Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Jun 15, 2016 |
referred to ways and means delivered to assembly passed senate |
Mar 14, 2016 |
advanced to third reading |
Mar 09, 2016 |
2nd report cal. |
Mar 08, 2016 |
1st report cal.345 |
Jan 06, 2016 |
referred to investigations and government operations |
Jan 22, 2015 |
referred to investigations and government operations |
Senate Bill S2238
2015-2016 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D, WF) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
Votes
2015-S2238 (ACTIVE) - Details
2015-S2238 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S2238 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the tax law, in relation to the disposition of a portion of sales taxes collected for hotel occupancy in cities having a population of one million or more PURPOSE: To provide each of the five boroughs of New York City with a modest stream of dedicated funding to promote tourism within each individual borough. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1 provides that either 4 percent of hotel occupancy tax revenue collected in each of New York City's five boroughs or $300,000, whichever is less, will be allocated to that borough for the purpose of promoting tourism. Section 2 establishes the effective date. JUSTIFICATION: While New York's economy is still not fully recovered from the traumas of the Great Recession, there is no question we are on our way back. One critical reason why is that even as other industries struggle
2015-S2238 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 2238 2015-2016 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E January 22, 2015 ___________ Introduced by Sen. PERALTA -- 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 the disposition of a portion of sales taxes collected for hotel occupancy in cities having a popu- lation of one million or more THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 1261 of the tax law is amended by adding a new subdivision (h) to read as follows: (H) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF STATE OR LOCAL LAW, ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION TO THE CONTRARY, FROM THE MONEYS COLLECTED PURSUANT TO SECTION TWELVE HUNDRED TEN OF THIS ARTICLE FOR THE RENT OF EVERY OCCU- PANCY OF A ROOM OR ROOMS, AS DESCRIBED IN SUBDIVISION (E) OF SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED FIVE OF THIS CHAPTER, IN A CITY HAVING A POPULATION OF ONE MILLION OR MORE, FOUR PERCENT OF SUCH MONEYS OR THE FIRST THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS OF SUCH MONEYS COLLECTED DURING EACH CALENDAR YEAR, WHICHEVER SHALL BE LESS, IN EACH BOROUGH OF SUCH CITY SHALL BE DEPOSITED INTO A SEPARATE ACCOUNT BY THE COMMISSIONER WITH THE MONEYS IN EACH SUCH ACCOUNT BEING EXPENDED SOLELY FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROMOTING TOURISM IN THE BOROUGH TO WHICH EACH ACCOUNT RELATES. THE MONEYS IN EACH ACCOUNT SHALL BE MADE AVAILABLE FOR TOURISM PROMOTION PURPOSES, EXCLU- SIVE OF ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES, TO AN ENTITY DESIGNATED BY THE BOROUGH PRESIDENT AND APPROVED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AS RESPONSIBLE FOR TOURISM PROMOTION IN THE BOROUGH. S 2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed- ing the date on which it shall have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD00437-01-5
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