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                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 23, 2024
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 Introduced by M. of A. EACHUS -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the vehicle and traffic law and the public authorities
   law, in relation to exempting  any  resident  of  Rockland  county  or
   Orange county from congestion pricing in New York City
 
   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
 section 1704-b to read as follows:
   §  1704-B.  EXEMPTION  FROM CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT TOLLING PROGRAM.
 ANY RESIDENT OF ROCKLAND COUNTY OR ORANGE COUNTY SHALL  NOT  BE  CHARGED
 FOR ENTRY INTO OR REMAINING IN THE CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT PURSUANT TO
 SECTION SEVENTEEN HUNDRED FOUR-A OF THIS ARTICLE.
   §  2. Subdivision 4 of section 1630 of the vehicle and traffic law, as
 amended by section 2 of subpart A of part ZZZ of chapter 59 of the  laws
 of 2019, is amended to read as follows:
   4.  Charging of tolls, taxes, fees, licenses or permits for the use of
 the highway or any of its parts or entry into or  remaining  within  the
 central  business  district  established by article forty-four-C of this
 chapter, where the  imposition  thereof  is  authorized  by  law.    THE
 PROVISIONS  OF THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL NOT APPLY TO RESIDENTS OF ROCKLAND
 COUNTY OR ORANGE COUNTY.
   § 3. Subdivision 12-a of section 553 of the public authorities law, as
 added by section 4 of subpart A of part ZZZ of chapter 59 of the laws of
 2019, is amended to read as follows:
   12-a. To establish and charge variable tolls, fees and  other  charges
 for vehicles entering or remaining within the central business district,
 EXCEPT  FOR  ANY  VEHICLE  WHICH ORIGINATES IN ROCKLAND COUNTY OR ORANGE
 COUNTY, and to make rules and regulations for  the  collection  of  such
 tolls,  fees  and  other charges, subject to and in accordance with such
 agreement with bondholders and applicable federal law as may be made  as
 hereinafter  provided. Subject to agreements with bondholders and appli-
 cable federal law, all tolls, fees and other revenues derived  from  the
 central  business  district  tolling  program  shall  be  applied to the
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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 payment of operating, administration, and other  necessary  expenses  of
 the  authority properly allocable to such program, including the capital
 costs of such program, and to the payment of interest  or  principal  of
 bonds,  notes  or other obligations of the authority or the metropolitan
 transportation authority issued for transit  and  commuter  projects  as
 provided  in section five hundred fifty-three-j of this title, and shall
 not be subject to distribution under section five  hundred  sixty-nine-c
 of  this title or section twelve hundred nineteen-a of this chapter. The
 provisions of section twenty-eight hundred four of  this  chapter  shall
 not  be  applicable  to  the tolls and fees established by the authority
 pursuant to this subdivision. Any such fares, tolls, and  other  charges
 shall  be  established and changed only if approved by resolution of the
 authority adopted by not less than a majority vote of the  whole  number
 of members of the authority then in office, with the chairman having one
 additional  vote  in  the  event  of a tie vote, and only after a public
 hearing.
   § 4. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth  day  after  it  shall
 have become a law.