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S4441 • 2025

Exempts veterans and those on active duty from paying certain fees for travel

Exempts veterans and those on active duty from paying certain fees for travel

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Sponsor
Dan Stec
Last action
2026-06-02
Official status
In Assembly Committee
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Exempts veterans and those on active duty from paying certain fees for travel

Exempts veterans and those on active duty from paying certain fees for travel Exempts veterans and those on active duty from paying certain fees for travel on the New York world war veterans memorial highway in Essex county or Prospect mountain veteran's memorial highway in Warren county.

What This Bill Does

  • Exempts veterans and those on active duty from paying certain fees for travel Exempts veterans and those on active duty from paying certain fees for travel on the New York world war veterans memorial highway in Essex county or Prospect mountain veteran's memorial highway in Warren county.

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Bill History

  1. 2026-06-02 Senate

    COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES

  2. 2026-06-02 Senate

    ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1534

  3. 2026-06-02 Senate

    PASSED SENATE

  4. 2026-06-02 Senate

    DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

  5. 2026-06-02 Assembly

    REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

  6. 2026-02-04 Senate

    REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE

  7. 2026-01-07 Senate

    REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

  8. 2025-05-13 Senate

    REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE

  9. 2025-02-05 Senate

    REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

Official Summary Text

Exempts veterans and those on active duty from paying certain fees for travel
Exempts veterans and those on active duty from paying certain fees for travel on the New York world war veterans memorial highway in Essex county or Prospect mountain veteran's memorial highway in Warren county.

Current Bill Text

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S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                          4441

                               2025-2026 Regular Sessions

                                    I N  S E N A T E

                                    February 5, 2025
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sens.  STEC, HARCKHAM -- read twice and ordered printed,
          and when printed to be committed to  the  Committee  on  Environmental
          Conservation

        AN  ACT  to  amend  the  environmental  conservation law, in relation to
          exempting veterans and those on active duty from paying  certain  fees
          for travel

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

     1    Section 1. Subdivision  2  of  section  9-0903  of  the  environmental
     2  conservation law is amended to read as follows:
     3    2.  The  commissioner shall have the power and is authorized to impose
     4  and provide for the collection of such fees or charges as [he] THEY  may
     5  deem  necessary  and  for the best interests of the state for the use of
     6  all facilities and their appurtenances; PROVIDED, HOWEVER,  NO  VETERAN,
     7  AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION THREE OF SECTION ONE OF THE VETERANS' SERVICES
     8  LAW, PERSON ON ACTIVE DUTY, AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION SIX OF SECTION ONE
     9  OF THE MILITARY LAW, OR PERSON IN THE ARMED FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES,
    10  AS  DEFINED  IN  SUBDIVISION  EIGHT  OF SECTION ONE OF THE MILITARY LAW,
    11  SHALL BE ASSESSED A FEE OR OTHER CHARGE FOR TRAVEL ON THE NEW YORK WORLD
    12  WAR VETERANS MEMORIAL HIGHWAY  IN  ESSEX  COUNTY  OR  PROSPECT  MOUNTAIN
    13  VETERAN'S  MEMORIAL HIGHWAY IN WARREN COUNTY. All moneys received there-
    14  from shall be deposited in the State Treasury pursuant to the provisions
    15  of the State Finance Law.
    16    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.



         EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD04888-01-5