b of this chapter for a violation  of  subdivision
 (c)  or (d) of section eleven hundred eighty of this chapter, or (v) the
 registrant was liable in accordance with section eleven hundred eighty-c
 of this chapter for a violation of subdivision (c)  or  (d)  of  section
 eleven hundred eighty of this chapter; or (vi) the registrant was liable
 in accordance with section eleven hundred eleven-e of this chapter for a
 violation  of  subdivision  (d) of section eleven hundred eleven of this
 chapter, OR (VII) THE REGISTRANT WAS LIABLE IN ACCORDANCE  WITH  ARTICLE
 FORTY-FOUR-C OF THIS CHAPTER, the commissioner or his or her agent shall
 deny  the  registration  or  renewal  application  until  the  applicant
 provides proof from the court, traffic and parking violations agency  or
 administrative  tribunal wherein the charges are pending that an appear-

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 ance or answer has been made or in the case of an administrative  tribu-
 nal  that  he or she has complied with the rules and regulations of said
 tribunal following entry of a final decision. Where  an  application  is
 denied  pursuant  to  this  section, the commissioner may, in his or her
 discretion, deny a registration or  renewal  application  to  any  other
 person  for  the  same  vehicle  and  may deny a registration or renewal
 application for any other motor vehicle registered in the  name  of  the
 applicant  where  the commissioner has determined that such registrant's
 intent has been to evade the purposes of this subdivision and where  the
 commissioner has reasonable grounds to believe that such registration or
 renewal  will have the effect of defeating the purposes of this subdivi-
 sion. Such denial shall only remain in effect as long as  the  summonses
 remain  unanswered,  or  in  the case of an administrative tribunal, the
 registrant fails to comply with  the  rules  and  regulations  following
 entry of a final decision.
   §  6-a.  Paragraph  a of subdivision 5-a of section 401 of the vehicle
 and traffic law, as amended by section 8-a of chapter 222 of the laws of
 2015, is amended to read as follows:
   a. If at the time of application for a registration or renewal thereof
 there is a certification from a  court  or  administrative  tribunal  of
 appropriate  jurisdiction  that  the  registrant or his or her represen-
 tative failed to appear on the return date or any  subsequent  adjourned
 date  or  failed to comply with the rules and regulations of an adminis-
 trative tribunal following entry of a final decision in  response  to  a
 total  of  three  or  more  summonses or other process in the aggregate,
 issued within an eighteen month period, charging either that:  (i)  such
 motor  vehicle was parked, stopped or standing, or that such motor vehi-
 cle was operated for hire by the registrant or his or her agent  without
 being  licensed  as  a  motor  vehicle for hire by the appropriate local
 authority, in violation of any of the provisions of this chapter  or  of
 any  law,  ordinance,  rule  or regulation made by a local authority; or
 (ii) the registrant was liable in accordance with section eleven hundred
 eleven-b of this chapter for a violation of subdivision (d)  of  section
 eleven  hundred  eleven  of  this  chapter;  or (iii) the registrant was
 liable in accordance with section eleven hundred eleven-c of this  chap-
 ter  for  a  violation  of  a  bus  lane  restriction as defined in such
 section; or (iv) the registrant was liable in  accordance  with  section
 eleven  hundred  eleven-d of this chapter for a violation of subdivision
 (d) of section eleven hundred eleven of this chapter or (v)  the  regis-
 trant  was  liable in accordance with section eleven hundred eighty-b of
 this chapter for a violation of subdivision (b), (c), (d), (f) or (g) of
 section eleven hundred eighty of this chapter; or (v) the registrant was
 liable in accordance with section eleven hundred eighty-c of this  chap-
 ter  for a violation of subdivision (b), (c), (d), (f) or (g) of section
 eleven hundred eighty of this chapter; or (vi) the registrant was liable
 in accordance with section eleven hundred eleven-e of this chapter for a
 violation of subdivision (d) of section eleven hundred  eleven  of  this
 chapter,  OR  (VII) THE REGISTRANT WAS LIABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE
 FORTY-FOUR-C OF THIS CHAPTER, the commissioner or his or her agent shall
 deny  the  registration  or  renewal  application  until  the  applicant
 provides  proof  from  the  court or administrative tribunal wherein the
 charges are pending that an appearance or answer has been made or in the
 case of an administrative tribunal that he or she has complied with  the
 rules  and regulations of said tribunal following entry of a final deci-
 sion. Where an application is  denied  pursuant  to  this  section,  the
 commissioner  may,  in  his  or  her  discretion, deny a registration or

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 renewal application to any other person for the  same  vehicle  and  may
 deny  a  registration or renewal application for any other motor vehicle
 registered in the name of  the  applicant  where  the  commissioner  has
 determined  that such registrant's intent has been to evade the purposes
 of this subdivision and where the commissioner has reasonable grounds to
 believe that such registration  or  renewal  will  have  the  effect  of
 defeating  the  purposes  of  this  subdivision.  Such denial shall only
 remain in effect as long as the summonses remain unanswered, or  in  the
 case  of an administrative tribunal, the registrant fails to comply with
 the rules and regulations following entry of a final decision.
