Ashby, Barnwell, Byrnes, DiPietro, Fitzpatrick, Friend, Hawley, Lalor, McDonough, Miller B, Miller
M, Ra, Walsh
 
Amd §1148, Tax L; amd §89-b, rpld §89-b sub 3 ¶(a), St Fin L
 
Requires the deposit, into the dedicated highway and bridge trust fund, of a portion of the sales tax collected on each gallon of motor fuel sold at retail; increases the amount to be deposited over time.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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4944
2021-2022 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
February 9, 2021
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Introduced by M. of A. PALMESANO, BARCLAY, BLANKENBUSH, J. M. GIGLIO,
GOODELL, BRABENEC, BYRNE, DeSTEFANO, MANKTELOW, MONTESANO, MORINELLO,
NORRIS, REILLY, SALKA, TAGUE -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. ASHBY,
BARNWELL, BYRNES, DiPIETRO, FITZPATRICK, FRIEND, HAWLEY, LALOR, McDO-
NOUGH, B. MILLER, M. MILLER, RA, WALSH -- read once and referred to
the Committee on Ways and Means
AN ACT to amend the tax law and the state finance law, in relation to
providing for the deposit into the dedicated highway and bridge trust
fund of a portion of the sales tax revenue from the sale of motor
fuel; and to repeal certain provisions of the state finance law relat-
ing thereto
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 1148 of the tax law, as amended by section 6-a of
2 part G of chapter 59 of the laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows:
3 § 1148. Deposit and disposition of revenue. (a) All taxes, interest
4 and penalties collected or received by the commissioner under this arti-
5 cle shall be deposited and disposed of pursuant to the provisions of
6 section one hundred seventy-one-a of this chapter; provided however, the
7 comptroller shall on or before the twelfth day of each month, pay all
8 such taxes, interest and penalties collected under this article and
9 remaining to the comptroller's credit in such banks, banking houses or
10 trust companies at the close of business on the last day of the preced-
11 ing month, into the general fund of the state treasury.
12 (a-1) Provided however, before the funds may be distributed pursuant
13 to subdivision (a) of this section, one cent of the taxes collected or
14 received by the commissioner under this article for the retail sale of
15 each gallon of motor fuel shall be deposited in the special obligation
16 reserve and payment account of the dedicated highway and bridge trust
17 fund, established by section eighty-nine-b of the state finance law.
18 (b) Provided however, [before] after the funds [may be] are distrib-
19 uted pursuant to subdivision [(a)] (a-1) of this section but before such
20 funds are distributed pursuant to subdivision (a) of this section, such
21 funds shall be distributed as otherwise provided in sections
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD05248-01-1
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1 ninety-two-d, ninety-two-h, and ninety-two-r of the state finance law
2 and sections eleven hundred two, eleven hundred four and eleven hundred
3 nine of this article.
4 (c) Provided however, after funds are distributed pursuant to [subdi-
5 vision] subdivisions (a-1) and (b) of this section but before such funds
6 are distributed pursuant to subdivision (a) of this section, funds shall
7 be deposited by the comptroller into the New York central business
8 district trust fund established pursuant to section ninety-nine-ff of
9 the state finance law in accordance with the following schedule: (1) in
10 state fiscal year two thousand nineteen - two thousand twenty, one
11 hundred twelve million five hundred thousand dollars; (2) in state
12 fiscal year two thousand twenty - two thousand twenty-one, one hundred
13 fifty million dollars; and (3) in state fiscal year two thousand twen-
14 ty-one - two thousand twenty-two and every succeeding state fiscal year,
15 an amount equal to one hundred one percent of the amount deposited in
16 the immediately preceding state fiscal year. The funds deposited into
17 the New York central business district trust fund shall be deposited
18 monthly in equal installments.
19 § 2. Subdivision (a-1) of section 1148 of the tax law, as added by
20 section one of this act, is amended to read as follows:
21 (a-1) Provided however, before the funds may be distributed pursuant
22 to subdivision (a) of this section, [one cent] two cents of the taxes
23 collected or received by the commissioner under this article for the
24 retail sale of each gallon of motor fuel shall be deposited in the
25 special obligation reserve and payment account of the dedicated highway
26 and bridge trust fund, established by section eighty-nine-b of the state
27 finance law.
28 § 3. Subdivision (a-1) of section 1148 of the tax law, as amended by
29 section two of this act, is amended to read as follows:
30 (a-1) Provided however, before the funds may be distributed pursuant
31 to subdivision (a) of this section, [two] three cents of the taxes
32 collected or received by the commissioner under this article for the
33 retail sale of each gallon of motor fuel shall be deposited in the
34 special obligation reserve and payment account of the dedicated highway
35 and bridge trust fund, established by section eighty-nine-b of the state
36 finance law.
