Senate Bill S5786

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Requires cash lanes be made available at certain toll barriers

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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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2021-S5786 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A2397
Current Committee:
Senate Transportation
Law Section:
Public Authorities Law
Laws Affected:
Add §1266-l, Pub Auth L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: S32
2015-2016: S3092
2017-2018: S2371
2019-2020: S3211, A9752
2023-2024: A2236

2021-S5786 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires cash lanes be made available at certain toll barriers.

2021-S5786 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S5786 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5786
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              March 18, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  COMRIE -- 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  requiring
   cash lanes to be made available at certain toll barriers
 
   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 1266-l to read as follows:
   §  1266-L.  PLACEMENT  OF  ELECTRONIC  TOLL COLLECTION SYSTEM LANES AT
 METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY TOLL  BARRIERS  LOCATED  WITHIN  A
 CITY  HAVING  A  POPULATION  OF ONE MILLION OR MORE. THE CHAIRMAN OF THE
 AUTHORITY SHALL ESTABLISH, BY RULE OR REGULATION, REQUIREMENTS  FOR  THE
 PLACEMENT  OF  AT  LEAST  ONE  CASH  LANE  TO  BE MADE AVAILABLE FOR THE
 COLLECTION OF TOLLS AND FARES WHERE ELECTRONIC TOLL COLLECTION  SYSTEMS,
 AS  DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION TWELVE OF SECTION TWENTY-NINE HUNDRED EIGHTY-
 FIVE OF THIS CHAPTER, HAVE BEEN DESIGNATED AT THE TOLL BARRIERS OPERATED
 BY THE METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY AT A TOLL HIGHWAY,  BRIDGE,
 TUNNEL  OR  OTHER THOROUGHFARE LOCATED WITHIN A CITY HAVING A POPULATION
 OF ONE MILLION OR MORE. SUCH RULES AND  REGULATIONS  SHALL  SPECIFY  THE
 GENERAL  LOCATION  OF  THE  ROADWAY  LANES  IN WHICH CASH LANES SHALL BE
 LOCATED.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 it shall have become a law, provided, however, that the chairman of  the
 metropolitan  transportation  authority  is  authorized  and directed to
 promulgate  any  rules  and  regulations  necessary  to  implement   the
 provisions of this act on or before such effective date.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD06770-01-1

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