   § 6-b. Paragraph a of subdivision 5-a of section 401  of  the  vehicle
 and traffic law, as amended by section 8-b of chapter 222 of the laws of
 2015, is amended to read as follows:
   a. If at the time of application for a registration or renewal thereof
 there  is  a  certification  from  a court or administrative tribunal of
 appropriate jurisdiction that the registrant or  his  or  her  represen-
 tative  failed  to appear on the return date or any subsequent adjourned
 date or failed to comply with the rules and regulations of  an  adminis-
 trative  tribunal  following  entry  of  a final decision in response to
 three or more summonses or other  process,  issued  within  an  eighteen
 month  period, charging that: (i) such motor vehicle was parked, stopped
 or standing, or that such motor vehicle was operated  for  hire  by  the
 registrant or his or her agent without being licensed as a motor vehicle
 for  hire by the appropriate local authority, in violation of any of the
 provisions of this chapter or of any law, ordinance, rule or  regulation
 made  by a local authority; or (ii) the registrant was liable in accord-
 ance with  section  eleven  hundred  eleven-c  of  this  chapter  for  a
 violation of a bus lane restriction as defined in such section; or (iii)
 the  registrant  was  liable  in  accordance with section eleven hundred
 eleven-d of this chapter for a violation of subdivision (d)  of  section
 eleven hundred eleven of this chapter; or (iv) the registrant was liable
 in accordance with section eleven hundred eighty-b of this chapter for a
 violation  of  subdivision  (b),  (c), (d), (f) or (g) of section eleven
 hundred eighty of this chapter, or the registrant was liable in  accord-
 ance  with  section  eleven  hundred  eighty-c  of  this  chapter  for a
 violation of subdivision (b), (c), (d), (f) or  (g)  of  section  eleven
 hundred  eighty  of  this  chapter;  or (v) the registrant was liable in
 accordance with section eleven hundred eleven-e of this  chapter  for  a
 violation  of  subdivision  (d) of section eleven hundred eleven of this
 chapter, OR (VI) THE REGISTRANT WAS LIABLE IN  ACCORDANCE  WITH  ARTICLE
 FORTY-FOUR-C OF THIS CHAPTER, the commissioner or his or her agent shall
 deny  the  registration  or  renewal  application  until  the  applicant
 provides proof from the court or  administrative  tribunal  wherein  the
 charges are pending that an appearance or answer has been made or in the
 case  of an administrative tribunal that he or she has complied with the
 rules and regulations of said tribunal following entry of a final  deci-
 sion.  Where  an  application  is  denied  pursuant to this section, the
 commissioner may, in his or  her  discretion,  deny  a  registration  or
 renewal  application  to  any  other person for the same vehicle and may
 deny a registration or renewal application for any other  motor  vehicle
 registered  in  the  name  of  the  applicant where the commissioner has
 determined that such registrant's intent has been to evade the  purposes
 of this subdivision and where the commissioner has reasonable grounds to
 believe  that  such  registration  or  renewal  will  have the effect of
 defeating the purposes of  this  subdivision.  Such  denial  shall  only
 remain  in  effect as long as the summonses remain unanswered, or in the

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 case of an administrative tribunal, the registrant fails to comply  with
 the rules and regulations following entry of a final decision.
