Senate Bill S5918A

Vetoed By Governor
2019-2020 Legislative Session

Requires medallion owners to manage payments of the congestion surcharge

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  • 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-S5918 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A7804
Law Section:
Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §1299-b, Tax L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: S3663
2023-2024: S8120

2019-S5918 - Summary

Requires medallion agents to manage payments of the congestion surcharge.

2019-S5918 - Sponsor Memo

2019-S5918 - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5918
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 16, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  COMRIE -- 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 requiring  medallion  owners
   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.  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
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD11814-01-9

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2019-S5918A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A7804
Law Section:
Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §1299-b, Tax L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: S3663
2023-2024: S8120

2019-S5918A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires medallion agents to manage payments of the congestion surcharge.

2019-S5918A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S5918A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  5918--A
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 16, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  COMRIE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Govern-
   ment  Operations  --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended,   ordered
   reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 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.

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