Bill Text: NY S00319 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Relates to the definition of the metropolitan commuter transportation district for the purposes of the metropolitan commuter transportation mobility tax; requires the metropolitan transportation authority to renegotiate the joint service operating agreement with the state of Connecticut.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-02-08 - PRINT NUMBER 319A [S00319 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-S00319-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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            S. 319--A                                               A. 92--A
                               2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                SENATE - ASSEMBLY
                                       (Prefiled)
                                     January 7, 2015
                                       ___________
        IN SENATE -- Introduced by Sen. LAVALLE -- read twice and ordered print-
          ed,  and  when  printed  to  be committed to the Committee on Investi-
          gations and Government Operations -- recommitted to the  Committee  on
          Investigations  and  Government  Operations  in accordance with Senate
          Rule  6,  sec.  8  --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended,  ordered
          reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
        IN ASSEMBLY -- Introduced by M. of A. THIELE, ENGLEBRIGHT -- Multi-Spon-
          sored by -- M. of A. MURRAY -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Ways and Means -- recommitted to the Committee on Ways and Means in
          accordance  with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill
          amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said  commit-
          tee
        AN ACT to amend the tax law, in relation to the definition of the metro-
          politan  commuter  transportation  district  for  the  purposes of the
          metropolitan commuter transportation mobility tax; and  to  amend  the
          public  authorities  law,  in  relation  to requiring the metropolitan
          transportation authority to renegotiate the  joint  service  operating
          agreement with the state of Connecticut
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Legislative findings. Pursuant to chapter 25 of the laws of
     2  2009, the legislature did enact the metropolitan mobility tax within the
     3  twelve  county  region  constituting  the  metropolitan   transportation
     4  district.  The  legislature hereby finds that the residents of the towns
     5  of Brookhaven, East Hampton, Riverhead,  Shelter  Island,  Southold  and
     6  Southampton  in  the  county  of  Suffolk  receive  minimal mass transit
     7  services from the metropolitan transportation authority. Further,  these
     8  towns  already  pay  substantial  taxes  to  the  MTA  for these minimal
     9  services, including increased sales taxes and mortgage recording  taxes.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD00734-02-6