Assembly Bill A3748

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Provides milk dealers and agricultural food product transporters with electronic toll collection devices free of charge

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly 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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2025-A3748 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Transportation
Law Section:
Public Authorities Law
Laws Affected:
Add §378-b, Pub Auth L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
A5352

2025-A3748 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides milk dealers and agricultural food product transporters with electronic toll collection devices free of charge; requires the department of transportation to reimburse the thruway authority and the metropolitan transportation authority for costs incurred in providing such toll collection devices.

2025-A3748 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3748
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 30, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A. GRAY, BLANKENBUSH, BENDETT, HAWLEY, DiPIETRO,
   TAGUE, MILLER -- read once and referred to the Committee on  Transpor-
   tation
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the public authorities law, in relation to providing
   milk dealers and agricultural food product transporters with electron-
   ic toll collection devices free of charge

   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 378-b to read as follows:
   § 378-B. MILK AND FARM FOOD PRODUCT TRANSPORT ELECTRONIC  TOLLING.  1.
 FOR  THE  PURPOSES  OF  THIS SECTION, THE FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL HAVE THE
 FOLLOWING MEANINGS:
   (A) "MILK" SHALL HAVE THE SAME DEFINITION  AS  SUCH  TERM  IS  DEFINED
 PURSUANT  TO SUBDIVISION SEVEN OF SECTION TWO HUNDRED FIFTY-THREE OF THE
 AGRICULTURE AND MARKETS LAW.
   (B) "FARM FOOD PRODUCT" MEANS:
   (I) LIVESTOCK;
   (II) FRESH PRODUCE;
   (III) MEAT;
   (IV) MILK; AND
   (V) DAIRY PRODUCTS.
   2.  THE  AUTHORITY  SHALL  ESTABLISH  AND  ISSUE  AN  ELECTRONIC  TOLL
 COLLECTION  EXEMPTION  PROCESS  FOR SINGLE UNIT TRUCKS AND TRUCKS HAVING
 TWO OR MORE AXLES WHICH ARE OWNED AND OPERATED BY  A  PERSON  OR  ENTITY
 ENGAGED  IN  THE  PURCHASING,  HANDLING OR SELLING OF MILK AND FARM FOOD
 PRODUCTS, OR WHO BARGAINS FOR THE PURCHASE OR SALE OF MILK AND FARM FOOD
 PRODUCTS, WHEN SUCH TRUCKS ARE USED EXCLUSIVELY TO FURTHER THE  PURCHAS-
 ING, HANDLING, AND SELLING OF MILK AND FARM FOOD PRODUCTS THROUGHOUT THE
 STATE.  THE  EXEMPTION  PROCESS  SHALL BE DEVELOPED SUCH THAT THE USE OF
 ELECTRONIC COLLECTION DEVICES SHALL BE AT NO COST  TO  SUCH  PERSONS  OR
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD06293-01-5

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