New York S 9503: Enacts the "End the Toll Trap: Real Relief for Drivers Act"

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S09503 Summary:

BILL NOS09503 

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SAME ASSAME AS A10716

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SPONSORMARTINEZ

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COSPNSRCLEARE, COMRIE, RHOADS, RYAN C, SCARCELLA-SPANTON

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§2985, 2985-a & 2800, Pub Auth L

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Enacts the "End the Toll Trap: Real Relief for Drivers Act" to address excess administrative costs incurred by public authorities for the collection of toll payments and to ensure repeat toll evaders pay such costs; creates the New York and New Jersey toll and fees reduction task force to examine and evaluate the efficacy of current payment processing procedures and systems, and to provide recommendations to increase efficacy and reduce tolls and administrative fees.

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BILL NOS09503 

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03/18/2026REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 9503

 IN SENATE

 March 18, 2026
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 Introduced by Sen. MARTINEZ -- 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 toll
 violations; and in relation to establishing the New York and New
 Jersey toll and fees reduction task force

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

 1 Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
 2 the "End the Toll Trap: Real Relief for Drivers Act".
 3 § 2. Legislative intent. The legislature hereby finds cashless tolling
 4 is essential for transportation operations, but the fees assessed by
 5 public authorities for toll violations disproportionately burdens motor-
 6 ists who incur violations without knowing or through circumstances
 7 beyond their control; including but not limited to E-ZPass malfunction
 8 and billing errors. The legislature further finds administrative costs
 9 incurred by public authorities for the collection of toll payments
 10 should be shifted solely to repeat toll evaders. It is therefore the
 11 purpose of this act to require such fees to be based on the collecting
 12 authority's actual cost of both processing and collecting fees from
 13 repeat offenders, provide increased transparency, and to coordinate with
 14 the state of New Jersey to identify efficiencies to reduce fees at
 15 bi-state crossings.
 16 § 3. Subdivision 12 of section 2985 of the public authorities law, as
 17 added by chapter 379 of the laws of 1992, is amended to read as follows:
 18 12. (a) "Electronic toll collection system" shall mean a system of
 19 collecting tolls or charges which is capable of charging an account
 20 holder the appropriate toll or charge by transmission of information
 21 from an electronic device on a motor vehicle to the toll lane, which
 22 information is used to charge the account the appropriate toll or
 23 charge. In adopting procedures for the preparation and mailing of a
 24 notice of liability, the public authority having jurisdiction over the
 25 toll facility shall adopt guidelines to ensure adequate and timely
 26 notice to all electronic toll collection system account holders to
 27 inform them when their accounts are delinquent. An owner who is an

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD15255-01-6

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 1 account holder under the electronic toll collection system shall not be
 2 found liable for a violation of this section unless such authority has
 3 first sent a notice of delinquency to such account holder and the
 4 account holder was in fact delinquent at the time of the violation.
 5 (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, rule or regulation, no
 6 fee, charge, or assessment imposed by a public authority in connection
 7 with a notice of violation issued pursuant to this article, other than
 8 the underlying toll due, shall be assessed unless the owner has commit-
 9 ted three or more toll violations within a ninety day period.
 10 § 4. Subdivision 5 of section 2985-a of the public authorities law, as
 11 added by section 2 of subpart B of part WW of chapter 56 of the laws of
 12