New York S 5162: Relates to suspending the registration of a vehicle for evading cashless tolls

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S05162 Summary:

BILL NOS05162 

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SAME ASSAME AS A05814

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SPONSORCOMRIE

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §510-e, V & T L

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Provides that no suspension of a registration shall occur for a violation regarding cashless tolls absent clear evidence of an owner's intent to repeatedly evade paying such tolls.

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BILL NOS05162 

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02/19/2025REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

01/07/2026REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 5162

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 February 19, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. COMRIE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation

 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to suspending
 the registration of a vehicle for evading cashless tolls

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

 1 Section 1. The vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding a new
 2 section 510-e to read as follows:
 3 § 510-e. Suspension of registration; cashless toll violations. 1. For
 4 the purpose of this section:
 5 (a) "Owner" shall mean any person, corporation, partnership, firm,
 6 agency, association, lessor or organization who, at the time of incur-
 7 ring an obligation to pay a toll at a cashless tolling facility, and
 8 with respect to the vehicle identified in the notice of toll due: (i) is
 9 the beneficial or equitable owner of such vehicle; or (ii) has title to
 10 such vehicle; or (iii) is the registrant or co-registrant of such vehi-
 11 cle which is registered with the department of motor vehicles of this
 12 state or any other state, territory, district, province, nation or other
 13 jurisdiction; or (iv) is a person entitled to the use and possession of
 14 a vehicle subject to a security interest in another person.
 15 (b) "Cashless tolling facility" shall mean a toll highway, bridge or
 16 tunnel facility operated by a public authority that does not provide for
 17 the immediate on-site payment in cash of a toll owed for the use of such
 18 facility.
 19 (c) "Violation" shall mean the failure of the owner to timely respond
 20 to a toll bill.
 21 (d) "Toll bill" shall mean a notice sent to an owner by a public
 22 authority notifying such owner that the owner's vehicle has been used or
 23 operated at a cashless tolling facility, crossed a cashless tolling
 24 monitoring system without an operable electronic device and has incurred
 25 an obligation to pay a toll.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD06123-01-5

 S. 5162 2

 1 2. No suspension of registration of a motor vehicle shall occur pursu-
 2 ant to this article for any cashless toll violation unless there is
 3 clear evidence the owner of such motor vehicle's intent to repeatedly
 4 evade paying such cashless tolls. Beginning October thirteenth, two
 5 thousand twenty, any current suspension of registration of a motor vehi-
 6 cle for any cashless toll violation which lack clear evidence of an
 7 owner's intent to repeatedly evade paying such cashless tolls shall be
 8 reversed without penalty to such owner of such vehicle.
 9 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

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