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A02583 Summary:

BILL NOA02583 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORCarroll R

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COSPNSRWilliams, Simon, Bichotte Hermelyn, Seawright, Lasher

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MLTSPNSR

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Add Art 12-B §§289-g - 289-o, Tax L

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Establishes a tax on noise from non-essential helicopter and seaplane flights in cities with a population of one million or more.

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BILL NOA02583 

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01/21/2025referred to ways and means

01/07/2026referred to ways and means

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 2583

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 21, 2025
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 Introduced by M. of A. R. CARROLL, WILLIAMS, SIMON, BICHOTTE HERMELYN --
 read once and referred to the Committee on Ways and Means

 AN ACT to amend the tax law, in relation to establishing a tax on noise
 emissions from non-essential helicopter and seaplane flights in cities
 with a population of one million or more

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. The tax law is amended by adding a new article 12-B to read
 2 as follows:
 3 ARTICLE 12-B
 4 NOISE TAX ON NON-ESSENTIAL
 5 HELICOPTER AND SEAPLANE FLIGHTS
 6 Section 289-g. Definitions.
 7 289-h. Imposition of the noise tax on non-essential helicopter
 8 and seaplane flights.
 9 289-i. Liability for the tax.
 10 289-j. Exemptions from the tax.
 11 289-k. Payment and returns.
 12 289-l. Records to be kept.
 13 289-m. Secrecy of returns and reports.
 14 289-n. Practice and procedure.
 15 289-o. Deposit and disposition of revenue.
 16 § 289-g. Definitions. For the purposes of this article, the following
 17 terms shall have the following meanings:
 18 1. "Helicopter" means an aircraft, the support of which in the air is
 19 normally derived from airfoils mechanically rotated about an approxi-
 20 mately vertical axis.
 21 2. "Helicopter or seaplane operator" means a person or entity which
 22 conducts non-essential helicopter or seaplane flights within a city with
 23 a population of one million or more.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD01055-02-5

 A. 2583 2

 1 3. "Seaplane" means any aircraft defined or classified as such by
 2 federal law, rule or regulation.
 3 4. "Non-essential flight" means a flight made by a helicopter or seap-
 4 lane other than those conducted:
 5 (a) for purposes of heavy-lift operations in support of construction
 6 and infrastructure maintenance;
 7 (b) for purposes of public health and safety, including law enforce-
 8 ment, emergency response, disaster response, the provision of medical
 9 services, and providing other services; or
 10 (c) for the benefit of the general public, including flights carried
 11 out for research or for official purposes by a news organization.
 12 5. "Quiet aircraft" means a helicopter or seaplane of a model that has
 13 been certified as meeting the threshold to be classified as a quiet
 14 aircraft as per section two hundred eighty-nine-j of this article.
 15 § 289-h. Imposition of the noise tax on non-essential helicopter and
 16 seaplane flights. In addition to any other tax or assessment imposed by
 17 this chapter or any other law, there is hereby imposed beginning January
 18 first, two thousand twenty-six a noise tax on non-essential seaplane and
 19 helicopter flights at the rate of one hundred dollars per seat ticket or
 20 four hundred dollars per flight, whichever is greater.
 21 § 289-i. Liability for the tax. Any non-essential helicopter or seap-
 22 lane flight is subject to the tax imposed by this article. The tax
 23 imposed by this section shall not be imposed on any helicopter or seap-
 24 lane flights if such imposition is superseded by federal law or regu-
 25 lation.
 26 § 289-j. Exemptions from the tax. 1. Any non-essential helicopter or
 27 seaplane flight conducted using a quiet aircraft is exempted from the
 28 tax imposed by section two hundred eighty-nine-h of this article.
 29 2. The department, in consultation with the department of transporta-
 30 tion shall create