   §  6-c.  Paragraph  a of subdivision 5-a of section 401 of the vehicle
 and traffic law, as amended by section 8-c of chapter 222 of the laws of
 2015, is amended to read as follows:
   a. If at the time of application for a registration or renewal thereof
 there is a certification from a  court  or  administrative  tribunal  of
 appropriate  jurisdiction  that  the  registrant or his or her represen-
 tative failed to appear on the return date or any  subsequent  adjourned
 date  or  failed to comply with the rules and regulations of an adminis-
 trative tribunal following entry of a  final  decision  in  response  to
 three  or  more  summonses  or  other process, issued within an eighteen
 month period, charging that: (i) such motor vehicle was parked,  stopped
 or  standing,  or  that  such motor vehicle was operated for hire by the
 registrant or his or her agent without being licensed as a motor vehicle
 for hire by the appropriate local authority, in violation of any of  the
 provisions  of this chapter or of any law, ordinance, rule or regulation
 made by a local authority; or (ii) the registrant was liable in  accord-
 ance  with  section  eleven  hundred  eleven-d  of  this  chapter  for a
 violation of subdivision (d) of section eleven hundred  eleven  of  this
 chapter;  or  (iii) the registrant was liable in accordance with section
 eleven hundred eighty-b of this chapter for  violations  of  subdivision
 (b), (c), (d), (f) or (g) of section eleven hundred eighty of this chap-
 ter,  or  the  registrant  was  liable in accordance with section eleven
 hundred eighty-c of this chapter for violations of subdivision (b), (c),
 (d), (f) or (g) of section eleven hundred eighty  of  this  chapter;  or
 (iv) the registrant was liable in accordance with section eleven hundred
 eleven-e  of  this chapter for a violation of subdivision (d) of section
 eleven hundred eleven of this chapter, OR (V) THE REGISTRANT WAS  LIABLE
 IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE FORTY-FOUR-C OF THIS CHAPTER, the commission-
 er  or  his or her agent shall deny the registration or renewal applica-
 tion until the applicant provides proof from the court or administrative
 tribunal wherein the charges are pending that an  appearance  or  answer
 has  been  made or in the case of an administrative tribunal that he has
 complied with the rules and regulations of said tribunal following entry
 of a final decision. Where an application is  denied  pursuant  to  this
 section,  the  commissioner may, in his or her discretion, deny a regis-
 tration or renewal application to any other person for the same  vehicle
 and  may  deny a registration or renewal application for any other motor
 vehicle registered in the name of the applicant where  the  commissioner
 has  determined  that  such  registrant's  intent  has been to evade the
 purposes of this subdivision and where the commissioner  has  reasonable
 grounds  to  believe  that  such  registration  or renewal will have the
 effect of defeating the purposes of this subdivision. Such denial  shall
 only  remain in effect as long as the summonses remain unanswered, or in
 the case of an administrative tribunal, the registrant fails  to  comply
 with the rules and regulations following entry of a final decision.
