S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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S. 7437 A. 9046
S E N A T E - A S S E M B L Y
January 18, 2018
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IN SENATE -- Introduced by Sen. BROOKS -- read twice and ordered print-
ed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Investi-
gations and Government Operations
IN ASSEMBLY -- Introduced by M. of A. PELLEGRINO -- read once and
referred to the Committee on Ways and Means
AN ACT to amend the tax law and the state finance law, in relation to
authorizing funds to be transferred to the public transportation
system operating assistance account and the metropolitan mass trans-
portation operating assistance account
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 171-a of the tax law, as amended
by section 15 of part AAA of chapter 59 of the laws of 2017, is amended
to read as follows:
1. All taxes, interest, penalties and fees collected or received by
the commissioner or the commissioner's duly authorized agent under arti-
cles nine (except section one hundred eighty-two-a thereof and except as
otherwise provided in section two hundred five thereof), nine-A,
twelve-A (except as otherwise provided in section two hundred eighty-
four-d thereof), thirteen, thirteen-A (except as otherwise provided in
section three hundred twelve thereof), eighteen, nineteen, twenty
(except as otherwise provided in section four hundred eighty-two there-
of), twenty-B, twenty-one, twenty-two, twenty-six, twenty-eight (except
as otherwise provided in section eleven hundred two or eleven hundred
three thereof), twenty-eight-A, [twenty-nine-B,] thirty-one (except as
otherwise provided in section fourteen hundred twenty-one thereof),
thirty-three and thirty-three-A of this chapter shall be deposited daily
in one account with such responsible banks, banking houses or trust
companies as may be designated by the comptroller, to the credit of the
comptroller. Such an account may be established in one or more of such
depositories. Such deposits shall be kept separate and apart from all
other money in the possession of the comptroller. The comptroller shall
require adequate security from all such depositories. Of the total
revenue collected or received under such articles of this chapter, the
comptroller shall retain in the comptroller's hands such amount as the
commissioner may determine to be necessary for refunds or reimbursements
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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under such articles of this chapter out of which amount the comptroller
shall pay any refunds or reimbursements to which taxpayers shall be
entitled under the provisions of such articles of this chapter. The
commissioner and the comptroller shall maintain a system of accounts
showing the amount of revenue collected or received from each of the
taxes imposed by such articles. The comptroller, after reserving the
amount to pay such refunds or reimbursements, shall, on or before the
tenth day of each month, pay into the state treasury to the credit of
the general fund all revenue deposited under this section during the
preceding calendar month and remaining to the comptroller's credit on
the last day of such preceding month, (i) except that the comptroller
shall pay to the state department of social services that amount of
overpayments of tax imposed by article twenty-two of this chapter and
the interest on such amount which is certified to the comptroller by the
commissioner as the amount to be credited against past-due support
pursuant to subdivision six of section one hundred seventy-one-c of this
article, (ii) and except that the comptroller shall pay to the New York
state higher education services corporation and the state university of
New York or the city university of New York respectively that amount of
overpayments of tax imposed by article twenty-two of this chapter and
the interest on such amount which is certified to the comptroller by the
commissioner as the amount to be credited against the amount of defaults
in repayment of guaranteed student loans and state university loans or
city university loans pursuant to subdivision five of section one
hundred seventy-one-d and subdivision six of section one hundred seven-
ty-one-e of this article, (iii) and except further that, notwithstanding
any law, the comptroller shall credit to the revenue arrearage account,
pursuant to section ninety-one-a of the state finance law, that amount
of overpayment of tax imposed by article nine, nine-A, twenty-two, thir-
ty, thirty-A, thirty-B or thirty-three of this chapter, and any interest
thereon, which is certified to the comptroller by the commissioner as
the amount to be credited against a past-due legally enforceable debt
owed to a state agency pursuant to paragraph (a) of subdivision six of
section one hundred seventy-one-f of this article, provided, however, he
shall credit to the special offset fiduciary account, pursuant to
section ninety-one-c of the state finance law, any such amount credita-
ble as a liability as set forth in paragraph (b) of subdivision six of
section one hundred seventy-one-f of this article, (iv) and except
further that the comptroller shall pay to the city of New York that
amount of overpayment of tax imposed by article nine, nine-A, twenty-
two, thirty, thirty-A, thirty-B or thirty-three of this chapter and any
interest thereon that is certified to the comptroller by the commission-
er as the amount to be credited against city of New York tax warrant
judgment debt pursuant to section one hundred seventy-one-l of this
article, (v) and except further that the comptroller shall pay to a
non-obligated spouse that amount of overpayment of tax imposed by arti-
cle twenty-two of this chapter and the interest on such amount which has
been credited pursuant to section one hundred seventy-one-c, one hundred
seventy-one-d, one hundred seventy-one-e, one hundred seventy-one-f or
one hundred seventy-one-l of this article and which is certified to the
comptroller by the commissioner as the amount due such non-obligated
spouse pursuant to paragraph six of subsection (b) of section six
hundred fifty-one of this chapter; and (vi) the comptroller shall deduct
a like amount which the comptroller shall pay into the treasury to the
credit of the general fund from amounts subsequently payable to the
department of social services, the state university of New York, the
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city university of New York, or the higher education services corpo-
ration, or the revenue arrearage account or special offset fiduciary
account pursuant to section ninety-one-a or ninety-one-c of the state
finance law, as the case may be, whichever had been credited the amount
originally withheld from such overpayment, and (vii) with respect to
amounts originally withheld from such overpayment pursuant to section
one hundred seventy-one-l of this article and paid to the city of New
York, the comptroller shall collect a like amount from the city of New
York.
