NY Veh & Traf L § 1703 (2021)
2021 New York Laws VAT - Vehicle and Traffic Title 8 - Respective Powers of State and Local Authorities Article 44-C - Central Business District Tolling Program 1703 - Definitions.

§  1703.  Definitions.  For  the  purposes of this article, unless the   context otherwise requires:1. "City" means the city of New York.2. "Central business district toll" means a  toll  charged  for  entry   into  or  remaining  in  the  central  business district as described in   section seventeen hundred four of this article.3. "Central business district tolling program" means the  program  for   charging tolls for vehicles that enter or remain in the central business   district   and   includes   the   central   business   district  tolling   infrastructure, the central business district tolling collection  system   and the central business district tolling customer service center.4.  "Central  business  district"  means the area described in section   seventeen hundred four of this article for which tolls shall be  charged   for a vehicle's entry into or remaining in such district.5.  "Central  business  district  tolling  infrastructure"  means  the   devices and structures including but  not  limited  to  gantries,  clear   signage  delineating  entry  into the central business district and toll   amounts, and power and communication lines that  the  Triborough  bridge   and  tunnel  authority  will plan, design, construct, and use as part of   the central business district tolling program. Such infrastructure shall   be  planned,  designed,  installed  and  constructed  pursuant  to   the   memorandum  of  understanding  executed pursuant to subdivision two-a of   section seventeen hundred four of this article.6. "Central business district tolling  collection  system"  means  the   electronic  system of collecting tolls or other charges using electronic   data and/or images that the Triborough bridge and tunnel authority  will   plan,  design,  install  and  construct  pursuant  to  the memorandum of   understanding  executed  pursuant  to  subdivision  two-a   of   section   seventeen  hundred  four  of this article, and that such authority shall   operate as part of the central business district tolling program.7. "Central business district tolling customer service  center"  means   the  customer  contact and back-office system and operation services for   the collection of central business district  tolls  and  enforcement  of   central business district toll violations that the Triborough bridge and   tunnel authority will plan, design, implement and operate as part of the   central business district tolling program.8. "Operation date" means the date determined by the Triborough bridge   and   tunnel  authority,  which  shall  not  be  earlier  than  December   thirty-first, two thousand twenty, for the beginning  of  the  operation   and  enforcement  of  the central business district tolling program. The   operation and enforcement date shall  commence  only  after  an  initial   program  testing period of thirty days where no collection of any tolls,   fees, or other charges shall be authorized. As of the commencement  date   of  operation  and  enforcement,  there  shall be a period of sixty days   where only the established tolls may be collected without the collection   of other fees or charges or fines.9. "Triborough bridge and  tunnel  authority"  means  the  corporation   organized  pursuant  to  section  five  hundred  fifty-two of the public   authorities  law  as  consolidated  pursuant  to  section  five  hundred   fifty-two-a  of  the public authorities law or any successor corporation   or corporation into which it may be consolidated.