STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 5962 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN SENATE 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 credit card processing asso- ciated with the congestion surcharge The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Paragraph 1 of subdivision (b) of section 1299-b of the tax 2 law, as added by section 2 of part NNN of chapter 59 of the laws of 3 2018, is amended to read as follows: 4 (1) The surcharge imposed by this article, and any increase in credit 5 card processing fees associated with the surcharge, must be passed along 6 to passengers and separately stated on any receipt that is provided to 7 such passengers. The passing along of such surcharge shall not be 8 construed by any court or administrative body as the imposition of the 9 surcharge on the person or entity that pays for the for-hire transporta- 10 tion trip. All regulatory agencies must adjust any fares that are 11 authorized by them to include the surcharge imposed by this article, and 12 must require that any meter or other instrument used in any for-hire 13 vehicle regulated by it to calculate fares be adjusted to include the 14 surcharge. 15 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD11800-01-9