37 § 4. Subdivision (a-1) of section 1148 of the tax law, as amended by
38 section three of this act, is amended to read as follows:
39 (a-1) Provided however, before the funds may be distributed pursuant
40 to subdivision (a) of this section, [three] four cents of the taxes
41 collected or received by the commissioner under this article for the
42 retail sale of each gallon of motor fuel shall be deposited in the
43 special obligation reserve and payment account of the dedicated highway
44 and bridge trust fund, established by section eighty-nine-b of the state
45 finance law.
46 § 5. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 3 of section 89-b of the state
47 finance law, as amended by section 4 of chapter 368 of the laws of 2019,
48 is amended to read as follows:
49 (a) The special obligation reserve and payment account shall consist
50 (i) of all moneys required to be deposited in the dedicated highway and
51 bridge trust fund pursuant to the provisions of sections two hundred
52 five, two hundred eighty-nine-e, three hundred one-j, five hundred
53 fifteen, eleven hundred forty-eight and eleven hundred sixty-seven of
54 the tax law, section four hundred one and article twelve-d of the vehi-
55 cle and traffic law, and section thirty-one of chapter fifty-six of the
56 laws of nineteen hundred ninety-three, (ii) all fees, fines or penalties
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1 collected by the commissioner of transportation and the commissioner of
2 motor vehicles pursuant to section fifty-two, section three hundred
3 twenty-six, section eighty-eight of the highway law, subdivision fifteen
4 of section three hundred eighty-five of the vehicle and traffic law,
5 section two of part U1 of chapter sixty-two of the laws of two thousand
6 three, subdivision (d) of section three hundred four-a, paragraph one of
7 subdivision (a) and subdivision (d) of section three hundred five,
8 subdivision six-a of section four hundred fifteen and subdivision (g) of
9 section twenty-one hundred twenty-five of the vehicle and traffic law,
10 section fifteen of this chapter, excepting moneys deposited with the
11 state on account of betterments performed pursuant to subdivision twen-
12 ty-seven or subdivision thirty-five of section ten of the highway law,
13 and section one hundred forty-five of the transportation law, (iii) any
14 moneys collected by the department of transportation for services
15 provided pursuant to agreements entered into in accordance with section
16 ninety-nine-r of the general municipal law, and (iv) any other moneys
17 collected therefor or credited or transferred thereto from any other
18 fund, account or source.
19 § 6. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 3 of section 89-b of the state
20 finance law, as amended by section 5 of chapter 368 of the laws of 2019,
21 is amended to read as follows:
22 (a) The special obligation reserve and payment account shall consist
23 (i) of all moneys required to be deposited in the dedicated highway and
24 bridge trust fund pursuant to the provisions of sections two hundred
25 eighty-nine-e, three hundred one-j, five hundred fifteen, eleven hundred
26 forty-eight and eleven hundred sixty-seven of the tax law, section four
27 hundred one and article twelve-d of the vehicle and traffic law, and
28 section thirty-one of chapter fifty-six of the laws of nineteen hundred
29 ninety-three, (ii) all fees, fines or penalties collected by the commis-
30 sioner of transportation and the commissioner of motor vehicles pursuant
31 to section fifty-two, section three hundred twenty-six, section eighty-
32 eight of the highway law, subdivision fifteen of section three hundred
33 eighty-five of the vehicle and traffic law, section fifteen of this
34 chapter, excepting moneys deposited with the state on account of better-
35 ments performed pursuant to subdivision twenty-seven or subdivision
36 thirty-five of section ten of the highway law, and section one hundred
37 forty-five of the transportation law, (iii) any moneys collected by the
38 department of transportation for services provided pursuant to agree-
39 ments entered into in accordance with section ninety-nine-r of the
40 general municipal law, and (iv) any other moneys collected therefor or
41 credited or transferred thereto from any other fund, account or source.
42 § 7. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 3 of section 89-b of the state finance
43 law, as amended by section 8 of part UU of chapter 59 of the laws of
44 2018, is REPEALED.
45 § 8. This act shall take effect April 1, 2021, provided, that:
46 (a) section two of this act shall take effect April 1, 2022;
47 (b) section three of this act shall take effect April 1, 2023;
48 (c) section four of this act shall take effect April 1, 2024; and
49 (d) the amendments to paragraph (a) of subdivision 3 of section 89-b
50 of the state finance law, made by section five of this act, shall be
51 subject to the expiration and reversion of such paragraph pursuant to
52 section 13 of part U1 of chapter 62 of the laws of 2003, as amended,
53 when upon such date the provisions of section six of this act shall take
54 effect.