   §  6-d.  Paragraph  a of subdivision 5-a of section 401 of the vehicle
 and traffic law, as amended by section 8-d of chapter 222 of the laws of
 2015, is amended to read as follows:
   a. If at the time of application for a registration or renewal thereof
 there is a certification from a  court  or  administrative  tribunal  of
 appropriate  jurisdiction  that  the  registrant or his or her represen-
 tative failed to appear on the return date or any  subsequent  adjourned
 date  or  failed to comply with the rules and regulations of an adminis-
 trative tribunal following entry of a  final  decision  in  response  to

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 three  or  more  summonses  or  other process, issued within an eighteen
 month period, charging that such motor vehicle was  parked,  stopped  or
 standing, or that such motor vehicle was operated for hire by the regis-
 trant or his agent without being licensed as a motor vehicle for hire by
 the  appropriate  local authority, in violation of any of the provisions
 of this chapter or of any law, ordinance, rule or regulation made  by  a
 local authority, or the registrant was liable in accordance with section
 eleven  hundred  eighty-c  of this chapter for violations of subdivision
 (b), (c), (d), (f) or (g) of section eleven hundred eighty of this chap-
 ter, or the registrant was liable  in  accordance  with  section  eleven
 hundred  eleven-d  of this chapter for a violation of subdivision (d) of
 section eleven hundred eleven of this chapter,  or  the  registrant  was
 liable  in accordance with section eleven hundred eleven-e of this chap-
 ter for a violation of subdivision (d) of section eleven hundred  eleven
 of this chapter, OR THE REGISTRANT WAS LIABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE
 FORTY-FOUR-C OF THIS CHAPTER, the commissioner or his or her agent shall
 deny  the  registration  or  renewal  application  until  the  applicant
 provides proof from the court or  administrative  tribunal  wherein  the
 charges are pending that an appearance or answer has been made or in the
 case  of an administrative tribunal that he or she has complied with the
 rules and regulations of said tribunal following entry of a final  deci-
 sion.  Where  an  application  is  denied  pursuant to this section, the
 commissioner may, in his or  her  discretion,  deny  a  registration  or
 renewal  application  to  any  other person for the same vehicle and may
 deny a registration or renewal application for any other  motor  vehicle
 registered  in  the  name  of  the  applicant where the commissioner has
 determined that such registrant's intent has been to evade the  purposes
 of this subdivision and where the commissioner has reasonable grounds to
 believe  that  such  registration  or  renewal  will  have the effect of
 defeating the purposes of  this  subdivision.  Such  denial  shall  only
 remain  in  effect as long as the summonses remain unanswered, or in the
 case of an administrative tribunal, the registrant fails to comply  with
 the rules and regulations following entry of a final decision.
   §  6-e.  Paragraph  a of subdivision 5-a of section 401 of the vehicle
 and traffic law, as amended by section 8-e of chapter 222 of the laws of
 2015, is amended to read as follows:
   a. If at the time of application for a registration or renewal thereof
 there is a certification from a  court  or  administrative  tribunal  of
 appropriate  jurisdiction  that  the  registrant or his or her represen-
 tative failed to appear on the return date or any  subsequent  adjourned
 date  or  failed to comply with the rules and regulations of an adminis-
 trative tribunal following entry of a  final  decision  in  response  to
 three  or  more  summonses  or  other process, issued within an eighteen
 month period, charging that such motor vehicle was  parked,  stopped  or
 standing, or that such motor vehicle was operated for hire by the regis-
 trant  or his or her agent without being licensed as a motor vehicle for
 hire by the appropriate local authority, in  violation  of  any  of  the
 provisions  of this chapter or of any law, ordinance, rule or regulation
 made by a local authority, or the registrant was  liable  in  accordance
 with  section eleven hundred eleven-d of this chapter for a violation of
 subdivision (d) of section eleven hundred eleven of this chapter, or the
 registrant was liable in accordance with section eleven hundred eleven-e
 of this chapter for a violation of subdivision  (d)  of  section  eleven
 hundred  eleven  of this chapter, OR THE REGISTRANT IS LIABLE IN ACCORD-
 ANCE WITH ARTICLE FORTY-FOUR-C OF THIS CHAPTER, the commissioner or  his
 or  her  agent  shall deny the registration or renewal application until

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 the applicant provides proof from the court or  administrative  tribunal
 wherein  the  charges  are pending that an appearance or answer has been
 made or in the case of an administrative tribunal that he  has  complied
 with  the  rules  and  regulations of said tribunal following entry of a
 final decision.   Where  an  application  is  denied  pursuant  to  this
 section,  the  commissioner may, in his or her discretion, deny a regis-
 tration or renewal application to any other person for the same  vehicle
 and  may  deny a registration or renewal application for any other motor
 vehicle registered in the name of the applicant where  the  commissioner
 has  determined  that  such  registrant's  intent  has been to evade the
 purposes of this subdivision and where the commissioner  has  reasonable
 grounds  to  believe  that  such  registration  or renewal will have the
 effect of defeating the purposes of this subdivision. Such denial  shall
 only  remain in effect as long as the summonses remain unanswered, or in
 the case of an administrative tribunal, the registrant fails  to  comply
 with the rules and regulations following entry of a final decision.
