New York A 1884: Authorizes counties to lease county land for natural gas exploration, development and production for 5 years or as long as gas is produced

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A01884 Summary:

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Add §1704-b, amd §1630, V & T L; amd §553, Pub Auth L

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Provides that any resident of Rockland county or Orange county shall not be charged a toll for entry into or remaining in the central business district in New York city.

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01/14/2025referred to corporations, authorities and commissions

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

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 1884

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 14, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. EACHUS -- 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 exempting any resident of Rockland county or
 Orange county from congestion pricing in New York City

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

 1 Section 1. The vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding a new
 2 section 1704-b to read as follows:
 3 § 1704-b. Exemption from central business district tolling program.
 4 Any resident of Rockland county or Orange county shall not be charged
 5 for entry into or remaining in the central business district pursuant to
 6 section seventeen hundred four-a of this article.
 7 § 2. Subdivision 4 of section 1630 of the vehicle and traffic law, as
 8 amended by section 2 of subpart A of part ZZZ of chapter 59 of the laws
 9 of 2019, is amended to read as follows:
 10 4. Charging of tolls, taxes, fees, licenses or permits for the use of
 11 the highway or any of its parts or entry into or remaining within the
 12 central business district established by article forty-four-C of this
 13 chapter, where the imposition thereof is authorized by law. The
 14 provisions of this subdivision shall not apply to residents of Rockland
 15 county or Orange county.
 16 § 3. Subdivision 12-a of section 553 of the public authorities law, as
 17 added by section 4 of subpart A of part ZZZ of chapter 59 of the laws of
 18 2019, is amended to read as follows:
 19 12-a. To establish and charge variable tolls, fees and other charges
 20 for vehicles entering or remaining within the central business district,
 21 except for any vehicle which originates in Rockland county or Orange
 22 county, and to make rules and regulations for the collection of such
 23 tolls, fees and other charges, subject to and in accordance with such
 24 agreement with bondholders and applicable federal law as may be made as

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD03443-01-5

 A. 1884 2

 1 hereinafter provided. Subject to agreements with bondholders and appli-
 2 cable federal law, all tolls, fees and other revenues derived from the
 3 central business district tolling program shall be applied to the
 4 payment of operating, administration, and other necessary expenses of
 5 the authority properly allocable to such program, including the capital
 6 costs of such program, and to the payment of interest or principal of
 7 bonds, notes or other obligations of the authority or the metropolitan
 8 transportation authority issued for transit and commuter projects as
 9 provided in section five hundred fifty-three-j of this title, and shall
 10 not be subject to distribution under section five hundred sixty-nine-c
 11 of this title or section twelve hundred nineteen-a of this chapter. The
 12 provisions of section twenty-eight hundred four of this chapter shall
 13 not be applicable to the tolls and fees established by the authority
 14 pursuant to this subdivision. Any such fares, tolls, and other charges
 15 shall be established and changed only if approved by resolution of the
 16 authority adopted by not less than a majority vote of the whole number
 17 of members of the authority then in office, with the chairman having one
 18 additional vote in the event of a tie vot