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A04660 Summary:

BILL NOA04660
 
SAME ASSAME AS S08149
 
SPONSORMcGowan
 
COSPNSRReilly, Brabenec, Smith, DeStefano, Pirozzolo, Durso, Brown E, Mikulin, Gandolfo, Tannousis
 
MLTSPNSR
 
Rpld Art 44-C, amd 1630, V & T L; rpld 553 sub 9 (s), sub 12-a, 553-j & 553-k, amd 566-a, Pub Auth L; rpld 87 sub 2 (p), Pub Off L; rpld Part ZZZ Subpart A 9 - 11, Chap 59 of 2019; rpld 606 sub (jjj), Tax L
 
Repeals congestion pricing.
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A04660 Actions:

BILL NOA04660
 
02/21/2023referred to transportation
04/25/2023held for consideration in transportation
01/03/2024referred to transportation
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A04660 Memo:

NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY
MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION
submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
 
BILL NUMBER: A4660
 
SPONSOR: McGowan
  TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the vehicle and traffic law and the public authorities law, in relation to congestion pricing in New York City, and repealing certain provisions of the vehicle and traffic law, the public authori- ties law, the public officers law, the tax law, and subpart A of part ZZZ of chapter 59 of the laws of 2019, amending the vehicle and traffic law and the public authorities law relating to establishing a central business district tolling program in the city of New York and amending the public officers law relating to confidentiality of certain public records, relating thereto   PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: Repeals congestion pricing   SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section I: Article 44-C of the vehicle and traffic law is REPEALED. Section III: Subdivision 4 of section 1630 of the vehicle and traffic law, as amended by section 2 of subpart A of part ZZZ of chapter 59 of the laws of 2019, is amended: Charging of tolls, taxes, fees, licenses or permits for the use of the highway or any of its parts (or entry into or remaining within the central business district established by article forty-four-C of this chapter), where the imposition is authorized by law. Section III: Paragraph (s) of subdivision 9 of section 553 of the public authorities law is REPEALED. Section IV. Subdivision 12-a of section 553 of the public authorities law is REPEALED. Section V: Section 553-j of the public authorities law is REPEALED. Section VI: Paragraph (p) of subdivision 2 of section 87 of the public . officers law is REPEALED. Section VII: Section 553-k of the public authorities law is REPEALED. Section VIII: Sections 9, 10, and 11 of subpart A of part ZZZ of chapter 59 of the laws of 2019, amending the vehicle and traffic law and the public authorities law relating to establishing a central business district tolling program in the city of New York and amending the public officers law relating to confidentiality of certain public records, are REPEALED. Section IX: Section 566-a of the public authorities law, as amended by section 12 of subpart A of part ZZZ of chapter 59 of the laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows: § 566-a. Tax contract by the state is in all respects for the benefit of the people of the state of New York, for the improvement of their health, welfare and prosperity, and for the promotion of their traffic, and are public purposes which consist of vehicular bridges, vehicular tunnels and approaches thereto (and the central business district toll- ing program), the project is an essen- tial part of the public highway system and the authority will be performing an essential governmental function, and the state of New York covenants with the purchasers and with all subsequent holders and trans- ferees of bonds issued after Janu- ary first, nineteen hundred thirty- nine by the authority pursuant to this title, in consideration of the acceptance of any payment for the bonds that the bonds of the authority issued after January first, nine- teen hundred thirty-nine pursuant to this title and the income, all moneys, funds, tolls and other revenues pledged to pay or secure the payment of such bonds, shall at all times be free from taxation except for estate taxes and taxes on transfers by or in contemplation of death. Nothing herein shall be construed to repeal or supersede any tax exemptions granted by general or other laws. Section X: Subsection (jjj) of section 606 of the tax law, as added by section 1 of subpart F of part ZZZ of chapter 59 of the laws of 2019, is REPEALED. Section XI: provides effective date   JUSTIFICATION: Congestion pricing increases the cost to suburban drivers and commuters from areas outside of New York City and New York, adding additional costs to the already skyrocketing cost of living in our state. These fees would be charged to every vehicle, including law enforcement and emergency personnel, entering the congestion zone regardless of how many times in one day they enter the zone. This includes whether they are going home, to work, to a medical appointment, shopping or dining, etc. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority should not put the burden of their mismanagement onto the drivers of New York. Furthermore, it is also unacceptable and improper that the details were delegated to an unelected commission to decide rather than to those who serve the public. In addition, the MTA has provided substandard rail service to the resi- dents of Rockland County, cutting express train service and threatening to eliminate rail service altogether, forcing commuters to drive into New York City, rather than take mass transit. Rockland County residents are being unfairly penalized by the MTA's failure to provide adequate rail service. Currently, Rockland County residents pay $50 million more in revenue to the MTA than services they receive. Its outrageous and must be remedied.   PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: 2021-2022: A.7750/S.8136 2019-2020: A.8072   FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS: To be determined   EFFECTIVE DATE: This act shall take effect immediately
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A04660 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          4660
 
