NY State Senate Bill 2021-S2214

Senate Bill S2214

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to exempting certain counties from the metropolitan commuter transportation district supplemental registration fee

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Jan 20, 2021	referred to transportation

2021-S2214 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A5328
Current Committee:: Senate Transportation
Law Section:: Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §§499-a & 503, V & T L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2017-2018: S5414
2019-2020: S1242, A9616
2023-2024: A5599

2021-S2214 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Eliminates the obligation for motorists in certain counties to pay the metropolitan commuter transportation district supplemental registration fee.

2021-S2214 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S2214

SPONSOR: SERINO
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to eliminating
the metropolitan commuter transportation district supplemental registra-
tion fee for certain counties

 
PURPOSE:

To exempt the counties of Dutchess, Putnam, Rockland and Orange from the
metropolitan commuter transportation district supplemental registration
fee and the supplemental learner permit/license and renewal fees.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1: Amends section 499-a of the vehicle and traffic law by
exempting four counties from the registration fee.

Section 2: Amends subparagraph (i) of paragraph (b-1) of subdivision 2

of section 503 of the vehicle and traffic law by exempting four counties
from the permit fee.

Section 3: Amends subparagraph (i) of paragraph (c-3) of subdivision 2
of section 503 of the vehicle and traffic law by exempting four counties
from the license fee.

Section 4: Provides the effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

The counties of Dutchess, Putnam, Orange and Rockland are classified as
commuter counties to New York City, however the vast majority of the
residents do not use any form of mass transportation, including the MTA,
NYC subway, Long Island Rail Road, NYC Buses, Staten Island Railway, or
the MTA Bridges and Tunnels.

Furthermore, Dutchess, Orange, Putnam and Rockland Counties are current-
ly only afforded partial representation on the MTA Board with only one
vote among them. As the State does not recognize the four counties in
the same manner as the remaining counties in the MTA region, they should
not be subjected to the same fees and taxes. The four Hudson Valley
counties should not be forced to participate in every MCTD fee without
proper representation in the formation of commuter policy.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2019-20: S.1242 Referred to Transportation

2017-18: S.5414 Passed Senate/Advanced to Third Reading

2016: S.7052 Passed Senate

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

This bill will save residents of Dutchess, Putnam, Orange and Rockland
Counties approximately $17 million annually.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall have
become law.

2021-S2214 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2214
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 20, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  SERINO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation
 
 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to  eliminating
   the  metropolitan commuter transportation district supplemental regis-
   tration fee for certain counties

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Section 499-a of the vehicle and traffic law, as added by
 section 1 of part B of chapter 25 of the laws of  2009,  is  amended  to
 read as follows:
   §  499-a.  Metropolitan  commuter transportation district supplemental
 registration fee. Registrants  residing  in  the  metropolitan  commuter
 transportation  district,  EXCEPT  IN  THE COUNTIES OF DUTCHESS, PUTNAM,
 ROCKLAND AND ORANGE, shall upon the registration or renewal of  a  motor
 vehicle  be  charged  a  supplemental registration fee to be paid to the
 commissioner or his or her agent in accordance with  the  provisions  of
 this article.
   §  2.  Subparagraph (i) of paragraph (b-1) of subdivision 2 of section
 503 of the vehicle and traffic law, as amended by section 1 of  part  FF
 of chapter 58 of the laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows:
   (i)  Upon passage of the knowledge test required to obtain a learner's
 permit, an applicant for a driver's license who resides in the metropol-
 itan commuter transportation district established by section  one  thou-
 sand  two hundred sixty-two of the public authorities law, EXCEPT IN THE
 COUNTIES OF DUTCHESS, PUTNAM, ROCKLAND AND ORANGE, shall be required  to
 pay  a  supplemental  fee  of  one dollar for each six months or portion
 thereof of the period of validity of a learner's permit or license which
 is or may be issued pursuant to the provisions of  subparagraph  (i)  or
 (ii) of paragraph (b) of this subdivision.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD07269-01-1

 S. 2214                             2
 
   §  3.  Subparagraph (i) of paragraph (c-3) of subdivision 2 of section
 503 of the vehicle and traffic law, as amended by section 1 of  part  FF
 of chapter 58 of the laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows:
   (i)  Supplemental renewal fee in the metropolitan commuter transporta-
 tion district. In addition to the fees required to be paid  pursuant  to
 paragraph  (c) of this subdivision, a supplemental fee of one dollar for
 each six months or portion thereof of the validity of the license  shall
 be  paid  for renewal of a license of a person who resides in the metro-
 politan commuter transportation  district  established  by  section  one
 thousand  two hundred sixty-two of the public authorities law, EXCEPT IN
 THE COUNTIES OF DUTCHESS, PUTNAM, ROCKLAND AND  ORANGE,  issued  by  the
 commissioner.
   §  4.  This  act  shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
 have become a law.

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