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                                 7790--A

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              May 12, 2016
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Introduced by Sen. MARCHIONE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Govern-
  ment   Operations  --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended,  ordered
  reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

AN ACT to amend the tax law, in relation  to  authorizing  the  city  of
  Hudson  to  impose hotel and motel taxes; and providing for the repeal
  of such provisions upon expiration thereof

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

  Section  1.  The tax law is amended by adding a new section 1202-dd to
read as follows:
  S 1202-DD. HOTEL OR MOTEL TAXES IN THE CITY OF  HUDSON.  (1)  NOTWITH-
STANDING  ANY  OTHER  PROVISIONS  OF  LAW  TO  THE CONTRARY, THE CITY OF
HUDSON, COLUMBIA COUNTY, IS HEREBY AUTHORIZED AND EMPOWERED TO ADOPT AND
AMEND LOCAL LAWS IMPOSING IN SUCH CITY A TAX, IN ADDITION TO  ANY  OTHER
TAX AUTHORIZED AND IMPOSED PURSUANT TO THIS ARTICLE SUCH AS THE LEGISLA-
TURE  HAS  OR  WOULD HAVE THE POWER AND AUTHORITY TO IMPOSE UPON PERSONS
OCCUPYING HOTEL OR MOTEL ROOMS IN SUCH CITY. FOR THE  PURPOSES  OF  THIS
SECTION, THE TERM "HOTEL" OR "MOTEL" SHALL MEAN AND INCLUDE ANY FACILITY
OR  BUILDING  OR PORTION THEREOF PROVIDING LODGING ON AN OVERNIGHT BASIS
AND SHALL INCLUDE FACILITIES DESIGNATED AND COMMONLY KNOWN AS  "BED  AND
BREAKFAST"  AND  "TOURIST" FACILITIES.   THE RATES OF SUCH TAX SHALL NOT
EXCEED FOUR PERCENT OF THE PER DIEM RENTAL RATE FOR EACH ROOM,  PROVIDED
HOWEVER,  THAT  SUCH TAX SHALL NOT BE APPLICABLE TO A PERMANENT RESIDENT
OF A HOTEL OR MOTEL. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION THE  TERM  "PERMA-
NENT  RESIDENT"  SHALL  MEAN  A  PERSON OCCUPYING ANY ROOM OR ROOMS IN A
HOTEL OR MOTEL FOR AT LEAST THIRTY CONSECUTIVE DAYS.
  (2) SUCH TAX MAY BE COLLECTED AND ADMINISTERED  BY  THE  CHIEF  FISCAL
OFFICER  OF THE CITY OF HUDSON BY SUCH MEANS AND IN SUCH MANNER AS OTHER
TAXES WHICH ARE NOW COLLECTED AND ADMINISTERED BY SUCH  OFFICERS  OR  AS
OTHERWISE MAY BE PROVIDED BY SUCH LOCAL LAW.
  (3)  SUCH LOCAL LAWS MAY PROVIDE THAT ANY TAX IMPOSED SHALL BE PAID BY
THE PERSON LIABLE THEREFOR TO THE OWNER OF THE HOTEL OR MOTEL ROOM OCCU-
PIED OR TO THE PERSON ENTITLED TO BE PAID THE RENT  OR  CHARGE  FOR  THE

