S9178 • 2025

Requires notices of liability issued for nonpayment of tolls to be uniform in form and content and contain specific information

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor: Jessica Scarcella-Spanton
Last action: 2026-05-01
Official status: In Senate Committee
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Requires notices of liability issued for nonpayment of tolls to be uniform in form and content and contain specific information

Requires notices of liability issued for nonpayment of tolls to be uniform in form and content and contain specific information Requires notices of liability issued for nonpayment of tolls to be uniform in form and content and contain information on monetary penalties, the public authority issuing the notice of liability and the rates, fees, or charges applicable to nonpayment of tolls.

What This Bill Does

Requires notices of liability issued for nonpayment of tolls to be uniform in form and content and contain specific information Requires notices of liability issued for nonpayment of tolls to be uniform in form and content and contain information on monetary penalties, the public authority issuing the notice of liability and the rates, fees, or charges applicable to nonpayment of tolls.

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Bill History

2026-05-01 Senate
AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO TRANSPORTATION
2026-05-01 Senate
PRINT NUMBER 9178A
2026-02-11 Senate
REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

Official Summary Text

Requires notices of liability issued for nonpayment of tolls to be uniform in form and content and contain specific information
Requires notices of liability issued for nonpayment of tolls to be uniform in form and content and contain information on monetary penalties, the public authority issuing the notice of liability and the rates, fees, or charges applicable to nonpayment of tolls.

Current Bill Text

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

                                          9178

                                    I N  S E N A T E

                                    February 11, 2026
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by Sen. SCARCELLA-SPANTON -- read twice and ordered printed,
          and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation

        AN ACT to amend the public authorities law,  in  relation  to  requiring
          notices  of  liability issued for nonpayment of tolls to be uniform in
          form and content and contain specific information

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

     1    Section 1. Subdivision 7 of section 2985 of the public authorities law
     2  is amended by adding a new paragraph (e) to read as follows:
     3    (E)  A  NOTICE  OF  LIABILITY ISSUED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION SHALL BE
     4  UNIFORM IN FORM AND CONTENT ACROSS ALL PUBLIC AUTHORITIES AUTHORIZED  TO
     5  ISSUE  SUCH  NOTICES  PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION AND SHALL CONTAIN A CLEAR
     6  AND CONSPICUOUS STATEMENT OF THE MONETARY PENALTIES  APPLICABLE  TO  THE
     7  VIOLATION   CHARGED,  INCLUDING  THE  PENALTY  AUTHORIZED  FOR  A  FIRST
     8  VIOLATION, A SECOND VIOLATION WITHIN EIGHTEEN MONTHS,  AND  A  THIRD  OR
     9  SUBSEQUENT VIOLATION WITHIN EIGHTEEN MONTHS, AS SET FORTH IN SUBDIVISION
    10  FIVE  OF  THIS  SECTION,  AND  SHALL FURTHER SPECIFY THE RATES, FEES, OR
    11  CHARGES APPLICABLE TO NONPAYMENT OF TOLLS AS PRESCRIBED  BY  THE  PUBLIC
    12  AUTHORITY ISSUING SUCH NOTICE, AND CLEARLY IDENTIFY THE PUBLIC AUTHORITY
    13  AUTHORIZED  TO  IMPOSE SUCH PENALTIES, RATES, FEES, OR CHARGES. WHERE AN
    14  AUTOMATIC PAYMENT METHOD HAS BEEN DISCONNECTED  OR  AN  ELECTRONIC  TOLL
    15  COLLECTION  ACCOUNT  HAS  BEEN  TERMINATED,  THE  PUBLIC AUTHORITY SHALL
    16  PROVIDE WRITTEN NOTICE OF  SUCH  DISCONNECTION  OR  TERMINATION  TO  THE
    17  ACCOUNT  HOLDER PRIOR TO, OR CONTEMPORANEOUSLY WITH, THE ISSUANCE OF ANY
    18  NOTICE OF LIABILITY.
    19    § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
    20  it shall have become a law.



         EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD14661-01-6