What's happening
This bill imposes a fifty-cent fee on ride-hailing trips in Nassau County to fund public transportation through the NICE transit assistance fund.
Why it matters
Shifts part of the financial burden for public transit onto ride-hailing users. , meaning those who use services like Uber and Lyft in Nassau County will pay directly into transit funding, rather than the cost being spread more broadly among all taxpayers.
Creates a dedicated fund (NICE transit assistance fund) with strict rules for use. , ensuring that the new revenue can only be spent on operating expenses for public transportation in Nassau County and cannot be diverted to unrelated projects.
Links ride-hailing activity to public transit funding in a specific geographic area. , which could set a precedent for other counties or regions to follow, potentially reshaping how local transit is funded and encouraging similar targeted approaches elsewhere.
May impact ride-hailing demand and affordability. , as the added fee could slightly increase costs for users, potentially influencing travel choices and the competitiveness of ride-hailing versus other transportation options.
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Add Fee for Nassau Rides
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- Referred to investigations and government operations
- Recommitted to rules
- Ordered to third reading cal.2224
- Print number 6680a
- Amend (t) and recommit to rules
- Referred to rules
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Add Ride Fee for Transit
In Assembly Committee · Ways And Means · Sponsor Charles Lavine
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STATE OF NEW YORK
6680--A
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
June 12, 2017
Introduced by Sen. HANNON -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules -- 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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Sponsor's memo
Title of bill
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
Purpose
To provide a fifty cent per ride fee on transportation network companies in certain counties with a population between one million and one million four hundred thousand as of the last decennial census, which shall be put into a fund to provide the NICE transit system with assistance.
Summary of provisions
Section 1 amends § 1292 of the tax law to include, in addition to any other tax, fee or surcharge imposed, a TNC assessment fee of fifty cents per TNC prearranged trip that originates in the county with a population size between one million and one million four hundred thousand as of the last decennial census and terminates anywhere else in the state.
Sections 2 and 3 amends § 1298 of the tax law and section 89-I of the state finance law to have such funds collected and deposited into a NICE Transit assistance fund. Such funds shall, following appropriation by the legislature, be distributed to Nassau County or its subgrantees 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 transportation law.
Section 4 provides an effective date.
Justification
As a part of the SFY 2017-18 budget, ride sharing or transportation network companies like Uber and Lyft, were given authority to operate throughout the state. Nassau County and its residents will benefit greatly from the expansion of riding sharing and the opportunity should not be stymied. As a county contiguous to NYC, which already relies heavily on ride sharing, it is important that this extend to all residents of Nassau County. However it should not happen at the expense of existing public transit.
This legislation provides Nassau County with a fifty cent per ride fee for every trip that originates in the County. Those funds would be deposited into a newly created fund called the NICE transit assistance fund. The fund would then be made available for operating expenses to public transit systems in the County. NICE is the public bus transit system for the County of Nassau.
Creating funding and a fund to help maintain the vital services of Nassau's public transit system, while ensuring that ride sharing becomes a reality for the many residents who wish to avail themselves of this very versatile and convenient form of transit is a win win.
Legislative history
New bill.
Fiscal implications
None to the state.
Effective date
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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