   §  6-f.  Paragraph  a of subdivision 5-a of section 401 of the vehicle
 and traffic law, as amended by section 8-f of chapter 222 of the laws of
 2015, is amended to read as follows:
   a. If at the time of application for a registration or renewal thereof
 there is a certification from a  court  or  administrative  tribunal  of
 appropriate  jurisdiction  that  the  registrant or his or her represen-
 tative failed to appear on the return date or any  subsequent  adjourned
 date  or  failed to comply with the rules and regulations of an adminis-
 trative tribunal following entry of a  final  decision  in  response  to
 three  or  more  summonses  or  other process, issued within an eighteen
 month period, charging that such motor vehicle was  parked,  stopped  or
 standing, or that such motor vehicle was operated for hire by the regis-
 trant  or his or her agent without being licensed as a motor vehicle for
 hire by the appropriate local authority, in  violation  of  any  of  the
 provisions  of this chapter or of any law, ordinance, rule or regulation
 made by a local authority, or the registrant was  liable  in  accordance
 with  section eleven hundred eleven-e of this chapter for a violation of
 subdivision (d) of section eleven hundred eleven of this chapter, OR THE
 REGISTRANT IS LIABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH  ARTICLE  FORTY-FOUR-C  OF  THIS
 CHAPTER,  the  commissioner or his or her agent shall deny the registra-
 tion or renewal application until the applicant provides proof from  the
 court or administrative tribunal wherein the charges are pending that an
 appearance  or  answer has been made or in the case of an administrative
 tribunal that he has complied with the rules  and  regulations  of  said
 tribunal  following  entry  of a final decision. Where an application is
 denied pursuant to this section, the commissioner may,  in  his  or  her
 discretion,  deny  a  registration  or  renewal application to any other
 person for the same vehicle and  may  deny  a  registration  or  renewal
 application  for  any  other motor vehicle registered in the name of the
 applicant where the commissioner has determined that  such  registrant's
 intent  has been to evade the purposes of this subdivision and where the
 commissioner has reasonable grounds to believe that such registration or
 renewal will have the effect of defeating the purposes of this  subdivi-
 sion.  Such  denial shall only remain in effect as long as the summonses
 remain unanswered, or in the case of  an  administrative  tribunal,  the
 registrant  fails  to  comply  with  the rules and regulations following
 entry of a final decision.
   § 6-g. Paragraph a of subdivision 5-a of section 401  of  the  vehicle
 and  traffic  law,  as separately amended by chapters 339 and 592 of the
 laws of 1987, is amended to read as follows:

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   a. If at the time of application for a registration or renewal thereof
 there is a certification from a  court  or  administrative  tribunal  of
 appropriate  jurisdiction  that  the  registrant  or  his representative
 failed to appear on the return date or any subsequent adjourned date  or
 failed  to  comply  with  the rules and regulations of an administrative
 tribunal following entry of a final decision in  response  to  three  or
 more summonses or other process, issued within an eighteen month period,
 charging  that  such  motor  vehicle was parked, stopped or standing, or
 that such motor vehicle was operated for hire by the registrant  or  his
 agent  without  being licensed as a motor vehicle for hire by the appro-
 priate local authority, in violation of any of the  provisions  of  this
 chapter  or  of  any  law, ordinance, rule or regulation made by a local
 authority, OR THE  REGISTRANT  IS  LIABLE  IN  ACCORDANCE  WITH  ARTICLE
 FORTY-FOUR-C  OF  THIS CHAPTER, the commissioner or his agent shall deny
 the registration or renewal application  until  the  applicant  provides
 proof  from the court or administrative tribunal wherein the charges are
 pending that an appearance or answer has been made or in the case of  an
 administrative  tribunal  that  he has complied with the rules and regu-
 lations of said tribunal following entry of a final decision.  Where  an
 application is denied pursuant to this section, the commissioner may, in
 his  discretion, deny a registration or renewal application to any other
 person for the same vehicle and  may  deny  a  registration  or  renewal
 application  for  any  other motor vehicle registered in the name of the
 applicant where the commissioner has determined that  such  registrant's
 intent  has been to evade the purposes of this subdivision and where the
 commissioner has reasonable grounds to believe that such registration or
 renewal will have the effect of defeating the purposes of this  subdivi-
 sion.  Such  denial shall only remain in effect as long as the summonses
 remain unanswered, or in the case of  an  administrative  tribunal,  the
 registrant  fails  to  comply  with  the rules and regulations following
 entry of a final decision.
