NY State Senate Bill 2023-S8149

Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Transportation Committee

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Jan 09, 2024	referred to transportation

2023-S8149 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A4660
Current Committee:: Senate Transportation
Law Section:: Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:: Rpld Art 44-C, amd §1630, V & T L; rpld §553 sub 9 ¶(s), sub 12-a, §§553-j & 553-k, amd §566-a, Pub Auth L; rpld §87 sub 2 ¶(p), Pub Off L; rpld Part ZZZ Subpart A §§9 - 11, Chap 59 of 2019; rpld §606 sub§ (jjj), Tax L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2019-2020: A8072
2021-2022: S8136, A7750

2023-S8149 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Repeals congestion pricing.

2023-S8149 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S8149

SPONSOR: LANZA
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the vehicle and traffic law and the public authorities
law, in relation to congestion pricing in New York City, and repealing
certain provisions of the vehicle and traffic law, the public authori-
ties law, the public officers law, the tax law, and subpart A of part
ZZZ of chapter 59 of the laws of 2019, amending the vehicle and traffic
law and the public authorities law relating to establishing a central
business district tolling program in the city of New York and amending
the public officers law relating to confidentiality of certain public
records, relating thereto

 
PURPOSE:

Repeals congestion pricing.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1. Article 44-C of the vehicle and traffic law is REPEALED.

Section 2. Subdivision 4 of section 1630 of the vehicle and traffic law,
as amended by section 2 of subpart A of part ZZZ of chapter 59 of the
laws of 2019, is amended: Charging of tolls, taxes, fees, licenses or
permits for the use of the highway or any of its parts

(or entry into or remaining within the central business district estab-
lished by article forty-four-C of this chapter), where the imposition is
authorized by law.

Section 3. Paragraph (s) of subdivision 9 of section 553 of the public
authorities law is REPEALED.

Section 4. Subdivision 12-a of section 553 of the public authorities law
is REPEALED.

Section 5. Section 553-j of the public authorities law is REPEALED.

Section 6. Paragraph (p) of subdivision 2 of section 87 of the public
officers law is REPEALED.

Section 7. Section 553-k of the public authorities law is REPEALED.

Section 8. Sections 9, 10, and 1 I of subpart A of part ZZZ of chapter
59 of the laws of 2019, amending the vehicle and traffic law and the
public authorities law relating to establishing a central business
district tolling program in the city of New York and amending the public
officers law relating to confidentiality of certain public records, are
REPEALED.

Section 9. Section 566-a of the public authorities law, as amended by
section 12 of subpart A of part ZZZ of chapter 59 of the laws of 2019,
is amended to read as follows:

§ 566-a. Tax contract by the state is in all respects for the benefit of
the people of the state of New York, for the improvement of their
health, welfare and prosperity, and for the promotion of their traffic,
and are public purposes which consist of vehicular bridges, vehicular
tunnels and approaches thereto (and the central business district toll-
ing program), the project is an essential part of the public highway
system and the authority will be performing an essential governmental
function, and the state of New York covenants with the purchasers and
with all subsequent holders and transferees of bonds issued after Janu-
ary first, nineteen hundred thirty-nine by the authority pursuant to
this title, in consideration of the acceptance of any payment for the
bonds that the bonds of the authority issued after January first, nine-
teen hundred thirty-nine pursuant to this title and the income, all
moneys, funds, tolls and other revenues pledged to pay or secure the
payment of such bonds, shall at all times be free from taxation except
for estate taxes and taxes on transfers by or in contemplation of death.
Nothing herein shall be construed to repeal or supersede any tax
exemptions granted by general or other laws.

Section 10. Subsection (jjj) of section 606 of the tax law, as added by
section 1 of subpart F of part ZZZ of chapter 59 of the laws of 2019, is
REPEALED.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Congestion pricing increases the cost to New York City drivers and
commuters from areas outside of the City. Adding additional costs to the
already skyrocketing cost of living in our state. These fees would be
charged to every vehicle, including law enforcement and emergency
personnel, entering the congestion zone regardless of how many times in
one day they enter the zone. This includes whether they are going home,
to work, to a medical appointment, shopping or dining, etc.

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority should not place the burden of
their mismanagement on the drivers. Furthermore, it is also unacceptable
and improper that the details were delegated to an unelected commission
to decide rather than to those who serve and are elected by the public.

