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Int 1607-2019

Reducing the commercial motor vehicle tax for medallion taxicabs.

IntroductionEnactedCommittee on Financeintroduced 2019-06-13Local Law 2019/137

Enacted as Local Law 2019/137.

Official record · Legistar

Agenda: 2019-06-13Passed: 2019-07-20Enacted: 2019-07-20

Summary

This bill would reduce the commercial motor vehicle tax imposed on medallion taxicabs from $1000 to $400 to be equal to the commercial motor vehicle tax imposed on all other for-hire vehicles.

Committee on FinanceExecutive Budget review and Budget modification, Banking Commission, Comptroller's Office, Department of Finance, Independent Budget Office, Office of Administrative Tax Appeal, and fiscal policy and revenue from any source.

How it compares

52% of similar bills passed

26 passed · 24 died

This bill: 5 days in committee

Similar bills: median 53 days · 26 days when passed

Sponsors (1)

Lifecycle

HeardHearing on P-C Item by Comm
2019-06-13 · Committee on Finance
HeldP-C Item Laid Over by Comm
2019-06-13 · Committee on Finance
IntroducedIntroduced by Council
2019-06-13 · City Council
ActionReferred to Comm by Council
2019-06-13 · City Council
HeardHearing Held by Committee
2019-06-19 · Committee on Finance
AdvancedApproved by Committee
2019-06-19 · Committee on Finance
AdvancedApproved by Council
2019-06-19 · City Council
ActionSent to Mayor by Council
2019-06-19 · City Council
ActionReturned Unsigned by Mayor
2019-07-18 · City Council
AdvancedCity Charter Rule Adopted
2019-07-20 · Administration

Votes (14)

Aye (12)
Daniel Dromm Barry S. GrodenchikAdrienne E. AdamsRobert E. Cornegy, Jr.Laurie A. CumboVanessa L. GibsonMark Gjonaj Farah N. LouisSteven MatteoKeith Powers Helen K. RosenthalJames G. Van Bramer
Absent (2)
Rory I. LancmanFrancisco P. Moya

Heard at (4)

City Council · 2019-06-19 · 3:00 PM · Council Chambers - City Hall
Committee on Finance · 2019-06-19 · 1:00 PM · Committee Room - City Hall
Committee on Finance · 2019-06-13 · 10:00 AM · Committee Room - City Hall
City Council · 2019-06-13 · 1:30 PM · Council Chambers - City Hall

Attachments (19)

Full text
Be it enacted by the Council as follows: Section 1. Subparagraph (C) of paragraph 2 of subdivision a of section 11-802 of the administrative code of the city of New York, as amended by local law number 60 for the year 1989, is amended to read as follows: (C) For tax years beginning on and after June first, nineteen hundred ninety but before May thirty-first, two thousand nineteen, on medallion taxicabs, one thousand dollars for each such vehicle, and on all other motor vehicles for transportation of passengers, four hundred dollars for each such vehicle. � 2. Paragraph 2 of subdivision a of section 11-802 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new subparagraph (D) to read as follows: (D) For tax years beginning on or after June first, two thousand nineteen, on all motor vehicles for transportation of passengers, including medallion taxicabs, four hundred dollars for each such vehicle. � 3. Notwithstanding any provision of chapter 8 of title 11 of the administrative code of the city of New York to the contrary, the commissioner of finance may issue a refund or credit to any person who has paid the tax or portion thereof imposed under subparagraph (C) of paragraph 2 of subdivision a of section 11-802 of such code with respect to a medallion taxicab for the tax year beginning on June 1, 2019 to the extent such payment exceeds the tax obligation for any tax year beginning on or after June 1, 2019, and to the extent of such excess amount, such person shall not have any obligations under sections 11-807 or 11-808 of such code for any such tax year. The commissioner of finance may issue such a refund or credit without submission of a written application by the taxpayer. � 4. This local law takes effect immediately and is retroactive to and deemed to have been in effect as of May 31, 2019. NAB/JJD LS #11067 6/11/19 11:00pm 1 2