   § 7. The opening paragraph  of  paragraph  1  of  subdivision  (a)  of
 section  1212-A of the tax law, as amended by chapter 196 of the laws of
 1995, is amended to read as follows:
   a tax on receipts from every sale of the service of providing parking,
 garaging or storing for motor vehicles by  persons  operating  a  garage
 (other  than  a  garage  which  is part of premises occupied solely as a
 private one or two family dwelling), parking lot or other place of busi-
 ness engaged in providing parking, garaging or storing for  motor  vehi-
 cles, in any county within such city with a population density in excess
 of  fifty  thousand  persons  per  square mile, at the rate of eight per
 centum, on receipts from every sale of such services[,  except  receipts
 from  the sale of such services to an individual resident of such county
 when such services are rendered on a monthly or longer-term basis at the
 principal location for the parking, garaging or storing of a motor vehi-
 cle owned or leased (but only in the case of a lease for a term  of  one
 year  or  more) by such individual resident]. The population of a county
 shall be determined by reference to the latest federal census.
   § 8. Section 182 of the executive law, as amended by  chapter  465  of
 the laws of 2018, is amended to read as follows:
   §  182.  Diversion of funds dedicated to public transportation systems
 to the general fund of the state or to any other purpose, is prohibited.
 1.  For the purposes of this section, the  term  "public  transportation
 system"  shall mean any public benefit corporation constituting a trans-
 portation authority which provides or contracts for  the  provision  of,
 under  joint  support  arrangements,  mass transportation services, or a

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 subsidiary thereof, or any county or city which  provides  or  contracts
 for  the provision of, pursuant to section one hundred nineteen-r of the
 general municipal law, mass transportation services.
   2.  The  director  of  the  budget  shall be prohibited from diverting
 revenues derived from taxes and fees paid by the public  into  any  fund
 created  by  law  including,  but  not  limited to sections EIGHTY-FIVE,
 eighty-eight-a, eighty-nine-c and ninety-two-ff of the state finance law
 and chapter twenty-five of the laws of two thousand nine for the purpose
 of funding public transportation systems into the general  fund  of  the
 state  or  into  any  other  fund  maintained for the support of another
 governmental purpose. No diversion of funds can occur contrary  to  this
 section  by  an  administrative act of the director of the budget or any
 other person in the executive branch.
   3. If any diversion of funds occurs by passage of legislation during a
 regular or extraordinary session of the legislature, the director of the
 budget shall create and include with the budget or legislation diverting
 funds, a diversion impact statement which shall  include  the  following
 information:
   (a) The amount of the diversion from dedicated mass transit funds;
   (b) The amount diverted from each fund;
   (c) The amount diverted expressed as current monthly transit fares;
   (d)  The  cumulative  amount  of diversion from dedicated mass transit
 funds during the preceding five years;
   (e) The date or dates when the diversion is to occur; and
   (f) A detailed estimate of the impact of diversion from dedicated mass
 transit funds will have on the level  of  public  transportation  system
 service, maintenance, security, and the current capital program.
