New York S 31: Provides that the thruway authority shall issue permits for ambulances and fire vehicles for toll exemptions

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S00031 Summary:

BILL NOS00031 

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SAME ASSAME AS A00034

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SPONSORCOMRIE

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COSPNSRBORRELLO, HELMING, HINCHEY, JACKSON, MATTERA, OBERACKER, PALUMBO, ROLISON, RYAN C, SKOUFIS, WEBER,
 WEIK

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §378-a, Pub Auth L

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Provides that the thruway authority shall issue permits for ambulances and fire vehicles exempting such vehicles from paying tolls on the thruway when engaged in an emergency operation.

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BILL NOS00031 

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01/08/2025REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

05/29/2025COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES

05/29/2025ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1455

06/05/2025SUBSTITUTED BY A34

&nbspA00034 AMEND= Eachus

&nbsp01/08/2025referred to corporations, authorities and commissions

&nbsp01/28/2025reported referred to ways and means

&nbsp04/07/2025reported referred to rules

&nbsp04/07/2025reported 

&nbsp04/07/2025rules report cal.136

&nbsp04/07/2025ordered to third reading rules cal.136

&nbsp04/08/2025passed assembly

&nbsp04/08/2025delivered to senate

&nbsp04/08/2025REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

&nbsp06/05/2025SUBSTITUTED FOR S31

&nbsp06/05/20253RD READING CAL.1455

&nbsp06/05/2025PASSED SENATE

&nbsp06/05/2025RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY

&nbsp12/01/2025delivered to governor

&nbsp12/05/2025vetoed memo.55

&nbsp12/05/2025tabled

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 31

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 (Prefiled)

 January 8, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sens. COMRIE, BORRELLO, MATTERA, OBERACKER, PALUMBO, ROLI-
 SON, SKOUFIS, WEBER, WEIK -- 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 the issuance
 of permits to exempt ambulances and fire vehicles from paying tolls on
 the New York state thruway when engaged in an emergency operation

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 378-a of the public authorities
 2 law, as added by chapter 23 of the laws of 2010, is amended to read as
 3 follows:
 4 1. The authority is hereby authorized and directed to [issue refunds
 5 for tolls incurred by ambulances or fire vehicles engaged in an emergen-
 6 cy operation, or, at the option of the authority, to] issue emergency
 7 services permits for use by ambulances and fire vehicles which shall
 8 provide for travel at no charge between interchanges and barriers while
 9 such vehicles are engaged in an emergency operation, provided that the
 10 authority is authorized and directed to issue refunds for tolls incurred
 11 by such ambulances and fire vehicles engaged in an emergency operation
 12 while the applicable application for emergency services permits is pend-
 13 ing. The authority shall promulgate rules and regulations establishing
 14 the process by which such ambulances and fire vehicles can apply for
 15 emergency services permits. For purposes of this section, the term
 16 "ambulance" shall have the same meaning as such term is defined by
 17 section one hundred-b of the vehicle and traffic law, the term "fire
 18 vehicle" shall have the same meaning as such term is defined by section
 19 one hundred fifteen-a of the vehicle and traffic law, and the term
 20 "emergency operation" shall have the same meaning as such term is
 21 defined by section one hundred fourteen-b of the vehicle and traffic
 22 law. In any rules and regulations promulgated for the implementation of

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD00222-01-5

 S. 31 2

 1 this section, the authority may establish the type of documentation or
 2 other proof satisfactory to the authority that an ambulance or fire
 3 vehicle was engaged in an emergency operation at the time a toll was
 4 incurred.
 5 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

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