Assembly Bill A5206

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Provides that state departments, offices, agencies, and authorities are prohibited from imposing any fees, surcharges, or taxes that have not been approved

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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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2017-A5206 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Add §170-c, Exec L; add Art 1 Title 3 §10, Pub Auth L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: A6208
2019-2020: A4721
2021-2022: A6131
2023-2024: A5637

2017-A5206 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that state departments, offices, agencies, and authorities are prohibited from imposing any fees, surcharges, or taxes that have not been approved by the state legislature.

2017-A5206 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5206
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 6, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. FRIEND, GOODELL -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A.
   HAWLEY,  LOPEZ  --  read once and referred to the Committee on Govern-
   mental Operations
 
 AN ACT to amend the executive law and the  public  authorities  law,  in
   relation to prohibiting the imposition of certain fees, surcharges, or
   taxes

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The executive law is amended by adding a new section  170-c
 to read as follows:
   §  170-C.  FEE  INCREASES PROHIBITED; EXCEPTION.   1. ON AND AFTER THE
 EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION, NO STATE DEPARTMENT, OFFICE, AGENCY,  OR
 AUTHORITY  MAY INCREASE ANY FEE, SURCHARGE OR TAX THAT IT IMPOSES ON ANY
 NEW YORK STATE RESIDENT OR BUSINESS UNLESS SUCH INCREASE IS SPECIFICALLY
 AUTHORIZED AND APPROVED BY THE STATE LEGISLATURE.
   2. ANY STATE DEPARTMENT, OFFICE, AGENCY, OR AUTHORITY THAT  IMPOSES  A
 FEE, SURCHARGE OR TAX PRIOR TO THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION, WHERE
 SUCH  IMPOSITION  WAS  IMPLEMENTED  WITHOUT SPECIFIC STATUTORY APPROVAL,
 SHALL BE PROHIBITED FROM  FURTHER  IMPOSING  AND  COLLECTING  SUCH  FEE,
 SURCHARGE  OR  TAX ON AND AFTER JANUARY FIRST NEXT SUCCEEDING THE EFFEC-
 TIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION.
   3. ON AND AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION, ANY STATE  DEPART-
 MENT,  OFFICE,  AGENCY,  OR  AUTHORITY  THAT  WISHES  TO  IMPOSE  A FEE,
 SURCHARGE OR TAX ON ANY NEW YORK STATE RESIDENT OR  BUSINESS  MUST  SEEK
 AND  OBTAIN  LEGISLATIVE AUTHORIZATION AND APPROVAL OF THE SPECIFIC FEE,
 SURCHARGE, OR TAX REQUESTED PRIOR TO ITS IMPOSITION.
   § 2. Article 1 of the public authorities law is amended  by  adding  a
 new title 3 to read as follows:
                                  TITLE 3
                               MISCELLANEOUS
 SECTION 10. FEE INCREASES PROHIBITED; EXCEPTION.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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