New York S 4530: Exempts military members based at Fort Hamilton, Brooklyn, NY and Fort Wadsworth, Staten Island, NY on active duty who reside in NYC from the payment of E-ZPass tolls associated with the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge

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S04530 Summary:

BILL NOS04530A

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORSCARCELLA-SPANTON

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §2855, Pub Auth L

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Exempts military members based at Fort Hamilton, Brooklyn, New York and Fort Wadsworth, Staten Island, New York on active duty who reside in NYC from the payment of E-ZPass tolls associated with the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge.

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BILL NOS04530A

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02/06/2025REFERRED TO VETERANS, HOMELAND SECURITY AND MILITARY AFFAIRS

05/19/2025AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO VETERANS, HOMELAND SECURITY AND MILITARY AFFAIRS

05/19/2025PRINT NUMBER 4530A

05/28/2025REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE

01/07/2026REFERRED TO VETERANS, HOMELAND SECURITY AND MILITARY AFFAIRS

03/17/2026REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 4530--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 February 6, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. SCARCELLA-SPANTON -- read twice and ordered printed,
 and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Veterans, Home-
 land Security and Military Affairs -- committee discharged, bill
 amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
 tee

 AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to exempting
 active duty military members based at Fort Hamilton, Brooklyn, NY and
 Fort Wadsworth, Staten Island, New York who reside in a city with a
 population of one million or more from E-ZPass tolls associated with
 the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge

 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; exemptions.
 5 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of any law to the contrary, if any
 6 authority shall offer any electronic method of payment for tolls, fares,
 7 fees, rentals, or other charges, including but not limited to a system
 8 called E-ZPass, such authority shall not impose any periodic administra-
 9 tive or other charge for the privilege of using such electronic method
 10 of payment for such charges. Nothing in this section shall be construed
 11 to prohibit any authority from making any charge for extra services
 12 requested by a holder of such electronic method of payment, any charge
 13 for lost or damaged equipment, or for defaults, such as charges for
 14 dishonored checks. The authority shall not enter any agreement with
 15 bondholders that would require the imposition of administrative or other
 16 periodic charges relating to electronic methods of payment prohibited by
 17 this section.
 18 2. (a) Any authority shall exempt all members based on Fort Wadsworth
 19 and Fort Hamilton military members in active military service of the

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD08352-02-5

 S. 4530--A 2

 1 United States, from tolls and charges associated with the Verrazzano-
 2 Narrows Bridge, as defined by section one of the military law, who
 3 reside in a city with a population of one million or more using a New
 4 York customer service E-ZPass account for travel within the state from
 5 the payment of any tolls therefor; provided, however, that such
 6 exemption shall not apply to trips made by vehicles that are used for
 7 commercial purposes. Application for such toll exemption shall be made
 8 in such manner as shall be prescribed by the New York E-ZPass customer
 9 service center or successor entity and shall contain such information as
 10 such entity may require.
 11 (b) The provisions of paragraph (a) of this subdivision shall also
 12 apply to spouses and dependent children of all Fort Wadsworth and Fort
 13 Hamilton military members in active military service of the United
 14 States who reside in a city with a population of one million or more, if
 15 such family members reside in the same household as such military
 16 members.
 17 § 2. This act shall tak