New York S 9026: Provides that the thruway authority shall issue permits for ambulances and fire vehicles for toll exemptions

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S09026 Summary:

BILL NOS09026 

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SAME ASSAME AS A10037

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Amd §378-a, Pub Auth L

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Provides that the thruway authority shall issue permits for ambulances and fire vehicles exempting such vehicles from paying tolls on the thruway when engaged in an emergency operation.

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01/23/2026REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 9026

 IN SENATE

 January 23, 2026
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. COMRIE -- 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 the issuance
 of permits to exempt ambulances and fire vehicles from paying tolls on
 the New York state thruway when engaged in an emergency operation

 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 378-a of the public authorities
 2 law, as added by chapter 23 of the laws of 2010, is amended to read as
 3 follows:
 4 1. The authority is hereby authorized and directed to [issue refunds
 5 for tolls incurred by ambulances or fire vehicles engaged in an emergen-
 6 cy operation, or, at the option of the authority, to] issue emergency
 7 services permits for use by ambulances and fire vehicles which shall
 8 provide for travel at no charge between interchanges and barriers while
 9 such vehicles are engaged in an emergency operation, provided that the
 10 authority is authorized and directed to issue refunds for tolls incurred
 11 by such ambulances and fire vehicles engaged in an emergency operation
 12 while the applicable application for emergency services permits is pend-
 13 ing. The authority shall promulgate rules and regulations establishing
 14 the process by which such ambulances and fire vehicles can apply for
 15 emergency services permits. For purposes of this section, the term
 16 "ambulance" shall have the same meaning as such term is defined by
 17 section one hundred-b of the vehicle and traffic law, the term "fire
 18 vehicle" shall have the same meaning as such term is defined by section
 19 one hundred fifteen-a of the vehicle and traffic law, and the term
 20 "emergency operation" shall have the same meaning as such term is
 21 defined by section one hundred fourteen-b of the vehicle and traffic
 22 law. In any rules and regulations promulgated for the implementation of
 23 this section, the authority may establish the type of documentation or
 24 other proof satisfactory to the authority that an ambulance or fire
 25 vehicle was engaged in an emergency operation at the time a toll was
 26 incurred.
 27 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD14562-01-6

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