§ 2. Subdivision 1 of section 171-a of the tax law, as amended by
section 16 of part AAA of chapter 59 of the laws of 2017, is amended to
read as follows:
1. All taxes, interest, penalties and fees collected or received by
the commissioner or the commissioner's duly authorized agent under arti-
cles nine (except section one hundred eighty-two-a thereof and except as
otherwise provided in section two hundred five thereof), nine-A,
twelve-A (except as otherwise provided in section two hundred eighty-
four-d thereof), thirteen, thirteen-A (except as otherwise provided in
section three hundred twelve thereof), eighteen, nineteen, twenty
(except as otherwise provided in section four hundred eighty-two there-
of), twenty-one, twenty-two, twenty-six, twenty-eight (except as other-
wise provided in section eleven hundred two or eleven hundred three
thereof), twenty-eight-A, [twenty-nine-B,] thirty-one (except as other-
wise provided in section fourteen hundred twenty-one thereof), thirty-
three and thirty-three-A of this chapter shall be deposited daily in one
account with such responsible banks, banking houses or trust companies
as may be designated by the comptroller, to the credit of the comp-
troller. Such an account may be established in one or more of such
depositories. Such deposits shall be kept separate and apart from all
other money in the possession of the comptroller. The comptroller shall
require adequate security from all such depositories. Of the total
revenue collected or received under such articles of this chapter, the
comptroller shall retain in the comptroller's hands such amount as the
commissioner may determine to be necessary for refunds or reimbursements
under such articles of this chapter out of which amount the comptroller
shall pay any refunds or reimbursements to which taxpayers shall be
entitled under the provisions of such articles of this chapter. The
commissioner and the comptroller shall maintain a system of accounts
showing the amount of revenue collected or received from each of the
taxes imposed by such articles. The comptroller, after reserving the
amount to pay such refunds or reimbursements, shall, on or before the
tenth day of each month, pay into the state treasury to the credit of
the general fund all revenue deposited under this section during the
preceding calendar month and remaining to the comptroller's credit on
the last day of such preceding month, (i) except that the comptroller
shall pay to the state department of social services that amount of
overpayments of tax imposed by article twenty-two of this chapter and
the interest on such amount which is certified to the comptroller by the
commissioner as the amount to be credited against past-due support
pursuant to subdivision six of section one hundred seventy-one-c of this
article, (ii) and except that the comptroller shall pay to the New York
state higher education services corporation and the state university of
New York or the city university of New York respectively that amount of
overpayments of tax imposed by article twenty-two of this chapter and
the interest on such amount which is certified to the comptroller by the
commissioner as the amount to be credited against the amount of defaults
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in repayment of guaranteed student loans and state university loans or
city university loans pursuant to subdivision five of section one
hundred seventy-one-d and subdivision six of section one hundred seven-
ty-one-e of this article, (iii) and except further that, notwithstanding
any law, the comptroller shall credit to the revenue arrearage account,
pursuant to section ninety-one-a of the state finance law, that amount
of overpayment of tax imposed by article nine, nine-A, twenty-two, thir-
ty, thirty-A, thirty-B or thirty-three of this chapter, and any interest
thereon, which is certified to the comptroller by the commissioner as
the amount to be credited against a past-due legally enforceable debt
owed to a state agency pursuant to paragraph (a) of subdivision six of
section one hundred seventy-one-f of this article, provided, however, he
shall credit to the special offset fiduciary account, pursuant to
