Assembly Bill A7804

Vetoed By Governor
2019-2020 Legislative Session

Requires medallion agents to manage payments of the congestion surcharge

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Archive: Last Bill Status Via S5918 - Vetoed by Governor

  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Vetoed By Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2019-A7804 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S5918
Law Section:
Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §1299-b, Tax L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: S3663
2023-2024: S8120

2019-A7804 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires medallion agents to manage payments of the congestion surcharge.

2019-A7804 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7804
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 23, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  DenDEKKER  --  read once and referred to the
   Committee on Ways and Means
 
 AN ACT to amend the tax law, in relation to requiring  medallion  agents
   to manage payments of the congestion surcharge
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Subdivision (a) of section 1299-b of the tax law, as  added
 by  section  2 of part NNN of chapter 59 of the laws of 2018, is amended
 to read as follows:
   (a) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary,  any  person
 that  dispatches  a motor vehicle by any means that provides transporta-
 tion that is subject to a surcharge imposed by this  article,  including
 transportation  network  companies as defined in article forty-four-B of
 the vehicle and traffic law, shall be liable for the  surcharge  imposed
 by this article, except that in the case of taxicab trips and HAIL vehi-
 cle trips that are also subject to tax pursuant to article twenty-nine-A
 of this chapter, only the taxicab owner or HAIL base liable for that tax
 shall  be  the  person liable for the surcharge imposed by this article,
 EXCEPT WHERE AGENTS LICENSED BY THE TAXI AND  LIMOUSINE  COMMISSION  ARE
 AUTHORIZED ON BEHALF OF MEDALLION OWNERS TO MANAGE THE MEDALLIONS AND/OR
 MAKE  PAYMENTS  OF THE SURCHARGE AS LAID OUT IN ARTICLE TWENTY-NINE-A OF
 THIS CHAPTER, SUCH AGENTS ARE SOLELY LIABLE FOR  MAKING  THESE  PAYMENTS
 ABSENT A GOOD FAITH DISPUTE OF THE AMOUNT OWED. WHERE AGENTS LICENSED BY
 THE  TAXI AND LIMOUSINE COMMISSION ARE AUTHORIZED ON BEHALF OF MEDALLION
 OWNERS TO MANAGE THE MEDALLIONS AND/OR MAKE PAYMENTS OF THE METROPOLITAN
 TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY IMPROVEMENT  ZONE  SURCHARGE  SUCH  AGENTS  ARE
 ENTITLED  TO  MAKE  BATCH  PAYMENTS  OF  ALL  MEDALLIONS MANAGED WITH AN
 ACCOUNTING OF EACH MEDALLION TRIP REPRESENTED IN THE BATCH PAYMENT.  For
 purposes  of  this  section,  the  terms  "taxicab trips," "HAIL vehicle
 trips," "taxicab owner," and "HAIL base" shall have the same meaning  as
 they do in section twelve hundred eighty of this chapter.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

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