NY State Senate Bill 2023-S1089

Senate Bill S1089

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Allows the New York state thruway authority to provide a discounted toll rate to farmers transporting agricultural products

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Transportation Committee

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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Jan 03, 2024	referred to transportation
Jan 10, 2023	referred to transportation

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2023-S1089 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A1012
Current Committee:: Senate Transportation
Law Section:: Public Authorities Law
Laws Affected:: Add §354-a, Pub Auth L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2015-2016: S4826
2017-2018: S1240, A10493
2019-2020: S2787, A1265
2021-2022: S3433, A3568

2023-S1089 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Allows the New York state thruway authority to provide a discounted toll rate to farmers transporting agricultural products.

2023-S1089 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S1089

SPONSOR: COMRIE
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the public authorities law, in relation to allowing the
New York state thruway authority to provide a discounted toll rate to
farmers transporting agricultural products

 
PURPOSE:

To reduce the transportation costs that New York farmers face when
bringing agricultural products to market.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1 amends the Public Authorities Law by adding a section 354(a),
which provides a fifty percent discount on tolls along roads maintained
by the Thruway Authority for farmers who have filed a "Farmer's and
Commercial Horse Boarding Operator's Exemption Certificate"(ST-125).
Section 2 sets forth the effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

In recent years, there has been a local food movement in New York State,
where residents are starting to see the benefits of purchasing locally
grown products. They support farmers who live in their own state, or
even in their immediate county. In turn, residents receive healthy foods
that don't have the artificial preservatives needed to ship the products
across long distances. High transportation costs are often a factor that
prevent farmers from shipping goods to market. Farmers have tight profit
margins, and the combination of fuel, vehicle maintenance, and highway
tolls does not help their financial situation. This bill reduces those
expenses by allowing farmers who are in the process of shipping goods to
only pay half the normal toll. It eases the burden of the Thruway's high
user fees, which are only increasing with time. This bill supports the
local food movement and assists the state's agriculture sector.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2021-2022: S.3433- referred to transportation

2015-2016: S.4826-A passed senate

2017-2018: S.1240-A/A.10493 passed senate

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

To be determined.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This bill shall take effect on January 1, 2025.

2023-S1089 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1089
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 10, 2023
                                ___________
 
 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 allowing  the
   New  York state thruway authority to provide a discounted toll rate to
   farmers transporting agricultural products

   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. DISCOUNT FOR FARMERS. FARMERS, ENGAGED IN  ACTIVITIES  LISTED
 IN  SUBDIVISION  FOUR OF SECTION TWO OF THE AGRICULTURE AND MARKETS LAW,
 AND PRODUCING PRODUCTS AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION FIVE OF SECTION TWO  OF
 THE  AGRICULTURE AND MARKETS LAW, SHALL RECEIVE A TOLL DISCOUNT ON ROADS
 MAINTAINED BY THE THRUWAY AUTHORITY. THOSE FARMERS ELIGIBLE  FOR  A  TAX
 EXEMPTION  UNDER  SUBPARAGRAPH (A) OF PARAGRAPH TWO OF SUBSECTION (A) OF
 SECTION SIX HUNDRED SIX OF THE TAX LAW WILL BE DISCOUNTED FIFTY  PERCENT
 OF  THE NORMAL TOLL RATE. THIS DISCOUNT SHALL NOT APPLY TO SURCHARGES IN
 ADDITION TO THE REGULAR CROSSING FARE, AND SHALL NOT BE  USED  IN  OCCA-
 SIONS  OF  NON-COMMERCIAL  VEHICLE  TRAVEL.  FARMERS  RECEIVING  THE TAX
 EXEMPTION UNDER SUBPARAGRAPH (A) OF PARAGRAPH TWO OF SUBSECTION  (A)  OF
 SECTION SIX HUNDRED SIX OF THE TAX LAW MAY FILE THE CERTIFICATE PRODUCED
 FOR  THAT  EXEMPTION  WITH  THE  THRUWAY  AUTHORITY.  UPON RECEIVING THE
 CERTIFICATE, THE THRUWAY AUTHORITY SHALL ISSUE E-ZPASS TAGS TO THE FARM-
 ERS, PROVIDING THEM THE FIFTY PERCENT TOLL RATE DISCOUNT.
   § 2. This act shall take effect January 1, 2025.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02117-01-3

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Sponsored By

Leroy Comrie

Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Transportation Committee

co-Sponsors

Nathalia Fernandez

Patrick M. Gallivan

Robert G. Ortt

Mark Walczyk

2023-S1089 (ACTIVE) - Details

2023-S1089 (ACTIVE) - Summary

2023-S1089 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S1089 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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