553-F - Tokens.

§  553-f.  Tokens.  Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law,  but  subject  to  agreements  with  noteholders  and  bondholders,   the  authority  shall  offer for sale tokens with respect to residents of the  county of  Richmond  and  may,  except  as  otherwise  provided  herein,  regulate the use thereof. Tokens for residents of the county of Richmond  shall  entitle  the  purchaser  to  crossings over the Verrazano-Narrows  bridge at a reduced cost of eighty per centum of  the  regular  crossing  fare imposed on nonresidents of the county of Richmond. In the event the  authority  shall  impose a surcharge in addition to the regular toll for  crossings over the Verrazano-Narrows bridge, such surcharge shall not be  deemed a part of the regular crossing fare for purposes of this section,  and the tokens offered for sale  to  the  residents  of  the  county  of  Richmond  as  herein  provided  shall  also  entitle  the purchaser to a  permanent exemption from the payment of any such surcharge in an  amount  equal  to  the amount of any such surcharge imposed during calendar year  nineteen hundred ninety-three. Application  for  such  tokens  or  other  payment  devices  shall  be  made  in  such  manner as prescribed by the  authority and shall  contain  such  information  as  the  authority  may  reasonably require.