STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 1313 2017-2018 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY January 11, 2017 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. ZEBROWSKI, JAFFEE -- read once and referred to the Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to allowing the New York state thruway authority to offer a discounted toll rate to residents of Rockland and Westchester counties for Tappan Zee bridge crossings 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. Resident discount. Notwithstanding any inconsistent 4 provision of law, but subject to agreements with noteholders and bond- 5 holders, the authority shall offer a discounted toll rate for Tappan Zee 6 bridge crossings to residents of the county of Rockland and the county 7 of Westchester and may, except as otherwise provided in this section, 8 regulate the use thereof. The discount for residents of the county of 9 Rockland and the county of Westchester shall entitle such residents to 10 crossings over the Tappan Zee bridge at a reduced cost of sixty per 11 centum of the regular crossing fare imposed on nonresidents of the coun- 12 ty of Rockland and the county of Westchester. In the event the authority 13 shall impose a surcharge in addition to the regular toll for crossings 14 over the Tappan Zee bridge, such surcharge shall not be deemed a part of 15 the regular crossing fare for purposes of this section, and the discount 16 offered to the residents of the county of Rockland and the county of 17 Westchester as herein provided shall also entitle such residents to a 18 permanent exemption from the payment of any such surcharge in an amount 19 equal to the amount of any such surcharge imposed during calendar year 20 two thousand seventeen. Application for such discount shall be made in 21 such manner as prescribed by the authority and shall contain such infor- 22 mation as the authority may reasonably require. 23 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD01821-01-7