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Senate Bill S655
2017-2018 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R) 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
co-Sponsors
(R, C, IP) Senate District
2017-S655 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A1717
- Current Committee:
- Senate Investigations And Government Operations
- Law Section:
- Tax Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §800, Tax L
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
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2013-2014:
S6752, A7775
2015-2016: S606, A2075
2019-2020: S639, A3522
2021-2022: S6138, A810
2023-2024: S4996, A1085
2017-S655 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S655 TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the tax law, in relation to the exemption of community colleges from the imposition of the metropolitan commuter transportation mobility tax PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL : This bill will exempt community colleges from the MTA payroll tax. SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS : Section 1 of the bill amends paragraph 4 of subsection b of section 800 of the tax law as it relates to adding community colleges to the definition of "eligible educational institution". Eligible educational institutions shall be exempt from the MTA mobility tax. Section 2 of the bill relates to the effective date. JUSTIFICATION : This bill would exempt community colleges from the burdensome MTA payroll tax. Community colleges are struggling with rising costs and increased enrollment. The MTA payroll tax is hurting these colleges in their effort to keep tuition down. This bill would add community colleges to the list of educational institutions that are already
2017-S655 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 655 2017-2018 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E January 4, 2017 ___________ Introduced by Sens. BOYLE, SERINO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Government Operations AN ACT to amend the tax law, in relation to the exemption of community colleges from the imposition of the metropolitan commuter transporta- tion mobility tax THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Paragraph 4 of subsection (b) of section 800 of the tax law, as added by section 1 of part YY of chapter 59 of the laws of 2015, is amended to read as follows: (4) Any eligible educational institution. An "eligible educational institution" shall mean any public school district, a board of cooper- ative educational services, a public elementary or secondary school, a school approved pursuant to article eighty-five or eighty-nine of the education law to serve students with disabilities of school age, [or] a nonpublic elementary or secondary school that provides instruction in grade one or above, OR A COMMUNITY COLLEGE, all public library systems as defined in subdivision one of section two hundred seventy-two of the education law, and all public and free association libraries as such terms are defined in subdivision two of section two hundred fifty-three of the education law. § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD04508-01-7
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