Assembly Bill A7082

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to owner liability for failure of operators to comply with toll collection regulations; repealer

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  • 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-A7082 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Corporations, Authorities And Commissions
Law Section:
Public Authorities Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §2985, rpld §2985 subs 7 - 12, Pub Auth L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
A5214

2025-A7082 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to owner liability for failure of operators to comply with toll collection regulations; requires public authorities to send a notice to owners upon incurring an obligation to pay a toll; provides for the adjudication of such liability and defenses to an allegation of liability; repeals certain provisions of law relating thereto.

2025-A7082 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7082
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 20, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. TORRES -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions
 
 AN  ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to enacting the
   "toll payer protection act"; and to repeal certain provisions of  such
   law relating thereto

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may  be  cited  as
 the "toll payer protection act".
   § 2. Subdivisions 3, 4 and 5 of section 2985 of the public authorities
 law, as added by chapter 379 of the laws of 1992, are amended to read as
 follows:
   3. For purposes of this section, the [term] FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL HAVE
 THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS:
   (A)  "owner"  shall  mean  any person, corporation, partnership, firm,
 agency, association, lessor or organization who, [at  the  time  of  the
 violation  and]  with respect to the vehicle identified in the notice of
 liability: [(a)] (I) is the beneficial or equitable owner of such  vehi-
 cle;  or  [(b)]  (II)  has  title to such vehicle; or [(c)] (III) is the
 registrant or co-registrant of such vehicle which is registered with the
 department of motor vehicles of this state or any other state,  territo-
 ry,  district,  province,  nation  or  other jurisdiction; or [(d)] (IV)
 subject to the limitations set forth in subdivision [ten] NINE  of  this
 section,  uses  such vehicle in its vehicle renting and/or leasing busi-
 ness; and (V) includes [(e)] a person entitled to the use and possession
 of a vehicle subject to a security  interest  in  another  person.  [For
 purposes of this section, the term]
   (B) "photo-monitoring system" shall mean a vehicle sensor installed to
 work  in conjunction with a toll collection facility which automatically
 produces one or more photographs, one or more microphotographs, a  vide-
 otape  or  other recorded images of each vehicle [at the time it is used

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04883-01-5
              

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