Bill Text: NY A05555 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to the collection of supplemental vehicle registration fees for New York City registrants.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 4-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - referred to transportation [A05555 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A05555-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          5555
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    February 13, 2019
                                       ___________
        Introduced by M. of A. BRABENEC -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Transportation
        AN  ACT  to  amend  the  vehicle  and  traffic  law,  in relation to the
          collection of supplemental vehicle registration, learners permits  and
          drivers  license  fees for New York City registrants and operators; to
          amend the state finance law, in relation to the metropolitan transpor-
          tation authority financial assistance fund; and to repeal article 17-C
          of the vehicle and traffic law relating to the  metropolitan  commuter
          transportation district supplemental registration fee
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Article 17-C of the vehicle and traffic law is REPEALED.
     2    § 2. Section 401 of the vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding a
     3  new subdivision 22 to read as follows:
     4    22. Collection of supplemental fee for New York City  registrants.  a.
     5  All  registrants  of  motor  vehicles who reside in the city of New York
     6  shall pay to the commissioner or his or her agent a supplemental  regis-
     7  tration fee of twenty-five dollars per annum for each year or portion of
     8  a  year  that such registration is valid upon registration or renewal of
     9  motor vehicles subject to registration fees pursuant  to  the  following
    10  provisions: paragraph a of subdivision six of this section; schedules A,
    11  B, C, E, F, G, I and K of subdivision seven of this section; paragraph a
    12  of subdivision eight of this section; paragraph a of subdivision five of
    13  section  four  hundred  ten  of  this  title;  and  section four hundred
    14  eleven-b of this title.
    15    b. The commissioner shall deposit daily all  funds  derived  from  the
    16  collection  of  the supplemental fee established pursuant to paragraph a
    17  of this subdivision with such responsible banks, banking houses or trust
    18  companies as may be designated by the state comptroller, to  the  credit
    19  of  the  comptroller.  On  or  before the twelfth day of each month, the
    20  commissioner shall certify to the comptroller the amount of all revenues
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1  received pursuant to this article during the prior month as a result  of
     2  the supplemental fee imposed, including any interest and penalties ther-
     3  eon.  The  revenues  so  certified shall be deposited by the state comp-
     4  troller  in  the metropolitan transportation authority aid trust account
     5  of the metropolitan transportation authority financial  assistance  fund
     6  established  pursuant  to section ninety-two-ff of the state finance law
     7  for deposit, subject to appropriation, in the  corporate  transportation
     8  account  of the metropolitan transportation authority special assistance
     9  fund established by section  twelve  hundred  seventy-a  of  the  public
    10  authorities  law, to be applied as provided in paragraph (e) of subdivi-
    11  sion four of such section. Any money collected pursuant to this  section
    12  that  is deposited by the comptroller in the metropolitan transportation
    13  authority aid trust account of the metropolitan transportation authority
    14  financial assistance fund shall be held in such fund free and  clear  of
    15  any  claim  by any person or entity paying an additional fee pursuant to
    16  this section, including, without limiting the generality of the  forego-
    17  ing, any right or claim against the metropolitan transportation authori-
    18  ty, any of its bondholders, or any subsidiary or affiliate of the metro-
    19  politan transportation authority.
    20    §  3.  Paragraph  (b-1) of subdivision 2 of section 503 of the vehicle
    21  and traffic law, as added by section 1 of part A of chapter  25  of  the
    22  laws of 2009, is amended to read as follows:
    23    (b-1)  Supplemental  learner  permit/license  fee in the [metropolitan
    24  commuter transportation district] city of New York.  (i) Upon passage of
    25  the knowledge test required to obtain a learner's permit,  an  applicant
    26  for  a driver's license who resides in the [metropolitan commuter trans-
    27  portation district] city of New York established by section  [one  thou-
    28  sand  two  hundred  sixty-two]  twelve  hundred  sixty-two of the public
    29  authorities law shall be required to  pay  a  supplemental  fee  of  one
    30  dollar  for each six months or portion thereof of the period of validity
    31  of a learner's permit or license which is or may be issued  pursuant  to
    32  the  provisions  of  subparagraph  (i)  or (ii) of paragraph (b) of this
    33  subdivision.
    34    (ii) The commissioner shall deposit daily all funds collected pursuant
    35  to subparagraph (i) of this paragraph with such responsible banks, bank-
    36  ing houses or trust companies as may be designated by  the  state  comp-
    37  troller,  to the credit of the comptroller. On or before the twelfth day
    38  of each month, the commissioner shall certify  to  the  comptroller  the
    39  amount  of  all  revenues  received pursuant to subparagraph (i) of this
    40  paragraph during the prior month as a result  of  the  supplemental  fee
    41  imposed,  including  any interest and penalties thereon. The revenues so
    42  certified shall be deposited by the state comptroller in  the  metropol-
    43  itan  transportation  authority  aid  trust  account of the metropolitan
    44  transportation authority financial assistance fund established  pursuant
    45  to  section  ninety-two-ff of the state finance law for deposit, subject
    46  to appropriation, in the corporate transportation account of the  metro-
    47  politan  transportation authority special assistance fund established by
    48  section twelve hundred seventy-a of the public authorities  law,  to  be
    49  applied  as  provided  in  paragraph  (e)  of  subdivision  four of such
    50  section. Any money collected pursuant to this section that is  deposited
    51  by  the  comptroller  in  the  metropolitan transportation authority aid
    52  trust account of the  metropolitan  transportation  authority  financial
    53  assistance  fund  shall be held in such fund free and clear of any claim
    54  by any person or entity  paying  an  additional  fee  pursuant  to  this
    55  section,  including,  without  limiting the generality of the foregoing,
    56  any right or claim against the  metropolitan  transportation  authority,
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     1  any  of its bondholders, or any subsidiary or affiliate of the metropol-
     2  itan transportation authority.
