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Senator · Senate District 38
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History
- Referred to transportation
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BILL NUMBER:S7603
Title of bill
An act to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to violations concerning number plates on a toll highway, bridge and/or tunnel facility
Purpose
To provide increased fines for violations of the law relating to number plates on vehicles for violations occurring on a toll highway, bridge and/or tunnel facility.
Summary of provisions
Section 1. Adds a new subdivision 9 to section 402 of the vehicle and traffic law to provide that any violation of this section on a toll highway, bridge and/or tunnel facility shall be punishable by a fine of not less than one hundred nor more than five hundred dollars. This section also makes a corresponding technical amendment to subdivision 8 of section 402.
Section 2. Effective date.
Existing law
Existing law provides fines of not less than twenty-five nor more than two hundred dollars for violations relating to number plates.
Justification
Several public authorities in New York have implemented the electronic toll collection system commonly referred to as E-ZPass. The E-ZPass system has increased customer convenience while reducing travel time, fuel consumption and potential back-ups at toll plazas for the Thruway Authority and other public authorities. While the benefits of EZPass are numerous, it does provide opportunities for abuse. Those who are not E-ZPass subscribers can evade tolls by driving through lanes designated for that purpose.
This bill addresses the increasing problem of motorists using special devices designed specifically to hide or shield a person's license plate from the view of the cameras that are used for toll collection enforcement by establishing higher fines for the use of such devices on a toll highway, bridge and/or tunnel facility.
Legislative history
New bill.
Fiscal implications
To be determined.
Effective date
This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after it shall have become a law.
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