* § 2985-a. Payment of tolls under the tolls by mail program. 1. This\nsection shall not apply to the payment of tolls by means of an\nelectronic toll device that transmits information through an electronic\ntoll collection system as defined in subdivision twelve of section\ntwenty-nine hundred eighty-five of this title.\n 2. For purposes of this section, the following terms shall have the\nfollowing meanings:\n (a) "Cashless tolling facility" shall mean a toll roadway, bridge or\ntunnel facility that does not provide for the immediate on-site payment\nin cash of a toll owed for the use of such facility.\n (b) "Owner" shall mean any person, corporation, partnership, firm,\nagency, association, lessor or organization who, at the time of\nincurring an obligation to pay a toll at a cashless tolling facility,\nand with respect to the vehicle identified in the toll bill or notice of\nviolation: (i) is the beneficial or equitable owner of such vehicle; or\n(ii) has title to such vehicle; or (iii) is the registrant or\nco-registrant of such vehicle which is registered with the department of\nmotor vehicles of this state or any other state, territory, district,\nprovince, nation or other jurisdiction; or (iv) subject to the\nlimitations set forth in subdivision ten of section twenty-nine hundred\neighty-five of this title, uses such vehicle in its vehicle renting\nand/or leasing business; or (v) is a person entitled to the use and\npossession of a vehicle subject to a security interest in another\nperson.\n (c) "Toll bill" shall mean a notice sent to an owner notifying such\nowner that the owner's vehicle has been used or operated in or upon a\ncashless tolling facility and the owner has incurred an obligation to\npay a toll.\n (d) "Notice of violation" shall mean a notice sent to an owner\nnotifying such owner that a toll incurred at a cashless tolling facility\nby the owner has not been paid at the place and time and in the manner\nestablished for collection of such toll in the toll bill and that an\nadministrative violation fee is being imposed for each such unpaid toll.\n (e) "Billing cycle" shall mean a period not to exceed thirty calendar\ndays once tolls have posted for purposes of consolidated toll billing.\n (f) "Initial billing cycle" shall mean a period not to exceed fifteen\nbusiness days after identifying the owner or other party responsible for\npaying the toll for the purpose of consolidated toll billing for an\nobligation to pay a toll bill for the first time at a cashless tolling\nfacility in a six-month period.\n (g) "Tolls by mail program" shall mean any program operated by or on\nbehalf of a public authority to send a toll bill to an owner whose\nvehicle crosses a cashless tolling facility without a valid electronic\ndevice that successfully transmits information through an electronic\ntoll collection system as defined in subdivision twelve of section\ntwenty-nine hundred eighty-five of this title.\n (h) "Declaration of dispute" shall mean a submission by an owner\ndisputing all or any portion of a toll, fee, penalty, or other\nobligation incurred by an owner whose vehicle crosses a cashless tolling\nfacility, in such form as the public authority shall provide in\nregulations and through display on the authority's website.\n 3. In the case of an owner who incurs an obligation to pay a toll for\nthe first time in six months under the tolls by mail program at a\ncashless tolling facility, a toll bill shall be sent within ten business\ndays after the end of the initial billing cycle and of each subsequent\nbilling cycle. In the case of all other owners incurring an obligation\nto pay a toll at a cashless tolling facility, a toll bill shall be sent\nat the end of the next billing cycle. Toll bills shall be sent to the\nowner by first class mail, and may additionally be sent by electronic\nmeans of communication upon the affirmative consent of the owner, by or\non behalf of the public authority which operates
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