New York S 3263: Relates to the definition of the metropolitan commuter transportation district for the purposes of the metropolitan commuter transportation mobility tax

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S03263 Summary:

BILL NOS03263 

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Amd §800, Tax L; amd §1266, Pub Auth L

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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.

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01/24/2025REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

01/07/2026REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 3263

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 24, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. PALUMBO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Govern-
 ment Operations

 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.
 10 It has been estimated these six towns contribute more than $60 million
 11 annually to the MTA than they receive back in service.
 12 In the interest of tax fairness and to avoid such additional inequita-
 13 ble taxation on these towns, it is the purpose of this act to exempt
 14 such towns from the newly adopted metropolitan commuter transportation
 15 mobility tax.
 16 § 2. Subsection (a) of section 800 of the tax law, as added by section
 17 1 of part C of chapter 25 of the laws of 2009, is amended to read as
 18 follows:
 19 (a) Metropolitan commuter transportation district. The metropolitan
 20 commuter transportation district ("MCTD") means the area of the state

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD07510-01-5

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 1 included in the district created and governed by section twelve hundred
 2 sixty-two of the public authorities law, except that for the purposes of
 3 this article, the towns of Brookhaven, East Hampton, Riverhead, Shelter
 4 Island, Southampton and Southold in Suffolk County shall be excluded
 5 from the district for the purposes of this article and any revenues
 6 previously collected from within these counties shall be reimbursed to
 7 each payor by March thirty-first, two thousand twenty-seven.
 8 § 3. Section 1266 of the public authorities law is amended by adding
 9 a new subdivision 20 to read as follows:
 10 20. The authority is required by March thirty-first, two thousand
 11 twenty-seven to:
 12 (a) renegotiate the joint service agreement between the authority and
 13 the state of Connecticut related to the operation of the Metro-North New
 14 Haven line to (i) require Connecticut to set New Haven line fare
 15 increases at levels necessary to sustain equivalent fare levels between
 16 New York state residents riding the Metro-North Commuter Railroad and
 17 Connecticut residents riding the Metro-North Commuter Railroad, (ii)
 18 require that Connecticut operating deficit subsidy payments shall be
 19 based on Conn