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Senate Bill S5403

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Requires that 1/4% of the state sales tax collected in rural counties be paid to such counties for infrastructure, fire fighting, emergency services and senior services

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2015-S5403 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Investigations And Government Operations
Law Section:
Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง1148, Tax L
Versions Introduced in 2017-2018 Legislative Session:
S892

2015-S5403 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires that 1/4% of the state sales tax collected in rural counties be paid to such counties for infrastructure, fire fighting, emergency services and senior services.

2015-S5403 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2015-S5403 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  5403

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              May 14, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen. AMEDORE -- 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 requiring one-quarter of one
  percent of the state sales and compensating  use  taxes  collected  in
  rural  areas  to  be  paid  to  the county in which such rural area is
  located

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

  Section  1.  Section  1148 of the tax law, as amended by section 57 of
part HH of chapter 57 of the  laws  of  2013,  is  amended  to  read  as
follows:
  S  1148.  Deposit  and  disposition  of revenue.   [All] (A) EXCEPT AS
OTHERWISE PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (B) OF THIS SECTION, ALL taxes, inter-
est and penalties collected or received by the commissioner  under  this
article shall be deposited and disposed of pursuant to the provisions of
section one hundred seventy-one-a of this chapter; provided however, the
comptroller  shall  on  or before the twelfth day of each month, pay all
such taxes, interest and penalties  collected  under  this  article  and
remaining  to  the comptroller's credit in such banks, banking houses or
trust companies at the close of business on the last day of the  preced-
ing month, into the general fund of the state treasury, except as other-
wise  provided  in sections ninety-two-d, ninety-two-h, and ninety-two-r
of the state finance law and sections eleven hundred two, eleven hundred
four and eleven hundred nine of this article.
  (B) NOTWITHSTANDING THE PROVISIONS OF SUBDIVISION (A) OF THIS  SECTION
AND  SECTION  ONE  HUNDRED SEVENTY-ONE-A OF THIS CHAPTER, ONE-QUARTER OF
ONE PERCENT OF ALL TAXES, INTEREST AND PENALTIES COLLECTED  OR  RECEIVED
BY  THE  COMMISSIONER  UNDER THIS ARTICLE FOR SALES AND USES IN A COUNTY
WHICH IS A RURAL AREA, SHALL BE DISTRIBUTED AND PAID BY THE COMMISSIONER
TO THE COUNTY IN A RURAL AREA IN WHICH THE COLLECTION OF THE TAX  FOR  A

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD08313-02-5
              

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