What's happening
This bill imposes a 50-cent fee on ride-hailing trips originating in Nassau County to fund local public transportation through a new NICE transit assistance fund.
Why it matters
Targets ride-hailing trips specifically originating in Nassau County. , which could affect the cost and usage of services like Uber and Lyft for riders and drivers in that area.
Establishes a dedicated NICE transit assistance fund. , ensuring that all revenue from the new fee is kept separate and used solely for Nassau County’s public transportation operating expenses, rather than being absorbed into the general state budget.
Provides a stable, ongoing funding stream for local public transit. , potentially improving service reliability, frequency, or coverage for Nassau County residents who rely on NICE bus and transit systems.
May influence broader transportation policy debates. about who should pay for public transit and how to balance funding from traditional users versus new mobility services, possibly setting a precedent for similar measures in other counties or regions.
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Add Ride Fee for Transit
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History
- Referred to ways and means
- Print number 8418a
- Amend (t) and recommit to ways and means
- Referred to ways and means
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Add Fee for Nassau Rides
In Senate Committee · Investigations And Government Operations · Sponsor Kemp Hannon
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STATE OF NEW YORK
8418--A
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
June 14, 2017
Introduced by M. of A. LAVINE, RAMOS, D'URSO -- read once and referred to the Committee on Ways and Means -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
AN ACT to amend the tax law, in relation to imposing a fifty cent per TNC prearranged trip in a certain county; and to amend the state finance law, in relation to establishing the NICE transit assistance fund
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Section 1292 of the tax law, as added by section 18 of part AAA of chapter 59 of the laws of 2017, is amended to read as follows:
§ 1292. Imposition. (a) There is hereby imposed on every TNC a state assessment fee of 4% of the gross trip fare of every TNC prearranged trip provided by such TNC that originates anywhere in the state outside the city and terminates anywhere in this state.
(b) In addition to any other tax, fee or surcharge imposed by this chapter or other law, there is hereby imposed on every TNC an assessment fee of fifty cents per TNC prearranged trip on every TNC prearranged trip provided by or through it that originates in a county with a population of between one million and one million four hundred thousand as of the last decennial census and terminates anywhere in the state.
§ 2. Section 1298 of the tax law, as added by section 18 of part AAA of chapter 59 of the laws of 2017, is amended to read as follows:
§ 1298. Deposit and disposition of revenue. (a) All taxes, fees, interest and penalties collected or received by the commissioner under subsection (a) of section twelve hundred ninety-two of this article shall be deposited and disposed of pursuant to the provisions of section one hundred seventy-one-a of this chapter.
(b) All taxes, fees, interest and penalties collected or received by the commissioner under subsection (b) of section twelve hundred ninety-
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two of this article shall be deposited and disposed of pursuant to section eighty-nine-i of the state finance law.
§ 3. The state finance law is amended by adding a new section 89-i to read as follows:
§ 89-i. NICE transit assistance fund. 1. There is hereby established in the joint custody of the state comptroller and the commissioner of taxation and finance a fund to be known as the "NICE transit assistance fund". Monies in the NICE transit assistance fund shall be kept separately from and shall not be commingled with any other moneys in the joint or sole custody of the state comptroller or the commissioner of taxation and finance.
2. The NICE transit assistance fund shall consist of monies collected therefore or credited or transferred thereto from any other fund, account, or source, including a portion of the revenues derived from article twenty-nine-B of the tax law pursuant to subsection (b) of section twelve hundred ninety-eight of the tax law. Any interest received by the comptroller on monies on deposit in the NICE transit assistance fund shall be retained in and become part of such fund.
3. Monies in the NICE transit assistance fund shall, following appropriation by the legislature, be distributed to the county of Nassau or its sub-grantees for the operating expenses thereof incurred for public transportation services and shall only be used to fund public transportation systems eligible to receive operating assistance under the provisions of section eighteen-b of the transportation law.
4. All payments of money from the NICE transit assistance fund shall be made on the audit and warrant of the comptroller.
§ 4. This act shall take effect on the same date and in the same manner as part AAA of chapter 59 of the laws of 2017, takes effect.
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