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A 7259: Grants the metropolitan transportation authority the power to suspend vehicle registration in certain cases.
What A 7259 does, verified January 8, 2026
The bill aims to allow the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) to suspend the registration of vehicles with an unpaid toll balance exceeding $100. The MTA will be authorized to put on hold or suspend vehicle registration if the owner has an unpaid balance of toll charges and/or fines. The suspension may remain in effect until the balance is paid in full or made subject to a payment plan approved by the MTA. The bill will take effect 30 days after it becomes a law.
Bill journey
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Last action: referred to transportation (2026-01-07)Alert me
Quick answers about A 7259
- What is the current status of A 7259?
- As of January 8, 2026, A 7259 is recorded as "Introduced": it has been introduced and is waiting for its first committee hearing or floor vote. The last recorded action, on January 7, 2026, was "referred to transportation".
- Did A 7259 pass?
- Not yet. A 7259 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
- Who wrote A 7259, and where is it now?
- A 7259 was authored by Asm. James Pretlow. Its committee of record is Assembly Transportation.
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| Jan. 07, 2026 | referred to transportation |
| Mar. 21, 2025 | referred to transportation |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, March 21, 2025 · 242 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 7259 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY March 21, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. PRETLOW -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Transportation AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to suspension of registration by the metropolitan transportation authority The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding a new 2 section 510-e to read as follows: 3 § 510-e. Suspension of registration by the metropolitan transportation 4 authority. Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision one of section 5 five hundred ten of this article, the metropolitan transportation 6 authority is hereby authorized to put on hold or otherwise suspend the 7 registration of a vehicle whose owner has an unpaid balance of toll 8 charges and/or fines in excess of one hundred dollars owed to the 9 authority. Such hold or suspension may remain in effect until all such 10 charges and/or fines are satisfied in full or have been made subject to 11 a payment plan authorized by the authority. 12 § 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall 13 have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD10415-01-5
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