Senate Bill S7654

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Exempts veterans and those on active duty from paying certain fees for travel

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Finance 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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2023-S7654 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A8181
Current Committee:
Senate Finance
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §9-0903, En Con L

2023-S7654 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Exempts veterans and those on active duty from paying certain fees for travel on the New York world war veterans memorial highway in Essex county or Prospect mountain veteran's memorial highway in Warren county.

2023-S7654 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S7654 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7654
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                            September 13, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  STEC  --  read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 AN ACT to amend the  environmental  conservation  law,  in  relation  to
   exempting  veterans  and those on active duty from paying certain fees
   for travel

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision  2  of  section  9-0903  of the environmental
 conservation law is amended to read as follows:
   2. The commissioner shall have the power and is authorized  to  impose
 and  provide  for  the collection of such fees or charges as he may deem
 necessary and for the best interests of the state for  the  use  of  all
 facilities  and  their  appurtenances; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, NO VETERAN, AS
 DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION THREE OF SECTION ONE OF  THE  VETERANS'  SERVICES
 LAW, PERSON ON ACTIVE DUTY, AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION SIX OF SECTION ONE
 OF THE MILITARY LAW, OR PERSON IN THE ARMED FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES,
 AS  DEFINED  IN  SUBDIVISION  EIGHT  OF SECTION ONE OF THE MILITARY LAW,
 SHALL BE ASSESSED A FEE OR OTHER CHARGE FOR TRAVEL ON THE NEW YORK WORLD
 WAR VETERANS MEMORIAL HIGHWAY  IN  ESSEX  COUNTY  OR  PROSPECT  MOUNTAIN
 VETERAN'S  MEMORIAL HIGHWAY IN WARREN COUNTY. All moneys received there-
 from shall be deposited in the State Treasury pursuant to the provisions
 of the State Finance Law.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13218-02-3

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