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Senate Bill S303
2009-2010 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C, IP) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Investigations And Government Operations Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
2009-S303 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A5415
- Current Committee:
- Senate Investigations And Government Operations
- Law Section:
- Tax Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §289-e, Tax L; add §92-ff, St Fin L
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
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2011-2012:
A5546
2013-2014: A5622
2015-2016: A6455
2017-2018: A6263
2009-S303 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Enacts the "boat launch preservation act"; requires that one percent of the 4 cents per gallon gasoline surcharge on gasoline which is used on waterways but not more than 5 million dollars per fiscal year is to be deposited in the dedicated boat launch site fund; moneys of such fund shall be disbursed for design, construction, maintenance and improvement of boat launches and boat access sites.
2009-S303 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S303 TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the tax law and the state finance law, in relation to creating the boat launch preservation act and establishing the dedicated boat launch site fund SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS : Sections 1 and 2 contain the short title and legislative intent. Section 3-amends the motor fuel tax changing the distribution of funds from the base motor fuel tax (4 cents), the other 4 cents is contained in the additional motor fuel tax (3 cents) and the supplemental motor fuel tax (1 cent). The current distribution depositing 100% of the base tax into the dedicated highway and bridge trust fund will be changed. The new distribution will take the first 1% but not more than $5 million per state fiscal year, and deposit it into the new dedicated boat launch site fund. The money in this fund will be used for design, construction, maintenance and improvements of state and municipal owned boat launch sites or boat access sites. Section 4-adds a new section 92-cc to the state finance law to create a dedicated boat launch site fund. Section 5 states the effective date.
2009-S303 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 303 2009-2010 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E (PREFILED) January 7, 2009 ___________ Introduced by Sen. LITTLE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Govern- ment Operations AN ACT to amend the tax law and the state finance law, in relation to creating the boat launch preservation act and establishing the dedi- cated boat launch site fund THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "boat launch preservation act". S 2. Legislative intent. The legislature hereby finds that the water- ways of this great state have always been a vital source of economic activity. The legislature further finds that although the economic activity found on today's waterways have more to do with recreational boating than shipping, it still remains an important factor in the economic health of the state. It has been found that upwards of one percent of the gasoline consumed within the state of New York is used to power vessels traveling on our waterways. It is the intent of the legis- lature that the taxes collected on such boating gasoline be used to keep our waterways a viable resource for the next century of New Yorkers. S 3. Subdivision 2 of section 289-e of the tax law, as added by chap- ter 329 of the laws of 1991, is amended to read as follows: 2. All taxes, interest, penalties and fees collected or received by the commissioner [of taxation and finance after March thirty-first, nineteen hundred ninety-three] under the taxes imposed by section two hundred eighty-four of this article AFTER MARCH THIRTY-FIRST, NINETEEN HUNDRED NINETY-THREE AND BEFORE APRIL FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TEN shall be deposited in the dedicated highway and bridge trust fund and disposed of pursuant to section eighty-nine-b of the state finance law; AND ON AND AFTER APRIL FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TEN, ONE PERCENT OF SUCH TAXES, INTER- EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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