Bill Text: NY S08952 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Exempts residents of lower Manhattan and Staten Island from the congestion surcharge imposed under the tax law.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-04-02 - REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS [S08952 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S08952-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          8952

                    IN SENATE

                                      April 2, 2024
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by Sen. SCARCELLA-SPANTON -- 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 exempting residents of lower
          Manhattan and Staten Island from congestion surcharge pricing

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Section 1299-a of the tax law is amended by  adding  a  new
     2  subdivision (e) to read as follows:
     3    (e)  Notwithstanding  any  provision of law, rule or regulation to the
     4  contrary, the surcharge imposed by this article shall not apply  to  any
     5  for-hire  transportation  trip  for  a  passenger  that  resides  in the
     6  congestion zone or in the borough of Staten Island.
     7    § 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day  after  it  shall
     8  have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or
     9  repeal  of  any  rule  or regulation necessary for the implementation of
    10  this act on its effective date are authorized to be made  and  completed
    11  on or before such effective date.






         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD11474-01-3