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A09569 Summary:

BILL NOA09569
 
SAME ASSAME AS S08709
 
SPONSORCunningham
 
COSPNSR
 
MLTSPNSR
 
Amd 1704-a & 1630, add 1704-b, V & T L; amd 553, Pub Auth L
 
Limits the Triborough bridge and tunnel authority with regard to the number of tolls charged on trucks and the authority's power to raise its toll schedule.
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A09569 Actions:

BILL NOA09569
 
03/20/2024referred to corporations, authorities and commissions
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A09569 Memo:

NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY
MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION
submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
 
BILL NUMBER: A9569
 
SPONSOR: Cunningham
  TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the vehicle and traffic law and the public authorities law, in relation to limiting the number of tolls charged on trucks and limiting the Triborough bridge and tunnel authority's power to raise its toll schedule   PURPOSE: This bill ensures that commercial vehicles making deliveries in the Commercial Business District are tolled in the same manner as passenger vehicles; once per 24 hours. Additionally, it protects these small busi- ness owners from even more potential onerous tolls to and from this district going forward."   SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1. Amends Subdivision 1 of section 1704-a of the vehicle and traffic law to limit trucks, as defined in section one hundred fifty- eight of that same chapter, to one toll a day upon entering the central business district. Section 2. Amends the law by adding a new section, 1704-b, to prevent central business district tolls increases once receipts of all tolls total one billion dollars. Section 3. Amends Subdivision 4 of section 1630 of the vehicle and traf- fic law, as amended by section 2 of subpart A of part ZZZ of chapter 59 of the laws of 2019, to limit toll schedule increases once receipts of all tolls total one billion dollars. Section 4. Amends Subdivision 12-a of section 553 of the public authori- ties' law, as added by section 4 of subpart A of part ZZZ of chapter 59 of the laws of 2019, to reiterate that such toll schedules, as author- ized by that subdivision, are not increase after the receipts of all tolls total one billion dollars.   JUSTIFICATION: This program, as it stands, provides little to no exemptions to commu- ters - undermining the economic impact a levy on New Yorkers could have, particularly our industrial and commercial enterprises. To sustain this program, and protect industries in and around New York City, this bill will exempt trucks who frequently enter Manhattan to conduct business multiple times in a single day from being tolled more than once for entering that district.   PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: New Bill   FISCAL IMPLICATIONS: Yet to be determined.   EFFECTIVE DATE: This legislation will take effect on the sixtieth day after it becomes law.
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A09569 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          9569
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                     March 20, 2024
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  CUNNINGHAM  -- read once and referred to the
          Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions
 
        AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law and the  public  authorities
          law, in relation to limiting the number of tolls charged on trucks and
          limiting  the  Triborough bridge and tunnel authority's power to raise
          its toll schedule

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section  1. Subdivision 1 of section 1704-a of the vehicle and traffic
     2  law, as added by section 1 of subpart A of part ZZZ of chapter 59 of the
     3  laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows:
     4    1. Consistent with the goals of reducing traffic congestion within the
     5  central business district and funding capital  projects  the  Triborough
     6  bridge  and tunnel authority shall have the power, subject to agreements
     7  with its bondholders, and applicable federal law to establish and charge
     8  variable tolls and fees  for  vehicles  entering  or  remaining  in  the
     9  central  business district at any time and shall have the power, subject
    10  to agreements with bondholders, and applicable federal law to make rules
    11  and regulations for the establishment and collection of central business
    12  district tolls, fees, and other charges. For purposes of establishing  a
    13  central  business  district  toll  or tolls the board shall, at minimum,
    14  ensure annual revenues and fees collected under such program, less costs
    15  of operation of the same,  provide  for  sufficient  revenues  into  the
    16  central  business  district  tolling  capital  lockbox fund, established
    17  pursuant to section five hundred fifty-three-j of the public authorities
    18  law necessary to fund fifteen billion dollars for capital  projects  for
    19  the  2020 to 2024 MTA capital program, and any additional revenues above
    20  that amount to be available for any successor programs. Additionally, no
    21  toll may be established and charged  on  passenger  vehicles  registered
    22  pursuant  to subdivision six of section four hundred one of this chapter
    23  and trucks as defined in section one hundred fifty-eight of this chapter
    24  more than once per day for purposes of  entering  the  central  business
    25  district.
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD14676-01-4

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     1    §  2.  The  vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding a new section
     2  1704-b to read as follows:
     3     §  1704-b.  Limitation  on  toll increases in relation to the central
     4  business tolling program.  The toll schedule authorized for  entry  into
     5  or remaining in the central business district pursuant to section seven-
     6  teen  hundred  four-a  of  this article shall not be increased after the
     7  receipts of all tolls total one billion dollars.
     8    § 3. Subdivision 4 of section 1630 of the vehicle and traffic law,  as
     9  amended  by section 2 of subpart A of part ZZZ of chapter 59 of the laws
    10  of 2019, is amended to read as follows:
    11    4. Charging of tolls, taxes, fees, licenses or permits for the use  of
    12  the  highway  or  any of its parts or entry into or remaining within the
    13  central business district established by article  forty-four-C  of  this
    14  chapter,  where  the imposition thereof is authorized by law.  Such toll
    15  schedule shall not be increased after the receipt of all tolls total one
    16  billion dollars.
    17    § 4. Subdivision 12-a of section 553 of the public authorities law, as
    18  added by section 4 of subpart A of part ZZZ of chapter 59 of the laws of
    19  2019, is amended to read as follows:
    20    12-a. To establish and charge variable tolls, fees and  other  charges
    21  for  vehicles entering or remaining within the central business district
    22  and to make rules and regulations for the collection of such tolls, fees
    23  and other charges, subject to and in accordance with such agreement with
    24  bondholders and applicable federal law as may  be  made  as  hereinafter
    25  provided.  Subject to agreements with bondholders and applicable federal
    26  law, all tolls, fees and other revenues derived from the  central  busi-
    27  ness district tolling program shall be applied to the payment of operat-
    28  ing, administration, and other necessary expenses of the authority prop-
    29  erly  allocable  to  such  program,  including the capital costs of such
    30  program, and to the payment of interest or principal of bonds, notes  or
    31  other  obligations  of  the authority or the metropolitan transportation
    32  authority issued for  transit  and  commuter  projects  as  provided  in
    33  section  five  hundred  fifty-three-j  of  this  title, and shall not be
    34  subject to distribution under section five hundred sixty-nine-c of  this
    35  title  or  section  twelve  hundred  nineteen-a  of  this  chapter.  The
    36  provisions of section twenty-eight hundred four of  this  chapter  shall
    37  not  be  applicable  to  the tolls and fees established by the authority
    38  pursuant to this subdivision. Any such fares, tolls, and  other  charges
    39  shall  be  established and changed only if approved by resolution of the
    40  authority adopted by not less than a majority vote of the  whole  number
    41  of members of the authority then in office, with the chairman having one
    42  additional  vote  in  the  event  of a tie vote, and only after a public
    43  hearing. Such toll schedule  authorized  pursuant  to  this  subdivision
    44  shall not be increased after the receipts of all tolls total one billion
    45  dollars.
    46    §  5.  This  act  shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
    47  have become a law.
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