   §  9. Notwithstanding any other law, rule, regulation to the contrary,
 the metropolitan transportation authority shall, as a part of its  2015-
 2019  capital program with funding provided pursuant to paragraph (f) of
 subdivision 5 of section 85 of the state finance law:
   (a) increase the number and availability of express bus routes;
   (b) reduce the cost of all express bus fares by one dollar;
   (c) set the cost of all Long Island Rail Road and metro-north railroad
 trips taken wholly within New York with CityTicket to six dollars during
 peak hours and four dollars during non-peak hours;
   (d) provide for the availability of CityTicket on weekdays in addition
 to weekends;
   (e) provide for the availability of CityTicket for trips taken between
 stations within New York city and  Far  Rockaway  and  all  trips  taken
 between and including Fordham and Manhattan; and
   (f)  fund  the  freedom  ticket  proposal of the New York City Transit
 Riders Council contained in such council's December 2015 report entitled
 "Freedom Ticket: Southeast Queens Proof  of  Concept"  and  expand  such
 pilot program to extend throughout New York city and include all Express
 Bus routes and stations of the metro-north railroad and Long Island Rail
 Roads located within New York city.
   For  the  purposes  of  this  section "CityTicket" shall mean the fare
 option so denominated and provided by  the  metropolitan  transportation
 authority.
   §  10.  The  public authorities law is amended by adding a new section
 1265-c to read as follows:
   § 1265-C. INDEPENDENT FORENSIC AUDIT.  1.  NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY  OTHER
 PROVISION  OF  LAW, THE AUTHORITY SHALL, WITHIN SIXTY DAYS OF THE EFFEC-
 TIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION AND AT ITS OWN EXPENSE, CONTRACT WITH A CERTI-
 FIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM FOR THE PROVISION OF AN INDEPENDENT, COMPRE-

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 HENSIVE, FORENSIC AUDIT OF THE AUTHORITY. SUCH AUDIT SHALL BE  PERFORMED
 IN  ACCORDANCE  WITH  GENERALLY  ACCEPTED GOVERNMENT AUDITING STANDARDS.
 SUCH AUDIT SHALL BE INDEPENDENT OF AND IN ADDITION  TO  THE  INDEPENDENT
 AUDIT  OF  THE  AUTHORITY  CONDUCTED  PURSUANT  TO  SECTION TWENTY-EIGHT
 HUNDRED TWO OF THIS CHAPTER.
   2. THE CERTIFIED INDEPENDENT  PUBLIC  ACCOUNTING  FIRM  PROVIDING  THE
 AUTHORITY'S  INDEPENDENT, COMPREHENSIVE, FORENSIC AUDIT SHALL BE PROHIB-
 ITED FROM PROVIDING AUDIT SERVICES IF THE LEAD (OR  COORDINATING)  AUDIT
 PARTNER  (HAVING  PRIMARY  RESPONSIBILITY  FOR  THE AUDIT), OR THE AUDIT
 PARTNER  RESPONSIBLE  FOR  REVIEWING  THE  AUDIT,  HAS  PERFORMED  AUDIT
 SERVICES  FOR  THE AUTHORITY WITHIN ANY OF THE TEN PREVIOUS FISCAL YEARS
 OF THE AUTHORITY.
   3. THE CERTIFIED INDEPENDENT  ACCOUNTING  FIRM  PERFORMING  THE  AUDIT
 PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION SHALL BE PROHIBITED FROM PERFORMING ANY NON-AU-
 DIT SERVICES FOR THE AUTHORITY CONTEMPORANEOUSLY WITH THE AUDIT.
