Provides that farmers shall receive an exemption from tolls when transporting product to NYC for consumption in the city.

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S742-2011 Actions

• Jan 4, 2012: REFERRED TO CORPORATIONS, AUTHORITIES AND COMMISSIONS
• Jun 24, 2011: COMMITTED TO RULES
• May 2, 2011: AMENDED ON THIRD READING (T) 742A
• Feb 15, 2011: ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
• Feb 14, 2011: 2ND REPORT CAL.
• Feb 8, 2011: 1ST REPORT CAL.74
• Jan 5, 2011: REFERRED TO CORPORATIONS, AUTHORITIES AND COMMISSIONS

S742-2011 Meetings

Corporations, Authorities and Commissions: Feb 8, 2011

S742-2011 Calendars

Floor Calendar: Feb 14, 2011 , Floor Calendar: Feb 15, 2011 , Floor Calendar: Feb 28, 2011 , Floor Calendar: Mar 1, 2011 , Floor Calendar: Mar 2, 2011 , Floor Calendar: Mar 3, 2011 , Floor Calendar: Mar 7, 2011 , Floor Calendar: Mar 8, 2011 , Floor Calendar: Mar 9, 2011 , Floor Calendar: Mar 10, 2011 , Floor Calendar: Mar 14, 2011 , Floor Calendar: Mar 15, 2011 , Floor Calendar: Mar 16, 2011 , Floor Calendar: Mar 21, 2011 , Floor Calendar: Mar 22, 2011 , Floor Calendar: Mar 23, 2011 , Floor Calendar: Mar 24, 2011 , Floor Calendar: Mar 28, 2011 , Floor Calendar: Mar 29, 2011 , Floor Calendar: Mar 30, 2011 , Floor Calendar: Mar 31, 2011 , Floor Calendar: Apr 4, 2011 , Floor Calendar: Apr 5, 2011 , Floor Calendar: Apr 6, 2011 , Floor Calendar: Apr 11, 2011 , Floor Calendar: Apr 12, 2011 , Floor Calendar: Apr 13, 2011 , Floor Calendar: May 2, 2011

S742-2011 Votes

S742-2011 Memo

BILL NUMBER:S742

TITLE OF BILL:

An act
to amend the public authorities law, in relation to providing toll
exemptions for farmers transporting their goods to New York city

PURPOSE:

Provides that farmers shall receive an exemption from tolls when
transporting product to NYC for consumption in the city.

SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Public Authorities Law is amended to provide an exemption from any
toll imposed by an authority for transportation across, on, or
through any bridge, road, or tunnel, for any farmer or food producer
who: a) farms or produces food, including fish and fish products, on
a property located in the state of New York;
and b.) is transporting such food to the city of New York for the
purposes of consumption within such city. Any person exempt from a
toll pursuant to this law shall also be exempt from any congestion
pricing plan implemented in the City of New York. The commissioner of
transportation shall establish acceptable forms of proof to show that
an individual is in compliance with this law and is eligible for such
an exemption.

JUSTIFICATION:

New York farmers struggle under the most stringent regulations and
onerous taxes in the country, yet produce the highest quality
product. Many of these products are marketed in various ways in New
York City. Consumers are able to express their preference and
purchase these products in many restaurants, bodegas and farmers
markets. However for the farmer to deliver their products to markets
in the city, the farmer is subject to additional expenses of bridge
tolls, tunnel tolls, and possibly an additional charge for delivery
in certain areas of Manhattan. Farmers should be exempt from any toll
imposed by public authority for transportation across, on, or through
any bridge, road, or tunnel for the purposes of consumption within
the city. The cost of fuel is escalating along with the cost of
tolls. Farmers are stressed with the price of gas to transport their
products to the city for consumption to make little profit after the
cost of gas and tolls are included. To help offset these expenses,
farmers should be exempt from tolls when transporting product to NYC
for consumption in the city.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
2009-2010:  S.2427/A.3638  Referred to Corporations, Authorities
& Commissions
2007-2008:  S.7463/A.9917  Referred to Transportation

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
Undetermined at this time.


EFFECTIVE DATE:
180 days after enactment into law.

S742-2011 Text

                      S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
  ________________________________________________________________________

                                     742

                         2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                              I N  SENATE

                                 (PREFILED)

                               January 5, 2011
                                 ___________

  Introduced  by  Sens.  YOUNG, BONACIC -- read twice and ordered printed,
    and when printed to be committed to  the  Committee  on  Corporations,
    Authorities and Commissions

  AN  ACT  to  amend  the public authorities law, in relation to providing
    toll exemptions for farmers transporting their goods to New York city

    THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
  BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:


    Section  1.  The  public  authorities  law  is amended by adding a new
  section 2858 to read as follows:

    S 2858. EXEMPTIONS FROM TOLLS. 1. ANY  PUBLIC  AUTHORITY  UNDER  TITLE
  NINE  OF ARTICLE TWO, TITLE TWO OF ARTICLE THREE OR TITLE THREE OF ARTI-
  CLE THREE OF THIS CHAPTER, SHALL PROVIDE  AN  EXEMPTION  FROM  ANY  TOLL
  IMPOSED  BY  SUCH AUTHORITY FOR TRANSPORTATION ACROSS, ON OR THROUGH ANY
  BRIDGE, ROAD OR TUNNEL, FOR ANY FARMER OR FOOD PRODUCER WHO:

    A. FARMS OR PRODUCES FOOD, INCLUDING FISH  AND  FISH  PRODUCTS,  ON  A
  PROPERTY LOCATED IN THE STATE; AND
    B.  IS TRANSPORTING SUCH FOOD TO THE CITY OF NEW YORK FOR THE PURPOSES
  OF CONSUMPTION WITHIN SUCH CITY.
    2. ANY PERSON EXEMPT FROM A TOLL PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION ONE  OF  THIS
  SECTION  SHALL  ALSO  BE  EXEMPT FROM ANY CONGESTION PRICING PLAN IMPLE-
  MENTED IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK.
    3. THE COMMISSIONER OF TRANSPORTATION SHALL ESTABLISH ACCEPTABLE FORMS
  OF PROOF TO SHOW THAT AN INDIVIDUAL DOES, IN  FACT,  COMPLY  WITH  PARA-
  GRAPHS A AND B OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION.
    S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
  it shall have become a law.


   EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                        [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                             LBD03433-01-1