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Assembly Bill A6118

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Provides that the hotel room occupancy tax cannot be imposed in the county of Richmond

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2015-A6118 (ACTIVE) - Details

See other versions of this Bill:
S3846 ,
A10323 ,
Law Section:
Taxation
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง1, Chap 161 of 1970
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A3526
2011-2012: A5777
2013-2014: A4445, S4152
2017-2018: A5872

2015-A6118 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that the hotel room occupancy tax cannot be imposed in the county of Richmond.

2015-A6118 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  6118

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             March 16, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. BORELLI -- read once and referred to the Commit-
  tee on Ways and Means

AN ACT to amend chapter 161 of the laws of 1970,  relating  to  enabling
  any  city  having  a  population  of one million or more to impose and
  collect taxes on occupancy of hotel rooms in such city, in relation to
  exempting the county of Richmond from the imposition of such taxes

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1.  The  opening  paragraph  of subdivision 1 of section 1 of
chapter 161 of the laws of 1970, relating to enabling any city having  a
population  of  one million or more to impose and collect taxes on occu-
pancy of hotel rooms in such city, as amended by chapter 253 of the laws
of 1980, is amended to read as follows:
  Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, EXCEPT  IN
THE  COUNTY  OF RICHMOND, any city having a population of one million or
more is hereby authorized and empowered to adopt and  amend  local  laws
imposing  in  any  such city a tax in addition to any tax authorized and
imposed pursuant to article twenty-nine of  the  tax  law  such  as  the
legislature  has  or  would  have  the  power and authority to impose on
persons occupying hotel rooms in such city. The rates of such tax  shall
be  either  the  rates  contained  in the following paragraph (a) or the
rates contained in the following paragraph (b):
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.



 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD01516-01-5

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