New York S 8120: Relates to owner liability for failure of operators to comply with toll collection regulations; repealer

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S08120 Summary:

BILL NOS08120 

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SAME ASSAME AS A07082

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SPONSORCOMRIE

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COSPNSRADDABBO, JACKSON, LANZA, RYAN C, SCARCELLA-SPANTON, SKOUFIS

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §2985, rpld §2985 subs 7 - 12, Pub Auth L

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Relates to owner liability for failure of operators to comply with toll collection regulations; requires public authorities to send a notice to owners upon incurring an obligation to pay a toll; provides for the adjudication of such liability and defenses to an allegation of liability; repeals certain provisions of law relating thereto.

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BILL NOS08120 

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05/15/2025REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

01/07/2026REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 8120

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 May 15, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sens. COMRIE, ADDABBO, JACKSON, LANZA, SKOUFIS -- 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 enacting the
 "toll payer protection act"; and to repeal certain provisions of such
 law relating thereto

 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 "toll payer protection act".
 3 § 2. Subdivisions 3, 4 and 5 of section 2985 of the public authorities
 4 law, as added by chapter 379 of the laws of 1992, are amended to read as
 5 follows:
 6 3. For purposes of this section, the [term] following terms shall have
 7 the following meanings:
 8 (a) "owner" shall mean any person, corporation, partnership, firm,
 9 agency, association, lessor or organization who, [at the time of the
 10 violation and] with respect to the vehicle identified in the notice of
 11 liability: [(a)] (i) is the beneficial or equitable owner of such vehi-
 12 cle; or [(b)] (ii) has title to such vehicle; or [(c)] (iii) is the
 13 registrant or co-registrant of such vehicle which is registered with the
 14 department of motor vehicles of this state or any other state, territo-
 15 ry, district, province, nation or other jurisdiction; or [(d)] (iv)
 16 subject to the limitations set forth in subdivision [ten] nine of this
 17 section, uses such vehicle in its vehicle renting and/or leasing busi-
 18 ness; and (v) includes [(e)] a person entitled to the use and possession
 19 of a vehicle subject to a security interest in another person. [For
 20 purposes of this section, the term]
 21 (b) "photo-monitoring system" shall mean a vehicle sensor installed to
 22 work in conjunction with a toll collection facility which automatically
 23 produces one or more photographs, one or more microphotographs, a vide-

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD04883-01-5

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 1 otape or other recorded images of each vehicle [at the time it is used
 2 or operated in violation of toll collection regulations]. [For purposes
 3 of this section, the term]
 4 (c) "toll collection regulations" shall mean: those rules and regu-
 5 lations of a public authority providing for and requiring the payment of
 6 tolls and/or charges prescribed by such public authority for the use of
 7 bridges, tunnels or highways under its jurisdiction or those rules and
 8 regulations of a public authority making it unlawful to refuse to pay or
 9 to evade or to attempt to evade the payment of all or part of any toll
 10 and/or charge for the use of bridges, tunnels or highways under the
 11 jurisdiction of such public authority. [For purposes of this section,
 12 the term]
 13 (d) "vehicle" shall mean every device in, upon or by which a person or
 14 property is or may be transported or drawn upon a highway, except
 15 devices used exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks.
 16 (e) "violation" shall mean the failure of an owner to pay an assessed
 17 toll associated with the third notice of liability pursuant to subdivi-
 18 sion five of this section.
 19 4. A certificate, sworn to or