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

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HOTEL  OR  MOTEL  ROOM OCCUPIED FOR AND ON ACCOUNT OF THE CITY OF HUDSON
IMPOSING THE TAX AND THAT SUCH OWNER OR PERSON ENTITLED TO BE  PAID  THE
RENT  OR  CHARGE  SHALL  BE LIABLE FOR THE COLLECTION AND PAYMENT OF THE
TAX;  AND  THAT  SUCH  OWNER  OR  PERSON ENTITLED TO BE PAID THE RENT OR
CHARGE SHALL HAVE THE SAME RIGHT IN RESPECT TO COLLECTING THE  TAX  FROM
THE  PERSON  OCCUPYING THE HOTEL OR MOTEL ROOM, OR IN RESPECT TO NONPAY-
MENT OF THE TAX BY THE PERSON OCCUPYING THE HOTEL OR MOTEL ROOM,  AS  IF
THE  TAX  WERE A PART OF THE RENT OR CHARGE AND PAYABLE AT THE SAME TIME
AS THE RENT OR CHARGE; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT THE CHIEF FISCAL  OFFICER
OF  THE CITY, SPECIFIED IN SUCH LOCAL LAW, SHALL BE JOINED AS A PARTY IN
ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING BROUGHT TO COLLECT THE TAX BY THE OWNER  OR  BY
THE PERSON ENTITLED TO BE PAID THE RENT OR CHARGE.
  (4)  SUCH  LOCAL  LAWS  MAY  PROVIDE FOR THE FILING OF RETURNS AND THE
PAYMENT OF THE TAX ON A MONTHLY BASIS OR ON THE BASIS OF ANY  LONGER  OR
SHORTER PERIOD OF TIME.
  (5)  THIS  SECTION SHALL NOT AUTHORIZE THE IMPOSITION OF SUCH TAX UPON
ANY TRANSACTION, BY OR WITH ANY OF  THE  FOLLOWING  IN  ACCORDANCE  WITH
SECTION TWELVE HUNDRED THIRTY OF THIS ARTICLE:
  A.  THE  STATE  OF  NEW  YORK,  OR ANY PUBLIC CORPORATION (INCLUDING A
PUBLIC CORPORATION CREATED PURSUANT TO AGREEMENT OR COMPACT WITH ANOTHER
STATE OR THE DOMINION OF CANADA), IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT  OR  OTHER  POLI-
TICAL SUBDIVISION OF THE STATE;
  B.  THE  UNITED  STATES OF AMERICA, INSOFAR AS IT IS IMMUNE FROM TAXA-
TION;
  C. ANY CORPORATION OR ASSOCIATION, OR TRUST, OR COMMUNITY CHEST,  FUND
OR FOUNDATION ORGANIZED AND OPERATED EXCLUSIVELY FOR RELIGIOUS, CHARITA-
BLE  OR  EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES, OR FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO CHIL-
DREN OR ANIMALS, AND NO PART OF THE NET EARNINGS OF WHICH INURES TO  THE
BENEFIT OF ANY PRIVATE SHAREHOLDER OR INDIVIDUAL AND NO SUBSTANTIAL PART
OF  THE  ACTIVITIES  OF  WHICH  IS  CARRYING ON PROPAGANDA, OR OTHERWISE
ATTEMPTING TO INFLUENCE LEGISLATION; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT NOTHING  IN
THIS  PARAGRAPH  SHALL  INCLUDE AN ORGANIZATION OPERATED FOR THE PRIMARY
PURPOSE OF CARRYING ON A TRADE OR BUSINESS FOR PROFIT,  WHETHER  OR  NOT
ALL OF ITS PROFITS ARE PAYABLE TO ONE OR MORE ORGANIZATIONS DESCRIBED IN
THIS PARAGRAPH.
  (6) ANY FINAL DETERMINATION OF THE AMOUNT OF ANY TAX PAYABLE HEREUNDER
SHALL  BE REVIEWABLE FOR ERROR, ILLEGALITY OR UNCONSTITUTIONALITY OR ANY
OTHER REASON WHATSOEVER BY A PROCEEDING UNDER ARTICLE  SEVENTY-EIGHT  OF
THE  CIVIL PRACTICE LAW AND RULES IF APPLICATION THEREFOR IS MADE TO THE
SUPREME COURT WITHIN THIRTY DAYS AFTER THE GIVING OF THE NOTICE OF  SUCH
FINAL  DETERMINATION,  PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT ANY SUCH PROCEEDING UNDER
ARTICLE SEVENTY-EIGHT OF THE CIVIL PRACTICE LAW AND RULES SHALL  NOT  BE
INSTITUTED UNLESS:
  A. THE AMOUNT OF ANY TAX SOUGHT TO BE REVIEWED, WITH SUCH INTEREST AND
PENALTIES  THEREON  AS  MAY  BE  PROVIDED FOR BY LOCAL LAW OR REGULATION
SHALL BE FIRST DEPOSITED AND THERE IS FILED AN UNDERTAKING, ISSUED BY  A
SURETY  COMPANY  AUTHORIZED  TO  TRANSACT  BUSINESS  IN  THIS  STATE AND
APPROVED BY THE SUPERINTENDENT OF FINANCIAL SERVICES OF THIS STATE AS TO
SOLVENCY AND RESPONSIBILITY, IN SUCH AMOUNT AS A JUSTICE OF THE  SUPREME
COURT  SHALL  APPROVE TO THE EFFECT THAT IF SUCH PROCEEDING BE DISMISSED
OR THE TAX CONFIRMED THE PETITIONER WILL PAY ALL COSTS AND CHARGES WHICH
MAY ACCRUE IN THE PROSECUTION OF SUCH PROCEEDING; OR
  B. AT THE OPTION OF THE PETITIONER SUCH UNDERTAKING MAY BE  IN  A  SUM
SUFFICIENT  TO  COVER  THE  TAXES, INTEREST AND PENALTIES STATED IN SUCH
DETERMINATION PLUS THE COSTS AND CHARGES WHICH MAY ACCRUE AGAINST IT  IN
THE  PROSECUTION  OF THE PROCEEDING, IN WHICH EVENT THE PETITIONER SHALL

