NY State Senate Bill S4245

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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Jan 23, 2018	reported and committed to finance
Jan 03, 2018	referred to investigations and government operations returned to senate died in assembly
Jun 07, 2017	referred to ways and means delivered to assembly passed senate
May 08, 2017	advanced to third reading
May 03, 2017	2nd report cal.
May 02, 2017	1st report cal.752
Feb 14, 2017	reported and committed to finance
Feb 06, 2017	referred to investigations and government operations

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Jan 23, 2018 - Investigations and Government Operations committee Vote

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Investigations and Government Operations Committee Vote: Jan 23, 2018

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Jun 7, 2017 - floor Vote

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May 2, 2017 - Finance committee Vote

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Feb 14, 2017 - Investigations and Government Operations committee Vote

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Investigations and Government Operations Committee Vote: Feb 14, 2017

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S4245 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A8730
Current Committee:: Senate Finance
Law Section:: Tax Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §800, Tax L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2011-2012: S6206, A9124
2013-2014: S1896, A4097
2015-2016: S213, A4374
2019-2020: S4245, A8731
2021-2022: S1831, A315
2023-2024: S4543, A1369

S4245 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Exempts political subdivisions from the imposition of the metropolitan commuter transportation mobility tax.

S4245 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

 
BILL NUMBER: S4245      Revised 11/30/17

SPONSOR: MURPHY
 
TITLE OF BILL:  An act to amend the tax law, in relation to the
exemption of political subdivisions from the imposition of the metropol-
itan commuter transportation mobility tax

 
PURPOSE:

The legislation would exempt local governments outside of New York City
located within the metropolitan commuter transportation district from
paying the metropolitan commuter transportation mobility tax (MTA
payroll tax).

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1 amends subsection (b) of section 800 of the tax law, as added
by section 1 of part B of Chapter 56 of the Laws of 2011, to exempt all
counties, towns, cities, villages and other political subdivisions
outside of New York city from paying the metropolitan commuter transpor-
tation mobility tax.

Section 2 establishes the effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

The metropolitan commuter transportation mobility tax (MTA payroll tax)
enacted in 2009, was subsequently rolled back in 2011 for 78.2% of the
entities that were required to pay the tax in the Metropolitan Commuter
Transportation District (MCTD), which includes the counties of Dutchess,
Nassau, Orange, Putnam, Rockland, Suffolk and Westchester. Taxing exist-
ing jobs has proven to have had a crippling effect on the economy and
new job creation within the MCTD. This tax is having a severe negative
impact on economic recovery, and is discouraging growth of new business
and job creation at a time when the government should be promoting these
objectives.

To address the negative effect of this tax on jobs and economic growth
as well as the effect on property taxes, the tax should be repealed for
local government entities in the MCTD, and take the burden of this oner-
ous tax off of the property taxpayers.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2017: S.4245, passed Senate
2016: S.213-A, passed Senate
2014: S.1896, reported and committed to finance
2012: S.6206, reported and committed to finance

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

Approximately $19.8 million to the State.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

S4245 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf


                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  4245

                       2017-2018 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            February 6, 2017
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  MURPHY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Govern-
  ment Operations

AN ACT to amend the tax law, in relation to the exemption  of  political
  subdivisions  from  the imposition of the metropolitan commuter trans-
  portation mobility tax

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1. Paragraphs 3 and 4 of subsection (b) of section 800 of the
tax law, paragraph 3 as amended by section 1 of part B of chapter 56  of
the  laws  of  2011,  paragraph  4 as amended by section 1 of part YY of
chapter 59 of the laws of 2015, are amended and a  new  paragraph  5  is
added to read as follows:
  (3)  an interstate agency or public corporation created pursuant to an
agreement or compact with another state or the Dominion of Canada; [or]
  (4) [Any] ANY eligible educational institution.  An  "eligible  educa-
tional  institution"  shall  mean any public school district, a board of
cooperative educational  services,  a  public  elementary  or  secondary
school, a school approved pursuant to article eighty-five or eighty-nine
of  the education law to serve students with disabilities of school age,
or a nonpublic elementary or secondary school that provides  instruction
in grade one or above, all public library systems as defined in subdivi-
sion  one  of  section two hundred seventy-two of the education law, and
all public and free association libraries as such terms are  defined  in
subdivision  two  of  section  two  hundred fifty-three of the education
law[.]; OR
  (5) ANY COUNTY, TOWN, CITY, VILLAGE  OR  OTHER  POLITICAL  SUBDIVISION
EXCEPT A CITY WITH A POPULATION OF ONE MILLION INHABITANTS OR MORE.
  § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD06724-01-7

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Finance Committee

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Jan 23, 2018 - Investigations and Government Operations committee Vote

Investigations and Government Operations Committee Vote: Jan 23, 2018

Jun 7, 2017 - floor Vote

Floor Vote: Jun 7, 2017

May 2, 2017 - Finance committee Vote

Finance Committee Vote: May 2, 2017

Feb 14, 2017 - Investigations and Government Operations committee Vote

Investigations and Government Operations Committee Vote: Feb 14, 2017

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Terrence Murphy

Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Finance Committee

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Votes

Jan 23, 2018 - Investigations and Government Operations committee Vote

Investigations and Government Operations Committee Vote: Jan 23, 2018

Jun 7, 2017 - floor Vote

Floor Vote: Jun 7, 2017

May 2, 2017 - Finance committee Vote

Finance Committee Vote: May 2, 2017

Feb 14, 2017 - Investigations and Government Operations committee Vote

Investigations and Government Operations Committee Vote: Feb 14, 2017

Co-Sponsors

John E. Brooks

David Carlucci

William J. Larkin, Jr.

Elaine Phillips

Sue Serino

S4245 (ACTIVE) - Details

S4245 (ACTIVE) - Summary

S4245 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

S4245 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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