New York S 2168: Allows the New York state thruway authority to provide a discounted toll rate to farmers transporting agricultural products

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S02168 Summary:

BILL NOS02168 

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SAME ASSAME AS A00379

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SPONSORCOMRIE

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COSPNSRFERNANDEZ, GALLIVAN, HINCHEY, ORTT, PARKER, WALCZYK

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §354-a, Pub Auth L

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Allows the New York state thruway authority to provide a discounted toll rate to farmers transporting agricultural products.

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BILL NOS02168 

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01/15/2025REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

01/07/2026REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 2168

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 15, 2025
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 Introduced by Sens. COMRIE, FERNANDEZ, GALLIVAN, ORTT, WALCZYK -- 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 allowing the
 New York state thruway authority to provide a discounted toll rate to
 farmers transporting agricultural products

 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 354-a to read as follows:
 3 § 354-a. Discount for farmers. Farmers, engaged in activities listed
 4 in subdivision four of section two of the agriculture and markets law,
 5 and producing products as defined in subdivision five of section two of
 6 the agriculture and markets law, shall receive a toll discount on roads
 7 maintained by the thruway authority. Those farmers eligible for a tax
 8 exemption under subparagraph (A) of paragraph two of subsection (a) of
 9 section six hundred six of the tax law will be discounted fifty percent
 10 of the normal toll rate. This discount shall not apply to surcharges in
 11 addition to the regular crossing fare, and shall not be used in occa-
 12 sions of non-commercial vehicle travel. Farmers receiving the tax
 13 exemption under subparagraph (A) of paragraph two of subsection (a) of
 14 section six hundred six of the tax law may file the certificate produced
 15 for that exemption with the thruway authority. Upon receiving the
 16 certificate, the thruway authority shall issue E-ZPass tags to the farm-
 17 ers, providing them the fifty percent toll rate discount.
 18 § 2. This act shall take effect January 1, 2027.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD01487-01-5

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