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NOT BE REQUIRED TO PAY SUCH TAXES, INTEREST OR PENALTIES AS A  CONDITION
PRECEDENT TO THE APPLICATION.
  (7) WHERE ANY TAX IMPOSED HEREUNDER SHALL HAVE BEEN ERRONEOUSLY, ILLE-
GALLY  OR  UNCONSTITUTIONALLY  COLLECTED  AND APPLICATION FOR THE REFUND
THEREOF DULY MADE TO THE PROPER FISCAL OFFICER  OR  OFFICERS,  AND  SUCH
OFFICER OR OFFICERS SHALL HAVE MADE A DETERMINATION DENYING SUCH REFUND,
SUCH  DETERMINATION  SHALL  BE  REVIEWABLE BY A PROCEEDING UNDER ARTICLE
SEVENTY-EIGHT OF THE CIVIL PRACTICE LAW AND  RULES,  PROVIDED,  HOWEVER,
THAT  SUCH  PROCEEDING IS INSTITUTED WITHIN THIRTY DAYS AFTER THE GIVING
OF THE NOTICE OF SUCH DENIAL, THAT A FINAL DETERMINATION OF TAX DUE  WAS
NOT  PREVIOUSLY  MADE,  AND THAT AN UNDERTAKING IS FILED WITH THE PROPER
FISCAL OFFICER OR OFFICERS IN SUCH AMOUNT AND WITH SUCH  SURETIES  AS  A
JUSTICE  OF  THE  SUPREME COURT SHALL APPROVE TO THE EFFECT THAT IF SUCH
PROCEEDING BE DISMISSED OR THE TAX CONFIRMED, THE  PETITIONER  WILL  PAY
ALL  COSTS  AND  CHARGES  WHICH  MAY  ACCRUE  IN THE PROSECUTION OF SUCH
PROCEEDING.
  (8) EXCEPT IN THE CASE OF A WILFULLY FALSE OR FRAUDULENT  RETURN  WITH
INTENT  TO  EVADE THE TAX, NO ASSESSMENT OF ADDITIONAL TAX SHALL BE MADE
AFTER THE EXPIRATION OF MORE THAN THREE  YEARS  FROM  THE  DATE  OF  THE
FILING  OF  A  RETURN,  PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT WHERE NO RETURN HAS BEEN
FILED AS PROVIDED BY LAW THE TAX MAY BE ASSESSED AT ANY TIME.
  (9) ALL REVENUES RESULTING FROM THE IMPOSITION OF THE  TAX  UNDER  THE
LOCAL  LAWS  SHALL  BE  PAID INTO THE TREASURY OF THE CITY OF HUDSON AND
SHALL BE CREDITED TO AND DEPOSITED IN THE GENERAL FUND OF THE CITY.  THE
CITY SHALL BE AUTHORIZED TO RETAIN THE NECESSARY REVENUE  TO  DEFER  THE
EXPENSE  OF  THE  CITY IN ADMINISTERING SUCH TAX AND THE BALANCE OF SUCH
REVENUES SHALL BE ALLOCATED TO THE PROMOTION OF TOURISM IN THE  CITY  OF
HUDSON OR USED FOR OTHER LAWFUL PURPOSE AS SET OUT IN SUCH LOCAL LAW.
  (10)  IF  ANY  PROVISION OF THIS SECTION OR THE APPLICATION THEREOF TO
ANY PERSON OR CIRCUMSTANCE SHALL BE HELD INVALID, THE REMAINDER OF  THIS
SECTION  AND  THE  APPLICATION  OF  SUCH  PROVISION  TO OTHER PERSONS OR
CIRCUMSTANCES SHALL NOT BE AFFECTED THEREBY.
  (11) EACH ENACTMENT OF SUCH LOCAL LAW MAY PROVIDE FOR  THE  IMPOSITION
OF  A HOTEL OR MOTEL TAX FOR A PERIOD OF TIME NO LONGER THAN THREE YEARS
FROM THE DATE OF ITS ENACTMENT. NOTHING IN THIS SECTION  SHALL  PROHIBIT
THE  ADOPTION AND ENACTMENT OF LOCAL LAWS, PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF
THIS SECTION, UPON THE EXPIRATION OF ANY OTHER LOCAL LAW ADOPTED  PURSU-
ANT TO THIS SECTION.
  S  2.  This  act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be
deemed repealed December 1, 2019.