Assembly Bill A9685

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Eliminates the congestion surcharge on medallion taxicab trips

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2023-A9685 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S9727
Current Committee:
Assembly Ways And Means
Law Section:
Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§1299-A & 1299-B, Tax L

2023-A9685 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Eliminates the congestion surcharge on medallion taxicab trips.

2023-A9685 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9685
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               April 3, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of A. GONZALEZ-ROJAS, DE LOS SANTOS, MAMDANI -- read
   once and referred to the Committee on Ways and Means
 
 AN ACT to amend the tax law, in relation to the congestion surcharge  on
   medallion taxicab trips
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Section 1299-A of the tax law, as added  by  section  2  of
 part  NNN  of  chapter  59  of  the  laws of 2018, is amended to read as
 follows:
   § 1299-A. Imposition of tax. (a) In  addition  to  any  other  tax  or
 assessment  imposed  by  this  chapter  or  other  law,  there is hereby
 imposed, beginning on January first, two thousand nineteen, a  surcharge
 on  for-hire  transportation trips of two dollars and seventy-five cents
 for each such trip that originates  and  terminates  in  the  congestion
 zone,  for  each  such  trip  that  originates anywhere in the state and
 terminates within the congestion zone, for each such  trip  that  origi-
 nates  in the congestion zone and terminates anywhere in this state, and
 for each such trip that originates anywhere in the  state,  enters  into
 the  congestion  zone  while  in transit, and terminates anywhere in the
 state. For purposes of this [subsection] SUBDIVISION, a for-hire  trans-
 portation  trip shall be deemed to originate in the congestion zone when
 any requesting passenger is picked up there (or if the billing  for  the
 ride,  or  any  portion  thereof,  is commenced there), and is deemed to
 terminate in the  congestion  zone  when  any  requesting  passenger  is
 dropped  off  there.  [Provided  however, if the for-hire transportation
 trip is provided by a for-hire vehicle that is also subject  to  article
 twenty-nine-A  of  this  chapter, excluding a HAIL vehicle as defined by
 such article, the rate of surcharge under this subsection shall  be  two
 dollars and fifty cents for each trip.]
   (b) In addition to any other tax or assessment imposed by this chapter
 or  other  law, beginning on January first, two thousand nineteen, there
 is  hereby  imposed  on  transportation  provided  by  pool  vehicles  a
 surcharge  of  seventy-five  cents  for each person that both enters and
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD14913-01-4
              

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