section ninety-one-c of the state finance law, any such amount credita-
ble as a liability as set forth in paragraph (b) of subdivision six of
section one hundred seventy-one-f of this article, (iv) and except
further that the comptroller shall pay to the city of New York that
amount of overpayment of tax imposed by article nine, nine-A, twenty-
two, thirty, thirty-A, thirty-B or thirty-three of this chapter and any
interest thereon that is certified to the comptroller by the commission-
er as the amount to be credited against city of New York tax warrant
judgment debt pursuant to section one hundred seventy-one-l of this
article, (v) and except further that the comptroller shall pay to a
non-obligated spouse that amount of overpayment of tax imposed by arti-
cle twenty-two of this chapter and the interest on such amount which has
been credited pursuant to section one hundred seventy-one-c, one hundred
seventy-one-d, one hundred seventy-one-e, one hundred seventy-one-f or
one hundred seventy-one-l of this article and which is certified to the
comptroller by the commissioner as the amount due such non-obligated
spouse pursuant to paragraph six of subsection (b) of section six
hundred fifty-one of this chapter; and (vi) the comptroller shall deduct
a like amount which the comptroller shall pay into the treasury to the
credit of the general fund from amounts subsequently payable to the
department of social services, the state university of New York, the
city university of New York, or the higher education services corpo-
ration, or the revenue arrearage account or special offset fiduciary
account pursuant to section ninety-one-a or ninety-one-c of the state
finance law, as the case may be, whichever had been credited the amount
originally withheld from such overpayment, and (vii) with respect to
amounts originally withheld from such overpayment pursuant to section
one hundred seventy-one-l of this article and paid to the city of New
York, the comptroller shall collect a like amount from the city of New
York.
§ 3. Section 1298 of the tax law, as added by section 18 of part AAA
of chapter 59 of the laws of 2017, is amended to read as follows:
§ 1298. Deposit and disposition of revenue. (A) All taxes, fees,
interest and penalties collected or received by the commissioner under
this article shall be deposited [and disposed of pursuant to the
provisions of section one hundred seventy-one-a of this chapter] DAILY
WITH SUCH RESPONSIBLE BANKS, BANKING HOUSES OR TRUST COMPANIES, AS MAY
BE DESIGNATED BY THE COMPTROLLER, TO THE CREDIT OF THE COMPTROLLER FOR
DISPOSAL PURSUANT TO SECTION EIGHTY-EIGHT-A OF THE STATE FINANCE LAW. AN
ACCOUNT MAY BE ESTABLISHED IN ONE OR MORE SUCH DEPOSITORIES. THE COMP-
TROLLER SHALL REQUIRE ADEQUATE SECURITY FROM ALL SUCH DEPOSITORIES. OF
THE TOTAL REVENUE COLLECTED OR RECEIVED UNDER THIS ARTICLE, THE COMP-
TROLLER SHALL RETAIN SUCH AMOUNT AS THE COMMISSIONER MAY DETERMINE TO BE
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NECESSARY FOR REFUNDS UNDER THIS ARTICLE. THE COMMISSIONER IS AUTHORIZED
AND DIRECTED TO DEDUCT FROM THE AMOUNTS IT RECEIVES UNDER THIS ARTICLE,
BEFORE DEPOSIT INTO THE TRUST ACCOUNTS DESIGNATED BY THE COMPTROLLER, A
REASONABLE AMOUNT NECESSARY TO EFFECTUATE REFUNDS OF APPROPRIATIONS OF
THE DEPARTMENT TO REIMBURSE THE DEPARTMENT FOR THE COSTS INCURRED TO
ADMINISTER, COLLECT AND DISTRIBUTE THE TAXES IMPOSED BY THIS ARTICLE.
(B) ON OR BEFORE THE TWELFTH AND TWENTY-SIXTH DAY OF EACH SUCCEEDING
MONTH, AFTER RESERVING SUCH AMOUNT FOR SUCH REFUNDS AND DEDUCTING SUCH
AMOUNTS FOR SUCH COSTS, AS PROVIDED FOR IN SUBDIVISION (A) OF THIS
SECTION, THE COMMISSIONER SHALL CERTIFY TO THE COMPTROLLER THE AMOUNT OF
ALL REVENUES SO RECEIVED DURING THE PRIOR MONTH AS A RESULT OF THE
TAXES, FEES, INTEREST AND PENALTIES SO IMPOSED. THE AMOUNT OF REVENUES
SO CERTIFIED SHALL BE PAID OVER BY THE FIFTEENTH AND THE FINAL BUSINESS
DAY OF EACH SUCCEEDING MONTH FROM SUCH ACCOUNT INTO THE MASS TRANSPORTA-
TION OPERATING ASSISTANCE FUND FOR PAYMENT PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (D) OF
SUBDIVISION FIVE OF SECTION EIGHTY-EIGHT-A OF THE STATE FINANCE LAW OR
PARAGRAPH (C) OF SUBDIVISION SEVEN OF SECTION EIGHTY-EIGHT-A OF THE
STATE FINANCE LAW.
