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Assembly Bill A6881

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Authorizes the city of Yonkers to impose an additional one-half of one percent sales tax

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2017-A6881 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S5335
Current Committee:
Assembly Ways And Means
Law Section:
Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§1210, Tax L; amd §7, Chap 67 of 2015
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: A8288, S5993
2019-2020: A6017, S7348

2017-A6881 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes the city of Yonkers to impose an additional one-half of one percent sales tax to be used for the support of education.

2017-A6881 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6881
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 22, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. PRETLOW -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Ways and Means
 
 AN ACT to amend the tax law, in relation  to  authorizing  the  city  of
   Yonkers  to  impose  additional  sales tax; to amend chapter 67 of the
   laws of 2015, amending the tax law relating to authorizing the city of
   Yonkers to impose additional  sales  tax,  in  relation  to  extending
   provisions relating thereto
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Clause 1 of subparagraph (ii) of the opening  paragraph  of
 section  1210  of  the  tax law, as amended by chapter 67 of the laws of
 2015, is amended to read as follows:
   (1) the city of Yonkers is hereby further authorized and empowered  to
 adopt  and  amend  local  laws,  ordinances or resolutions imposing such
 taxes at a rate which is:  (a)  one  percent  additional  to  the  three
 percent  rate  authorized above in this paragraph for such city; and (b)
 one-half of one percent in addition to the  other  rates  authorized  in
 this  paragraph  for such city for the period beginning September first,
 two thousand fifteen and ending November thirtieth, two thousand [seven-
 teen] NINETEEN;
   § 2. Section 7 of chapter 67 of the laws of 2015, amending the tax law
 relating to authorizing the city of Yonkers to impose  additional  sales
 tax, is amended to read as follows:
   §  7.  This  act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be
 deemed repealed November 30, [2017] 2019.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately; provided,  however,  that
 the  amendments  to clause (1) of subparagraph (ii) of the opening para-
 graph of section 1210 of the tax law made by section  one  of  this  act
 shall  not  affect the expiration and reversion of such clause and shall
 be deemed expired therewith.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD06518-01-7

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