New York S 6571: Directs the New York state thruway authority to establish an electronic toll collection device for motor vehicles used by farms which grants a discount for use of the thruway

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S06571 Summary:

BILL NOS06571 

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SPONSORHINCHEY

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COSPNSRGALLIVAN

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Add §378-b, Pub Auth L

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Directs the New York state thruway authority to establish an electronic toll collection device for motor vehicles used by farms which grants a discount for use of the thruway.

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03/17/2025REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

01/07/2026REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 6571

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 March 17, 2025
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 Introduced by Sens. HINCHEY, GALLIVAN -- 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 directing the
 New York state thruway authority to establish a farm E-Z Pass which
 grants discounted tolls for certain motor vehicles used by persons
 engaged in agricultural production

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

 1 Section 1. The public authorities law is amended by adding a new
 2 section 378-b to read as follows:
 3 § 378-b. Farm E-Z Pass. 1. The authority shall establish and issue
 4 electronic toll collection devices to provide a discount on tolls for
 5 motor vehicles that are owned and operated by a farm or farmer and are
 6 used exclusively for the transportation of qualifying agricultural
 7 products, and the farm or farmer would benefit from a toll collection
 8 discount due to financial hardship. Qualifying agricultural products
 9 include those consisting of crops, livestock and livestock products, as
 10 defined in subdivision two of section three hundred one of the
 11 agriculture and markets law. For the purposes of this section, motor
 12 vehicles may include passenger cars, vans, pickups, buses, single-unit
 13 trucks, single-trailer trucks having two or more axles, or any other
 14 vehicle the authority deems to be of equivalent size and purpose to
 15 qualify for the program. The use of such electronic toll collection
 16 devices shall provide a discount on the toll otherwise imposed for the
 17 use of the thruway system, or any portion thereof, by the motor vehicle
 18 to which the device is affixed. Each motor vehicle approved for the
 19 farm E-Z Pass grant shall be charged at a discounted rate as described
 20 in subdivision two of this section through the license plate of the
 21 motor vehicles provided during the initial application process.
 22 Discounts shall be awarded to farms or farmers experiencing financial
 23 hardship based on a tiered system standard which shall be in effect

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD10835-01-5

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 1 within one year from the effective date of this section. Applicants
 2 shall reapply annually.
 3 2. The authority, in consultation with the department of agriculture
 4 and markets, shall review the size of each farm applicant and determine
 5 whether such applicant is experiencing financial hardship. The authori-
 6 ty, in consultation with the department of agriculture and markets,
 7 shall make size and hardship determinations by reviewing each farm
 8 applicant's annual sales, costs, and revenue, the number of crops, live-
 9 stock, and/or livestock products needed to transport, and the amount of
 10 overall production. The tiers shall be determined as follows:
 11 (a) First-tier: Micro farms shall be limited to one small-sized motor
 12 vehicle and shall be discounted one hundred percent of their toll
 13 expenses.
 14 (b) Second-tier: Small-sized farms shall be limited to one small-sized
 15 motor vehicle and one medium-sized motor vehicle and shall be discounted
 16 seventy-five percent of their toll expenses.
 17 (c) Third-tier: Medium-sized farms shall be limited to two medium-
 18 sized motor vehicles and shall be discounted fifty percent of their toll
 19 expenses.
 20 (d) Fourth-tier: Large-sized farms shall be limited to two medium-
 21 sized and one la