What's happening
This bill exempts New York farmers transporting food to New York City from tolls and congestion pricing, starting in 2019-2020.
Why it matters
Could lower food costs in New York City. by reducing transportation expenses for farmers, potentially making locally-grown food more affordable for consumers.
Provides direct financial relief to New York State farmers and food producers,. which could improve their competitiveness and incentivize selling to the city rather than out-of-state markets.
May encourage more local and regional food supply chains,. supporting both rural agricultural economies and urban food security by making it easier for fresh, New York-grown products to reach city markets.
Introduces a requirement for proof of eligibility,. meaning the thruway authority will set up a system for farmers to demonstrate their status, which could affect how widely and easily the exemption is accessed.
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Who cares
Headline styles
No Tolls for Farmers
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Sponsors
4 Co-sponsors
4 Multi-sponsors
History
- Held for consideration in corporations, authorities and commissions
- Referred to corporations, authorities and commissions
- Referred to corporations, authorities and commissions
Full text
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STATE OF NEW YORK
1449
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 12, 2017
Introduced by M. of A. CROUCH, McDONOUGH, OAKS, RAIA, THIELE -- Multi- Sponsored by -- M. of A. BARCLAY, BLANKENBUSH, HAWLEY, KOLB -- read once and referred 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 the city of New York
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. The public authorities law is amended by adding a new section 2858 to read as follows:
§ 2858. Exemptions from tolls. 1. Subject to an appropriation made therefor during the two thousand nineteen -- two thousand twenty state fiscal year, any public authority under title nine of article two, title two of article three or title three of article 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 implemented in the city of New York.
3. The New York state thruway authority shall establish acceptable forms of proof to show that an individual does, in fact, comply with paragraphs a and b of subdivision one of this section.
§ 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.
LBD04372-01-7
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