Senate Bill S39

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to providing electronic toll collection devises for milk dealers free of charge

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Transportation 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-S39 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Transportation
Law Section:
Public Authorities Law
Laws Affected:
Add §378-b, Pub Auth L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
S2671

2025-S39 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides milk dealers who operate trucks throughout the state buying, delivering, and selling milk with an EZ pass free of charge, where the authority will be responsible for the cost so long as it can be proved the truck is used exclusively for such purpose.

2025-S39 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    39
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 8, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. WALCZYK -- 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  providing
   milk dealers with electronic 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  DEALER  EZ PASS. 1. THE AUTHORITY SHALL ESTABLISH AND
 ISSUE ELECTRONIC TOLL COLLECTION DEVICES  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, OR WHO
 BARGAINS  FOR  THE  PURCHASE  OR SALE OF MILK, AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION
 FOUR OF SECTION TWO HUNDRED FIFTY-THREE OF THE AGRICULTURE  AND  MARKETS
 LAW,  WHEN  SUCH  TRUCKS ARE USED EXCLUSIVELY TO FURTHER THE PURCHASING,
 HANDLING, AND SELLING OF MILK THROUGHOUT THE  STATE.  THE  USE  OF  SUCH
 ELECTRONIC  COLLECTION  DEVICES  SHALL  BE AT NO COST TO SUCH PERSONS OR
 ENTITIES, AND THE AUTHORITY SHALL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR  THE  COST  OF  THE
 TOLL  IMPOSED FOR THE USE OF THE THRUWAY SYSTEM, OR ANY PORTION THEREOF,
 BY THE TRUCK TO WHICH THIS DEVICE IS AFFIXED.
   2. THE AUTHORITY SHALL PROMULGATE RULES AND REGULATIONS  TO  IMPLEMENT
 THE  PROVISIONS  OF  THIS  SECTION,  INCLUDING  ESTABLISHING THE TYPE OF
 DOCUMENTATION OR OTHER PROOF REQUIRED TO PROVE THAT A  TRUCK  IS  EXCLU-
 SIVELY  USED  TO  FURTHER  THE PURCHASING, HANDLING, AND SELLING OF MILK
 THROUGHOUT THE STATE.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
 it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition,  amend-
 ment,  and/or  repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the imple-
 mentation of this act on its effective date are authorized  to  be  made
 and completed on or before such effective date.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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