Congestion pricing is tax scheme which unfairly targets Staten Island
families and businesses. Picking the pockets of Staten Islanders for
traveling within their own city is further proof of the mismanagement of
the entire MTA system. According to the MTA's own study, it would be
both a financial and environmental burden and will result in more traf-
fic on Staten Island. Staten Islanders shouldn't carry the burden of
this tax program, especially when they will see little to no benefit.
Congestion pricing is outrageous and must be repealed.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2023: A.4660 - Held for Consideration in Transportation

2022: S.8136 - Referred to Transportation/A.7750 - Referred to Transpor-
tation

2021: A.7750 - Referred to Transportation

2020: A.8072 - Held for Consideration in Transportation

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

To be determined.
 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

2023-S8149 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8149
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              January 9, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  LANZA  -- 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 and the  public  authorities
   law, in relation to congestion pricing in New York City, and repealing
   certain provisions of the vehicle and traffic law, the public authori-
   ties  law, the public officers law, the tax law, and subpart A of part
   ZZZ of chapter 59 of the laws of 2019, amending the vehicle and  traf-
   fic  law  and  the  public  authorities law relating to establishing a
   central business district tolling program in the city of New York  and
   amending  the  public  officers  law  relating  to  confidentiality of
   certain public records, relating thereto
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Article 44-C of the vehicle and traffic law is REPEALED.
   §  2. Subdivision 4 of section 1630 of the vehicle and traffic law, as
 amended by section 2 of subpart A of part ZZZ of chapter 59 of the  laws
 of 2019, is amended to read as follows:
   4.  Charging of tolls, taxes, fees, licenses or permits for the use of
 the highway or any of its parts [or entry into or remaining  within  the
 central  business  district  established by article forty-four-C of this
 chapter], where the imposition thereof is authorized by law.
   § 3. Paragraph (s) of subdivision 9  of  section  553  of  the  public
 authorities law is REPEALED.
   §  4. Subdivision 12-a of section 553 of the public authorities law is
 REPEALED.
   § 5. Section 553-j of the public authorities law is REPEALED.
   § 6. Paragraph (p) of subdivision 2 of section 87 of the public  offi-
 cers  law, as added by section 7 of subpart A  of part ZZZ of chapter 59
 of the laws of 2019, is REPEALED.
   § 7. Section 553-k of the public authorities law is REPEALED.
   § 8. Sections 9, 10, and 11 of subpart A of part ZZZ of chapter 59  of
 the  laws  of  2019, amending the vehicle and traffic law and the public
 authorities law relating to establishing  a  central  business  district
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD09121-01-3

 S. 8149                             2
 
 tolling program in the city of New York and amending the public officers
 law relating to confidentiality of certain public records, are REPEALED.
   §  9.  Section  566-a  of  the  public  authorities law, as amended by
 section 12 of subpart A of part ZZZ of chapter 59 of the laws  of  2019,
 is amended to read as follows:
   §  566-a. Tax contract by the state. 1. It is hereby found, determined
 and declared that the authority and the carrying out  of  its  corporate
 purposes  is  in all respects for the benefit of the people of the state
 of New York, for the improvement of their health, welfare  and  prosper-
 ity, and, in the case of some of the said purposes, for the promotion of
 their  traffic,  and  that said purposes are public purposes and, in the
 case of those purposes which consist  of  vehicular  bridges,  vehicular
 tunnels  and approaches thereto [and the central business district toll-
 ing program], the project is an essential part  of  the  public  highway
 system  and  the  authority will be performing an essential governmental
 function in the exercise of the powers conferred by this title, and  the
 state  of New York covenants with the purchasers and with all subsequent
 holders and transferees of bonds issued after  January  first,  nineteen
 hundred  thirty-nine by the authority pursuant to this title, in consid-
 eration of the acceptance of any payment for the bonds that the bonds of
 the authority issued after January first, nineteen  hundred  thirty-nine
 pursuant  to this title and the income therefrom, and all moneys, funds,
 tolls and other revenues pledged to pay or secure the  payment  of  such
 bonds,  shall at all times be free from taxation except for estate taxes
 and taxes on transfers by or in contemplation of death.
   2. Nothing herein shall be construed to repeal or  supersede  any  tax
 exemptions heretofore or hereafter granted by general or other laws.
   §  10.  Subsection  (jjj)  of  section 606 of the tax law, as added by
 section 1 of subpart F of part ZZZ of chapter 59 of the laws of 2019, is
 REPEALED.
   § 11. This act shall take effect immediately.

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Transportation Committee

2023-S8149 (ACTIVE) - Details

2023-S8149 (ACTIVE) - Summary

2023-S8149 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S8149 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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Sponsored By

Andrew J. Lanza

Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Transportation Committee

2023-S8149 (ACTIVE) - Details

2023-S8149 (ACTIVE) - Summary

2023-S8149 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S8149 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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