(C) THE COMMISSIONER AND COMPTROLLER ARE AUTHORIZED TO CONSULT WITH
THE DIRECTOR OF THE DIVISION OF BUDGET AND THE COMMISSIONER OF TRANSPOR-
TATION IN DETERMINING WHICH ACCOUNT OF THE MASS TRANSPORTATION OPERATING
ASSISTANCE FUND TO DEPOSIT AND DISPOSE OF REVENUES COLLECTED OR RECEIVED
UNDER THIS ARTICLE.
§ 4. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 5 of section 88-a of the state
finance law, as added by chapter 481 of the laws of 1981, is amended and
a new paragraph (d) is added to read as follows:
(a) The "public transportation systems operating assistance account"
shall consist of revenues required to be deposited therein pursuant to
the provisions of section one hundred eighty-two-a of the tax law,
SECTION TWELVE HUNDRED NINETY-EIGHT OF THE TAX LAW and all other moneys
credited or transferred thereto from any other fund or source pursuant
to law.
(D) (I) THE COMPTROLLER IS HEREBY AUTHORIZED AND DIRECTED TO TRANSFER
THE TAXES, FEES, INTEREST AND PENALTIES COLLECTED OR RECEIVED PURSUANT
TO ARTICLE TWENTY-NINE-B OF THE TAX LAW ON TNC PREARRANGED TRIPS ORIGI-
NATING OUTSIDE THE METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION COMMUTER DISTRICT TO THE
PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM OPERATING ASSISTANCE ACCOUNT ESTABLISHED
UNDER THIS SUBDIVISION. THESE TRANSFERS SHALL NOT BE INCLUDED FOR
PURPOSES OF CALCULATING THE SALES TAX GROWTH FACTOR ESTABLISHED IN PARA-
GRAPH (C) OF THIS SUBDIVISION, AND SHALL SUPPLEMENT THE ADDITIONAL
TRANSFERS INDEXED TO THE SALES TAX GROWTH FACTOR REQUIRED UNDER THIS
SUBDIVISION. TRANSFERS PROVIDED UNDER THIS PARAGRAPH SHALL NOT BE USED
TO OFFSET REDUCED TRANSFERS UNDER PARAGRAPH (C) OF THIS SUBDIVISION.
(II) THE COMPTROLLER IS AUTHORIZED TO CONSULT WITH THE DIRECTOR OF THE
DIVISION OF BUDGET AND THE COMMISSIONER OF TRANSPORTATION IN DETERMINING
WHETHER TO TRANSFER THE TAXES, FEES, INTEREST AND PENALTIES COLLECTED OR
RECEIVED TO THE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM OPERATING ACCOUNT.
(III) NOTWITHSTANDING PARAGRAPH (B) OF THIS SUBDIVISION, THE COMP-
TROLLER IS AUTHORIZED TO WITHHOLD THE TRANSFER OF TAXES, FEES, INTEREST
AND PENALTIES COLLECTED OR RECEIVED PURSUANT TO ARTICLE TWENTY-NINE-B OF
THE TAX LAW FROM PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE OPER-
ATING ASSISTANCE PURSUANT TO SECTION EIGHTEEN-B OF THE TRANSPORTATION
LAW IN THE EVENT THAT A COUNTY OR MUNICIPALITY REDUCES ITS ANNUAL OPER-
ATING PAYMENTS TO A PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM OR MASS TRANSPORTATION
SERVICE. THE COMPTROLLER IS FURTHER AUTHORIZED TO CONSULT WITH THE
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DIRECTOR OF THE DIVISION OF BUDGET AND THE COMMISSIONER OF TRANSPORTA-
TION IN MAKING THAT DETERMINATION.
