NY State Senate Bill 2019-S4490

Senate Bill S4490

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to a rebate for residents of Kings county who frequently commute across the Verrazzano-Narrows bridge

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Transportation 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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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Jan 08, 2020	referred to transportation returned to senate died in assembly
May 30, 2019	referred to corporations, authorities and commissions delivered to assembly passed senate ordered to third reading cal.1010 committee discharged and committed to rules
Mar 13, 2019	referred to transportation

Votes

- May 30, 2019 - Floor Vote
  S4490
  
  55
  
  Aye
  
  3
  
  Nay
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  4
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Floor Vote: May 30, 2019
      
      aye (55)
      
      Addabbo Jr.
      
      Akshar
      
      Amedore
      
      Antonacci
      
      Bailey
      
      Benjamin
      
      Biaggi
      
      Boyle
      
      Breslin
      
      Brooks
      
      Carlucci
      
      Comrie
      
      Felder
      
      Flanagan
      
      Gallivan
      
      Gaughran
      
      Gianaris
      
      Gounardes
      
      Harckham
      
      Helming
      
      Hoylman-Sigal
      
      Jackson
      
      Jacobs
      
      Jordan
      
      Kaminsky
      
      Kaplan
      
      Kennedy
      
      Krueger
      
      Little
      
      Liu
      
      Martinez
      
      May
      
      Mayer
      
      Metzger
      
      Montgomery
      
      Myrie
      
      O'Mara
      
      Parker
      
      Persaud
      
      Ramos
      
      Ranzenhofer
      
      Ritchie
      
      Rivera
      
      Robach
      
      Salazar
      
      Sanders Jr.
      
      Savino
      
      Serino
      
      Serrano
      
      Seward
      
      Skoufis
      
      Stavisky
      
      Stewart-Cousins
      
      Tedisco
      
      Thomas
      
      nay (3)
      
      Griffo
      
      Lanza
      
      Ortt
      
      excused (4)
      
      Funke
      
      Kavanagh
      
      LaValle
      
      Sepúlveda
  May 30, 2019 - Rules Committee Vote
  S4490
  
  16
  
  Aye
  
  1
  
  Nay
  
  1
  
  Aye with Reservations
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  1
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Rules Committee Vote: May 30, 2019
      
      aye (16)
      
      Benjamin
      
      Breslin
      
      Comrie
      
      Flanagan
      
      Gianaris
      
      Griffo
      
      Hoylman-Sigal
      
      Kennedy
      
      Krueger
      
      Little
      
      Liu
      
      Martinez
      
      Parker
      
      Robach
      
      Savino
      
      Stewart-Cousins
      
      nay (1)
      
      Lanza
      
      aye wr (1)
      
      Seward
      
      excused (1)
      
      LaValle

2019-S4490 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A7094
Current Committee:: Senate Transportation
Law Section:: Public Authorities Law
Laws Affected:: Add §553-j, Pub Auth L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2021-2022: S762, A6627
2023-2024: S13, A4002

2019-S4490 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to a rebate for residents of Kings county who commute across the Verrazzano-Narrows bridge more than ten times per month while using a New York customer service E-ZPass account.

2019-S4490 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S4490

SPONSOR: GOUNARDES
 
TITLE OF BILL:  An act to amend the public authorities law, in
relation to a rebate for residents of Kings county who frequently
commute across the Verrazzano-Narrows bridge

 
PURPOSE:

To provide Kings County residents who, in a month, make at least 10
trips across the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge using their E-Z Pass with the
same discount that is available to Staten Island residents.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section one of this bill adds a new section 553-j to the Public Authori-
ties Law to provide that any resident of Kings County who, in a month,
make at least 10 trips across the Verrazzano-Narrows bridge using a New
York customer service E-Z Pass account will receive the same discount
provided to Staten Island residents who makes at least 3 trips across
the bridge in a month using a New York customer service E-Z Pass

account. Additionally, this discount program does not apply to vehicles
that are used for commercial purposes.

Section two of this bill provides that this act shall take effect on the
thirtieth day after it shall have become a law.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Many full-time employees work more than 250 days in one year. For those
Kings County residents who need to use the Verrazzano-Narrows bridge to
get to work each workday, commuting costs include more than simply gas,
vehicle wear and tear and parking. Their commuting costs include at
least $4,250 for the Verrazzano-Narrows bridge toll, which, at $17,
makes it the most expensive toll bridge in the Country.

Our citizens who need to use the Verrazzano-Narrows bridge to earn their
livelihood should not have to pay these outrageously high tolls simply
because they need to get to and from work. This bill will allow them to
keep more of their hard earned wages by reducing the toll for crossing
the Verrazzano-Narrows bridge.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

New bill.

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

To be determined.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall have
become a law.

2019-S4490 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4490
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              March 13, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sen. GOUNARDES -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation
 
 AN  ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to a rebate for
   residents of Kings county who frequently commute across the  Verrazza-
   no-Narrows bridge

   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 553-j to read as follows:
   §  553-J.  VERRAZZANO-NARROWS  BRIDGE; KINGS COUNTY PROGRAM.  NOTWITH-
 STANDING ANY INCONSISTENT PROVISION OF LAW, BUT  SUBJECT  TO  AGREEMENTS
 WITH  NOTEHOLDERS  AND BONDHOLDERS, THE AUTHORITY SHALL CREDIT RESIDENTS
 OF THE COUNTY OF KINGS WHO MAKE TEN OR MORE TRIPS PER MONTH USING A  NEW
 YORK  CUSTOMER  SERVICE E-ZPASS ACCOUNT ON THE VERRAZZANO-NARROWS BRIDGE
 WITH THE SAME REBATE OR REBATES PROVIDED TO STATEN ISLAND RESIDENTS  WHO
 MAKE  THREE  OR  MORE  TRIPS PER MONTH USING A NEW YORK CUSTOMER SERVICE
 E-ZPASS ACCOUNT ON THE  VERRAZZANO-NARROWS  BRIDGE,  PROVIDED,  HOWEVER,
 THAT SUCH CREDIT SHALL NOT APPLY TO TRIPS MADE BY VEHICLES THAT ARE USED
 FOR COMMERCIAL PURPOSES.
   §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
 have become a law.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10715-01-9

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