A department, authority, division or agency of the state shall not offer or permit any officer or employee of such department, authority, division or agency to use a pass to access and/or use the thruway without the officer's or employee's personal payment of tolls except when the use of such a pass and/or use of the thruway without personal payment of tolls occurs in the normal course of the employment or duties of such officer or employee. This section shall not diminish the rights of any employee pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement.
New York Legal Code