   4.  IT  SHALL  BE  PROHIBITED  FOR  THE  CERTIFIED  INDEPENDENT PUBLIC
 ACCOUNTING FIRM TO PERFORM FOR THE AUTHORITY ANY AUDIT  SERVICE  IF  THE
 CHIEF  EXECUTIVE  OFFICER,  COMPTROLLER,  CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER, CHIEF
 ACCOUNTING OFFICER OR ANY OTHER PERSON SERVING IN AN EQUIVALENT POSITION
 IN THE AUTHORITY WAS AN EMPLOYEE, CONSULTANT OR  INDEPENDENT  CONTRACTOR
 OF THAT CERTIFIED INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM AND PARTICIPATED IN
 ANY CAPACITY IN THE AUDIT OF THE AUTHORITY AT ANY TIME IN THE PAST.
   5.  THE  CERTIFIED  INDEPENDENT  PUBLIC  ACCOUNTING FIRM CONTRACTED TO
 PERFORM THE INDEPENDENT COMPREHENSIVE, FORENSIC AUDIT OF  THE  AUTHORITY
 SHALL,  ON  OR BEFORE JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-TWO, REPORT ITS
 FINDINGS, CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS TO  THE  GOVERNOR,  THE  STATE
 COMPTROLLER,  THE  TEMPORARY PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE, THE SPEAKER OF THE
 ASSEMBLY, THE CHAIR AND RANKING MINORITY MEMBER OF  THE  SENATE  FINANCE
 COMMITTEE,  THE  CHAIR  AND RANKING MINORITY MEMBER OF THE ASSEMBLY WAYS
 AND MEANS COMMITTEE, THE CHAIRS AND  RANKING  MINORITY  MEMBERS  OF  THE
 SENATE  AND  THE  ASSEMBLY  CORPORATIONS,  AUTHORITIES  AND  COMMISSIONS
 COMMITTEES, AND THE CHAIRS AND RANKING MINORITY MEMBERS  OF  THE  SENATE
 AND THE ASSEMBLY TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEES.
   §  11.  This act shall take effect immediately provided, however, that
 section seven of this act shall take effect on the first of January next
 succeeding the date on which it shall have become a  law;  and  provided
 further:
   (a)  the  amendments to subparagraph (i) of paragraph a of subdivision
 5-a of section 401 of the vehicle and traffic law made by section six of
 this act shall not affect the expiration of such paragraph and shall  be
 deemed  to  expire  therewith,  when  upon  such  date the provisions of
 section six-a of this act shall take effect;
   (b) the amendments to paragraph a of subdivision 5-a of section 401 of
 the vehicle and traffic law made by section six-a of this act shall  not
 affect  the  expiration  of such paragraph and shall be deemed to expire
 therewith, when upon such date the provisions of section six-b  of  this
 act shall take effect;
   (c) the amendments to paragraph a of subdivision 5-a of section 401 of
 the  vehicle and traffic law made by section six-b of this act shall not
 affect the expiration of such paragraph and shall be  deemed  to  expire
 therewith,  when  upon such date the provisions of section six-c of this
 act shall take effect;
   (d) the amendments to paragraph a of subdivision 5-a of section 401 of
 the vehicle and traffic law made by section six-c of this act shall  not
 affect  the  expiration  of such paragraph and shall be deemed to expire

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 therewith, when upon such date the provisions of section six-d  of  this
 act shall take effect;
   (e) the amendments to paragraph a of subdivision 5-a of section 401 of
 the  vehicle and traffic law made by section six-d of this act shall not
 affect the expiration of such paragraph and shall be  deemed  to  expire
 therewith,  when  upon such date the provisions of section six-e of this
 act shall take effect;
   (f) the amendments to paragraph a of subdivision 5-a of section 401 of
 the vehicle and traffic law made by section six-e of this act shall  not
 affect  the  expiration  of such paragraph and shall be deemed to expire
 therewith, when upon such date the provisions of section six-f  of  this
 act shall take effect;
   (g) the amendments to paragraph a of subdivision 5-a of section 401 of
 the  vehicle and traffic law made by section six-f of this act shall not
 affect the expiration of such paragraph and shall be  deemed  to  expire
 therewith,  when  upon such date the provisions of section six-g of this
 act shall take effect; and
   (h) section ten of this act shall expire and be deemed repealed  Janu-
 ary 2, 2022.