New York A 8859: Relates to limiting fines for the late payment or evasion of tolls charged by a public authority

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A08859 Summary:

BILL NOA08859 

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SAME ASSAME AS S07969

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SPONSORVanel

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COSPNSRWalker, Hyndman, Zinerman, Lucas

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§2855, 2985 & 2985-a, Pub Auth L

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Limits fines for the late payment or evasion of tolls charged by a public authority to twenty-five percent of the toll owed.

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BILL NOA08859 

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06/09/2025referred to corporations, authorities and commissions

01/07/2026referred to corporations, authorities and commissions

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 8859

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 June 9, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. VANEL -- read once and referred to the Committee
 on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions

 AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to limiting
 fines for the late payment or evasion of tolls charged by a public
 authority

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Section 2855 of the public authorities law, as added by
 2 section 1 of part KK of chapter 59 of the laws of 2006, is amended to
 3 read as follows:
 4 § 2855. Electronic method of payment; periodic charges. Notwithstand-
 5 ing the provisions of any law to the contrary, if any authority shall
 6 offer any electronic method of payment for tolls, fares, fees, rentals,
 7 or other charges, including but not limited to a system called E-ZPass,
 8 such authority shall not impose any periodic administrative or other
 9 charge for the privilege of using such electronic method of payment for
 10 such charges. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit any
 11 authority from making any charge for extra services requested by a hold-
 12 er of such electronic method of payment, any charge for lost or damaged
 13 equipment, or for defaults, such as charges for dishonored checks. The
 14 authority shall not enter any agreement with bondholders that would
 15 require the imposition of administrative or other periodic charges
 16 relating to electronic methods of payment prohibited by this section. No
 17 fine, fee or administrative charge for the late payment of a toll shall
 18 exceed twenty-five per centum of the amount of such toll owed.
 19 § 2. Subdivision 5 of section 2985 of the public authorities law, as
 20 added by chapter 379 of the laws of 1992, is amended to read as follows:
 21 5. An owner found liable for a violation of toll collection regu-
 22 lations pursuant to this section shall for a first violation thereof be
 23 liable for a monetary penalty not to exceed [fifty dollars or two times]
 24 twenty-five percent of the toll evaded [whichever is greater; for a

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD13086-01-5

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 1 second violation thereof both within eighteen months be liable for a
 2 monetary penalty not to exceed one hundred dollars or five times the
 3 toll evaded whichever is greater; for a third or subsequent violation
 4 thereof all within eighteen months be liable for a monetary penalty not
 5 to exceed one hundred fifty dollars or ten times the toll evaded which-
 6 ever is greater].
 7 § 3. Subdivision 3 of section 2985-a of the public authorities law, as
 8 added by section 2 of subpart B of part WW of chapter 56 of the laws of
 9 2024, is amended to read as follows:
 10 3. In the case of an owner who incurs an obligation to pay a toll for
 11 the first time in six months under the tolls by mail program at a cash-
 12 less tolling facility, a toll bill shall be sent within ten business
 13 days after the end of the initial billing cycle and of each subsequent
 14 billing cycle. In the case of all other owners incurring an obligation
 15 to pay a toll at a cashless tolling facility, a toll bill shall be sent
 16 at the end of the next billing cycle. Toll bills shall be sent to the
 17 owner by first class mail, and may additionally be sent by electronic
 18 means of communication upon the affirmative consent of the owner, by or
 19 on behalf of the pu