S 6649: Exempts certain non-profit car-sharing organizations from the supplemental tax on passenger car rentals outside of the metropolitan commuter transportation district.

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 6649 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN SENATE March 19, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. WEBB -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Budget and Revenue AN ACT to amend the tax law, in relation to exempting certain car-shar- ing organizations from the special supplemental tax on passenger car rentals outside of the metropolitan commuter transportation district The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision (a) of section 1166-b of the tax law, as added 2 by section 2 of part WW of chapter 59 of the laws of 2019, is amended 3 and a new subdivision (d) is added to read as follows: 4 (a) In addition to the tax imposed under section eleven hundred sixty 5 of this article and in addition to any tax imposed under any other arti- 6 cle of this chapter, there is hereby imposed and there shall be paid a 7 tax at the rate of six percent upon the receipts from every rental of a 8 passenger car that is not subject to the tax described in section eleven 9 hundred sixty-six-a of this article and not otherwise exempt pursuant to 10 subdivision (d) of this section, but which is a retail sale of such 11 passenger car within the state. 12 (d) The transfer of possession of a motor vehicle for a consideration 13 shall not be considered a rental for purposes of this section if such 14 transfer is operated by a car-sharing organization which primarily 15 engages in such operation outside of the metropolitan commuter transpor- 16 tation district where it sells service. For purposes of this section, a 17 "car-sharing organization" is an organization described in paragraph 18 four of subdivision (a) of section eleven hundred sixteen of this chap- 19 ter and offers an alternative means to car ownership under which the 20 members of such entity are permitted to use a motor vehicle for a 21 consideration. In addition, to the extent such services have already 22 been or will be subject to the tax under this section for a use of a 23 passenger car, a person who used such a passenger car as a member of 24 such car-sharing organization shall be exempt from such use tax. 25 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD01652-01-5