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Bill No.: Summary Actions Committee&nbspVotes Floor&nbspVotes Memo Text LFIN Chamber&nbspVideo/Transcript S04705 Summary: BILL NO S04705 &nbsp SAME AS No Same As &nbsp SPONSOR LANZA &nbsp COSPNSR BORRELLO, CHAN &nbsp MLTSPNSR &nbsp Rpld Art 44-C, amd §1630, V & T L; rpld §553 sub 9 ¶(s), sub 12-a, §§553-j & 553-k, amd §566-a, Pub Auth L; rpld §87 sub 2 ¶(p), Pub Off L; rpld Part ZZZ Subpart A §§9 - 11, Chap 59 of 2019; rpld §606 sub§ (jjj), Tax L &nbsp Repeals congestion pricing.

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STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________

4705

2025-2026 Regular Sessions

IN SENATE

February 11, 2025 ___________

Introduced by Sen. LANZA -- 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 and the public authorities law, in relation to congestion pricing in New York City; and repealing certain provisions of the vehicle and traffic law, the public authori- ties law, the public officers law, the tax law, and subpart A of part ZZZ of chapter 59 of the laws of 2019, amending the vehicle and traf- fic law and the public authorities law relating to establishing a central business district tolling program in the city of New York and amending the public officers law relating to confidentiality of certain public records, relating thereto

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

1 Section 1. Article 44-C of the vehicle and traffic law is REPEALED. 2 § 2. Subdivision 4 of section 1630 of the vehicle and traffic law, as 3 amended by section 2 of subpart A of part ZZZ of chapter 59 of the laws 4 of 2019, is amended to read as follows: 5 4. Charging of tolls, taxes, fees, licenses or permits for the use of 6 the highway or any of its parts [ or entry into or remaining within the 7 central business district established by article forty-four-C of this 8 chapter ], where the imposition thereof is authorized by law. 9 § 3. Paragraph (s) of subdivision 9 of section 553 of the public 10 authorities law is REPEALED. 11 § 4. Subdivision 12-a of section 553 of the public authorities law is 12 REPEALED. 13 § 5. Section 553-j of the public authorities law is REPEALED. 14 § 6. Paragraph (p) of subdivision 2 of section 87 of the public offi- 15 cers law is REPEALED. 16 § 7. Section 553-k of the public authorities law is REPEALED. 17 § 8. Sections 9, 10, and 11 of subpart A of part ZZZ of chapter 59 of 18 the laws of 2019, amending the vehicle and traffic law and the public

EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD09447-01-5

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1 authorities law relating to establishing a central business district 2 tolling program in the city of New York and amending the public officers 3 law relating to confidentiality of certain public records, are REPEALED. 4 § 9. Section 566-a of the public authorities law, as amended by 5 section 12 of subpart A of part ZZZ of chapter 59 of the laws of 2019, 6 is amended to read as follows: 7 § 566-a. Tax contract by the state. 1. It is hereby found, determined 8 and declared that the authority and the carrying out of its corporate 9 purposes is in all respects for the benefit of the people of the state 10 of New York, for the improvement of their health, welfare and prosper- 11 ity, and, in the case of some of the said purposes, for the promotion of 12 their traffic, and that said purposes are public purposes and, in the 13 case of those purposes which consist of vehicular bridges, vehicular 14 tunnels and approaches thereto [ and the central business district toll- 15 ing program ], the project is an essential part of the public highway 16 system and the authority will be performing an essential governmental 17 function in the exercise of the powers conferred by this title, and the 18 state of New York covenants with the purchasers and with all subsequent 19 holders and transferees of bonds issued after January first, nineteen 20 hundred thirty-nine by the authority pursuant to this title, in consid- 21 eration of the acceptance of any payment for the bonds that the bonds of 22 the authority issued after January first, nineteen hundred thirty-nine 23 pursuant to this title and the income therefrom, and all moneys, funds, 24 tolls and other revenues pledged to pay or secure the payment of such 25 bonds, shall at all times be free from taxation except for estate taxes 26 and taxes on transfers by or in contemplation of death. 27 2. Nothing herein shall be construed to repeal or supersede any tax 28 exemptions heretofore or hereafter granted by general or other laws. 29 § 10. Subsection (jjj) of section 606 of the tax law, as added by 30 section 1 of subpart F of part ZZZ of chapter 59 of the laws of 2019, is 31 REPEALED. 32 § 11. This act shall take effect immediately.

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