Bill Text: NY S07708 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Exempts commuter vans from the congestion surcharge and the central business district tolling program in New York city.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS [S07708 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S07708-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          7708

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                    October 16, 2023
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen.  LIU  --  read  twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules

        AN ACT to amend the tax law and the vehicle and traffic law, in relation
          to exempting commuter vans from congestion pricing in New York city

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section  1.  Section  1299  of  the tax law is amended by adding a new
     2  subdivision (h) to read as follows:
     3    (h) "Commuter van" shall have the same meaning as such term is defined
     4  pursuant to subdivision p of section 19-502 of the  administrative  code
     5  of the city of New York.
     6    § 2. Section 1299-a of the tax law is amended by adding a new subdivi-
     7  sion (c-1) to read as follows:
     8    (c-1)  Notwithstanding  the  foregoing,  the surcharge imposed by this
     9  article shall not apply to transportation services provided by  commuter
    10  vans,  as  such term is defined pursuant to section twelve hundred nine-
    11  ty-nine of this article.
    12    § 3. The vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding  a  new  section
    13  1704-b to read as follows:
    14    §  1704-b.  Exemption  from central business district tolling program.
    15  Any owner or operator of a commuter van, as such term is defined  pursu-
    16  ant  to  section twelve hundred ninety-nine of the tax law, while in the
    17  course of operating such commuter van for the purposes  of  transporting
    18  passengers,  shall  not  be  charged  for entry into or remaining in the
    19  central business district pursuant to section seventeen  hundred  four-a
    20  of this article.
    21    § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.


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