                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                    February 21, 2023
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by M. of A. MCGOWAN -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Transportation
 
        AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law and the  public  authorities
          law, in relation to congestion pricing in New York City, and repealing
          certain provisions of the vehicle and traffic law, the public authori-
          ties  law, the public officers law, the tax law, and subpart A of part
          ZZZ of chapter 59 of the laws of 2019, amending the vehicle and  traf-
          fic  law  and  the  public  authorities law relating to establishing a
          central business district tolling program in the city of New York  and
          amending  the  public  officers  law  relating  to  confidentiality of
          certain public records, relating thereto
 
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. Article 44-C of the vehicle and traffic law is REPEALED.
     2    §  2. Subdivision 4 of section 1630 of the vehicle and traffic law, as
     3  amended by section 2 of subpart A of part ZZZ of chapter 59 of the  laws
     4  of 2019, is amended to read as follows:
     5    4.  Charging of tolls, taxes, fees, licenses or permits for the use of
     6  the highway or any of its parts [or entry into or remaining  within  the
     7  central  business  district  established by article forty-four-C of this
     8  chapter], where the imposition thereof is authorized by law.
     9    § 3. Paragraph (s) of subdivision 9  of  section  553  of  the  public
    10  authorities law is REPEALED.
    11    §  4. Subdivision 12-a of section 553 of the public authorities law is
    12  REPEALED.
    13    § 5. Section 553-j of the public authorities law is REPEALED.
    14    § 6. Paragraph (p) of subdivision 2 of section 87 of the public  offi-
    15  cers  law, as added by section 7 of subpart A  of part ZZZ of chapter 59
    16  of the laws of 2019, is REPEALED.
    17    § 7. Section 553-k of the public authorities law is REPEALED.
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD09121-01-3

        A. 4660                             2
 
     1    § 8. Sections 9, 10, and 11 of subpart A of part ZZZ of chapter 59  of
     2  the  laws  of  2019, amending the vehicle and traffic law and the public
     3  authorities law relating to establishing  a  central  business  district
     4  tolling program in the city of New York and amending the public officers
     5  law relating to confidentiality of certain public records, are REPEALED.
     6    §  9.  Section  566-a  of  the  public  authorities law, as amended by
     7  section 12 of subpart A of part ZZZ of chapter 59 of the laws  of  2019,
     8  is amended to read as follows:
     9    §  566-a. Tax contract by the state. 1. It is hereby found, determined
    10  and declared that the authority and the carrying out  of  its  corporate
    11  purposes  is  in all respects for the benefit of the people of the state
    12  of New York, for the improvement of their health, welfare  and  prosper-
    13  ity, and, in the case of some of the said purposes, for the promotion of
    14  their  traffic,  and  that said purposes are public purposes and, in the
    15  case of those purposes which consist  of  vehicular  bridges,  vehicular
    16  tunnels  and approaches thereto [and the central business district toll-
    17  ing program], the project is an essential part  of  the  public  highway
    18  system  and  the  authority will be performing an essential governmental
    19  function in the exercise of the powers conferred by this title, and  the
    20  state  of New York covenants with the purchasers and with all subsequent
    21  holders and transferees of bonds issued after  January  first,  nineteen
    22  hundred  thirty-nine by the authority pursuant to this title, in consid-
    23  eration of the acceptance of any payment for the bonds that the bonds of
    24  the authority issued after January first, nineteen  hundred  thirty-nine
    25  pursuant  to this title and the income therefrom, and all moneys, funds,
    26  tolls and other revenues pledged to pay or secure the  payment  of  such
    27  bonds,  shall at all times be free from taxation except for estate taxes
    28  and taxes on transfers by or in contemplation of death.
    29    2. Nothing herein shall be construed to repeal or  supersede  any  tax
    30  exemptions heretofore or hereafter granted by general or other laws.
    31    §  10.  Subsection  (jjj)  of  section 606 of the tax law, as added by
    32  section 1 of subpart F of part ZZZ of chapter 59 of the laws of 2019, is
    33  REPEALED.
    34    § 11. This act shall take effect immediately.
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