§ 5. Subdivision 7 of section 88-a of the state finance law is amended
by adding a new paragraph (c) to read as follows:
(C)(I) THE COMPTROLLER IS HEREBY AUTHORIZED AND DIRECTED TO TRANSFER
THE TAXES, FEES, INTEREST AND PENALTIES COLLECTED OR RECEIVED PURSUANT
TO ARTICLE TWENTY-NINE-B OF THE TAX LAW ON TNC PREARRANGED TRIPS ORIGI-
NATING OUTSIDE OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK WITHIN THE METROPOLITAN TRANSPOR-
TATION COMMUTER DISTRICT TO THE METROPOLITAN MASS TRANSPORTATION OPERAT-
ING ASSISTANCE ACCOUNT. TRANSFERS PROVIDED UNDER THIS PARAGRAPH SHALL
SUPPLEMENT THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT OF FUNDS APPROPRIATED AND DISBURSED FROM
THE METROPOLITAN MASS TRANSPORTATION OPERATING ASSISTANCE ACCOUNT FOR
THE STATE FISCAL YEAR ENDING MARCH THIRTY-FIRST, TWO THOUSAND EIGHTEEN.
PROVIDED, FURTHER, THAT THE DIRECTOR OF THE DIVISION OF BUDGET SHALL NOT
WITHHOLD AN ADDITIONAL PERCENTAGE OF DISBURSEMENTS RELATIVE TO THE
ENACTED BUDGET FINANCIAL PLAN FOR THE STATE FISCAL YEAR ENDING MARCH
THIRTY-FIRST, TWO THOUSAND EIGHTEEN FROM METROPOLITAN MASS TRANSPORTA-
TION OPERATING ASSISTANCE ACCOUNT REVENUES GENERATED IN SUBSEQUENT
FISCAL YEARS.
(II) PROVIDED, FURTHER, THAT TAXES, FEES, INTEREST AND PENALTIES
TRANSFERRED PURSUANT TO SUBPARAGRAPH (I) OF THIS PARAGRAPH SHALL ONLY BE
DISTRIBUTED TO PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS PROVIDING MASS TRANSPORTA-
TION SERVICES OUTSIDE THE CITY OF NEW YORK. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SUBPAR-
AGRAPH, MASS TRANSPORTATION SERVICES PROVIDED OUTSIDE THE CITY OF NEW
YORK SHALL INCLUDE COMMUTER RAIL PROVIDED IN THE METROPOLITAN TRANSPOR-
TATION COMMUTER DISTRICT. TAXES, FEES, INTEREST AND PENALTIES SHALL BE
TRANSFERRED IN PROPORTION TO THE LOCATION WHERE THE PREARRANGED TRIP
ORIGINATED, PROVIDED THAT FIFTY PERCENT OF TRANSFERS SHALL BE DISBURSED
TO BUS LINES AND FIFTY PERCENT OF TRANSFERS SHALL BE DISBURSED TO COMMU-
TER RAIL IN LOCALITIES WHERE BOTH MASS TRANSPORTATION SERVICES ARE
PROVIDED. THE COMPTROLLER IS AUTHORIZED TO CONSULT WITH THE COMMISSIONER
OF TAXATION AND FINANCE, THE DIRECTOR OF THE DIVISION OF BUDGET AND THE
COMMISSIONER OF TRANSPORTATION IN DETERMINING THE APPROPRIATE PUBLIC
TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS AND MASS TRANSPORTATION SERVICES THAT SHOULD
RECEIVE THE TRANSFERS.
(III) NOTWITHSTANDING PARAGRAPH (B) OF THIS SUBDIVISION, THE COMP-
TROLLER IS AUTHORIZED TO WITHHOLD THE TRANSFER OF TAXES, FEES, INTEREST
AND PENALTIES COLLECTED OR RECEIVED PURSUANT TO ARTICLE TWENTY-NINE-B OF
THE TAX LAW FROM PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE OPER-
ATING ASSISTANCE PURSUANT TO SECTION EIGHTEEN-B OF THE TRANSPORTATION
LAW IN THE EVENT THAT A COUNTY OR MUNICIPALITY REDUCES ITS ANNUAL OPER-
ATING PAYMENTS TO A PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM OR MASS TRANSPORTATION
SERVICE. THE COMPTROLLER IS FURTHER AUTHORIZED TO CONSULT WITH THE
DIRECTOR OF THE DIVISION OF BUDGET AND THE COMMISSIONER OF TRANSPORTA-
TION IN MAKING THAT DETERMINATION.
§ 6. This act shall take effect on the first of July next succeeding
the date on which it shall have become a law; provided however, that the
amendments to subdivision 1 of section 171-a of the tax law made by
section one of this act shall be subject to the expiration of such
subdivision pursuant to section 26 of part AAA of chapter 59 of the laws
of 2017, when upon such date the provisions of section two of this act
shall take effect; provided, however, that effective immediately the
addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary
for the implementation of this act on its effective date are authorized
and directed to be made and completed on or before such effective date.