NY State Senate Bill 2021-S3990

Senate Bill S3990

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Allows the thruway authority to offer a discounted toll rate to residents of Rockland and Westchester counties for Mario M. Cuomo bridge crossings

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Jan 05, 2022	referred to transportation
Feb 01, 2021	referred to transportation

2021-S3990 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A5320
Current Committee:: Senate Transportation
Law Section:: Public Authorities Law
Laws Affected:: Add §354-a, Pub Auth L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2011-2012: S7094, A9881
2013-2014: S1996, A1198
2015-2016: S1659, A1487
2017-2018: S1407, A1313
2019-2020: S131, S5464, A3466
2023-2024: A4388

2021-S3990 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Allows the thruway authority to offer discounted tokens to residents of Rockland and Westchester counties for Mario M. Cuomo bridge crossings.

2021-S3990 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S3990

SPONSOR: REICHLIN-MELNICK
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the public authorities law, in relation to allowing the
New York state thruway authority to offer a discounted toll rate to
residents of Rockland and Westchester counties for Mario M. Cuomo bridge
crossings

 
PURPOSE:

This bill will provide Rockland and Westchester residents with a
discount resident rate for Mario M. Cuomo Bridge crossings at 60% of the
original toll.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section one amends the Public Authorities Law by adding a new section,
354-a, permitting the Thruway authority, subject to agreements with
noteholders and bondholders, to offer a discounted toll, at 60% of the

original toll, to residents of Rockland and Westchester counties for
crossings of the Mario M. Cuomo Bridge.

Section two provides the effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Residents of Rockland and Westchester who rely on crossing the Hudson
River for work will bear the burden of paying any increased tolls on the
new Tappan Zee/Mario M. Cuomo Bridge. Rockland residents, in particular,
currently lack a one-seat mass transit option to Manhattan and, given
that many residents do not have an alternative mass transit option, a
discounted toll across the Mario M. Cuomo Bridge is warranted. Rockland
currently pays more than $40 million more to the MTA annually than it
receives back in services. Residents of Rockland and Westchester should
not be left to shoulder the lion's share of the financial burden for the
construction of the new bridge, since the bridge is used by travelers
from across the state and beyond.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2019-20: S5454 - Referred to Transportation

2017-18: S1407/A1313 - Referred to Transportation

2015-16: S1659A - amended and recommitted to Transportation

2013-14: S1996-A - amended and recommitted to Transportation

2011-12: S7094/A9831 - Referred to Transportation

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

To be determined; there are currently commuter rates that are offered
and this legislation would have a similar impact.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

2021-S3990 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3990
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 1, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. REICHLIN-MELNICK -- 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 allowing  the
   New  York  state  thruway authority to offer a discounted toll rate to
   residents of Rockland and Westchester  counties  for  Mario  M.  Cuomo
   bridge crossings
 
   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 354-a to read as follows:
   §   354-A.   RESIDENT  DISCOUNT.    NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY  INCONSISTENT
 PROVISION OF LAW, BUT SUBJECT TO AGREEMENTS WITH NOTEHOLDERS  AND  BOND-
 HOLDERS,  THE  AUTHORITY SHALL OFFER A DISCOUNTED TOLL RATE FOR MARIO M.
 CUOMO BRIDGE CROSSINGS TO RESIDENTS OF THE COUNTY OF  ROCKLAND  AND  THE
 COUNTY  OF  WESTCHESTER  AND  MAY,  EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED IN THIS
 SECTION, REGULATE THE USE THEREOF. THE DISCOUNT  FOR  RESIDENTS  OF  THE
 COUNTY  OF  ROCKLAND  AND  THE  COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER SHALL ENTITLE SUCH
 RESIDENTS TO CROSSINGS OVER THE MARIO M. CUOMO BRIDGE AT A REDUCED  COST
 OF SIXTY PER CENTUM OF THE REGULAR CROSSING FARE IMPOSED ON NONRESIDENTS
 OF  THE  COUNTY  OF ROCKLAND AND THE COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER. IN THE EVENT
 THE AUTHORITY SHALL IMPOSE A SURCHARGE IN ADDITION TO THE  REGULAR  TOLL
 FOR  CROSSINGS  OVER THE MARIO M. CUOMO BRIDGE, SUCH SURCHARGE SHALL NOT
 BE DEEMED A PART OF THE REGULAR  CROSSING  FARE  FOR  PURPOSES  OF  THIS
 SECTION,  AND  THE  DISCOUNT  OFFERED  TO THE RESIDENTS OF THE COUNTY OF
 ROCKLAND AND THE COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER AS  HEREIN  PROVIDED  SHALL  ALSO
 ENTITLE  SUCH RESIDENTS TO A PERMANENT EXEMPTION FROM THE PAYMENT OF ANY
 SUCH SURCHARGE IN AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO THE AMOUNT OF  ANY  SUCH  SURCHARGE
 IMPOSED  DURING  CALENDAR  YEAR TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-ONE. APPLICATION FOR
 SUCH DISCOUNT SHALL BE MADE IN SUCH MANNER AS PRESCRIBED BY THE AUTHORI-
 TY AND SHALL CONTAIN SUCH INFORMATION AS THE  AUTHORITY  MAY  REASONABLY
 REQUIRE.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD08301-02-1

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