     3    §  4.  Paragraph  (c-3) of subdivision 2 of section 503 of the vehicle
     4  and traffic law, as added by section 2 of part A of chapter  25  of  the
     5  laws of 2009, is amended to read as follows:
     6    (c-3)  (i)  Supplemental  renewal  fee  in  the [metropolitan commuter
     7  transportation district] city of New York.   In  addition  to  the  fees
     8  required  to  be  paid  pursuant to paragraph (c) of this subdivision, a
     9  supplemental fee of one dollar for each six months or portion thereof of
    10  the validity of the license shall be paid for renewal of a license of  a
    11  person   who   resides  in  the  [metropolitan  commuter  transportation
    12  district] city of New York established  by  section  [one  thousand  two
    13  hundred  sixty-two]  twelve  hundred sixty-two of the public authorities
    14  law issued by the commissioner.
    15    (ii) The commissioner shall deposit daily all funds collected pursuant
    16  to this paragraph with such responsible banks, banking houses  or  trust
    17  companies  as  may be designated by the state comptroller, to the credit
    18  of the comptroller. On or before the twelfth  day  of  each  month,  the
    19  commissioner shall certify to the comptroller the amount of all revenues
    20  received  pursuant  to this paragraph during the prior month as a result
    21  of the supplemental fees imposed, including any interest  and  penalties
    22  thereon. The revenues so certified shall be deposited by the state comp-
    23  troller  in  the metropolitan transportation authority aid trust account
    24  of the metropolitan transportation authority financial  assistance  fund
    25  established  pursuant  to section ninety-two-ff of the state finance law
    26  for deposit, subject to appropriation, in the  corporate  transportation
    27  account  of the metropolitan transportation authority special assistance
    28  fund established by section  twelve  hundred  seventy-a  of  the  public
    29  authorities  law, to be applied as provided in paragraph (e) of subdivi-
    30  sion four of such section. Any money collected pursuant to this  section
    31  that  is deposited by the comptroller in the metropolitan transportation
    32  authority aid trust account of the metropolitan transportation authority
    33  financial assistance fund shall be held in such fund free and  clear  of
    34  any  claim  by any person or entity paying an additional fee pursuant to
    35  this section, including, without limiting the generality of the  forego-
    36  ing, any right or claim against the metropolitan transportation authori-
    37  ty, any of its bondholders, or any subsidiary or affiliate of the metro-
    38  politan transportation authority.
    39    § 5. Subdivision 3 and paragraph (a) of subdivision 6 of section 92-ff
    40  of the state finance law, subdivision 3 as amended by section 14 of part
    41  UU  of chapter 59 of the laws of 2018 and paragraph (a) of subdivision 6
    42  as added by section 1 of part G of chapter 25 of the laws of  2009,  are
    43  amended to read as follows:
    44    3. Such fund shall consist of all moneys collected therefor or credit-
    45  ed  or  transferred  thereto  from  any  other  fund, account or source,
    46  including, without limitation, the revenues  derived  from  the  special
    47  supplemental  tax  on  passenger  car  rentals imposed by section eleven
    48  hundred sixty-six-a of the tax law; revenues derived from the  transpor-
    49  tation  surcharge  imposed  by article twenty-nine-A of the tax law; the
    50  supplemental registration fees imposed by [article seventeen-C] subdivi-
    51  sion twenty-two of section four hundred one of the vehicle  and  traffic
    52  law;   and   the   supplemental  [metropolitan  commuter  transportation
    53  district] city of New York license fees imposed by paragraphs (b-1)  and
    54  (c-3)  of  subdivision  two of section five hundred three of the vehicle
    55  and traffic law. Any interest received by the comptroller on  moneys  on
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     1  deposit  in  the metropolitan transportation authority financial assist-
     2  ance fund shall be retained in and become a part of such fund.
     3    (a)  The  "metropolitan  transportation  authority  aid trust account"
     4  shall consist of revenues required to be deposited therein  pursuant  to
     5  the  provisions  of  section  eleven hundred sixty-six-a of the tax law;
     6  article twenty-nine-A of the tax law; [article seventeen-C of the  vehi-
     7  cle and traffic law;] and subdivision twenty-two of section four hundred
     8  one  and  paragraphs  (b-1) and (c-3) of subdivision two of section five
     9  hundred three of the vehicle and traffic law, and all other moneys cred-
    10  ited or transferred thereto from any other fund or  source  pursuant  to
    11  law.
    12    § 6. This act shall take effect immediately.