Assembly Bill A7238

                            
 
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                                   7238
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              April 12, 2017
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 Introduced by M. of A. THIELE -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Ways and Means
 
 AN  ACT to amend the tax law, in relation to extending the expiration of
   the authority granted to the county of Suffolk  to  impose  hotel  and
   motel taxes and authorizing ten percent of all revenues collected from
   said  tax  shall  be paid to the town supervisors of the towns of East
   Hampton, Riverhead, Shelter Island, Southampton, and Southold for  the
   purposes  of  expanding  and promoting public transit in said towns in
   conjunction with the Long Island Rail Road in order to foster economic
   development
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivisions  6  and  7 of section 1202-o of the tax law,
 subdivision 6 as amended by chapter 159 of the laws of 2009 and subdivi-
 sion 7 as amended by chapter 348 of the laws of  2015,  are  amended  to
 read as follows:
   (6)  Such local law shall provide that all revenues resulting from the
 imposition of the tax payable hereunder shall be paid into the  treasury
 of  the county of Suffolk and shall be distributed within thirty days of
 receipt by the county  under  the  following  formula:  (a)  twenty-four
 percent of all revenues collected, but not more than two million dollars
 per  fiscal  year,  shall  be  delivered to the tourism promotion agency
 which the county of Suffolk contracts with pursuant to the provisions of
 subdivision five of this  section;  (b)  ten  percent  of  all  revenues
 collected  shall  be  utilized  by  the  county of Suffolk in support of
 cultural programs  and  activities  relevant  to  the  continuation  and
 enhancement  of  the tourism industry which may be increased one percent
 each county fiscal year by the Suffolk county legislature to  an  amount
 not to exceed fifteen percent of all revenues collected as such legisla-
 ture  reduces  the  allocation for the purposes of paragraph (c) of this
 subdivision; (c) ten percent of all revenues collected shall be utilized
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

                                                            LBD09454-01-7

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 by the county of Suffolk for the support of any museum accredited by the
 American Association of Museums, which is located in such county's first
 dedicated park and is also listed on the National Register  of  Historic
 Places, such amount may be decreased one percent each county fiscal year
 by  the  Suffolk  county  legislature  to  an  amount not less than five
 percent of all revenues collected; (d) eight  percent  of  all  revenues
 collected  shall be utilized by the county of Suffolk for the support of
 other museums, and historical societies, historic residences and histor-
 ic birthplaces, provided that of such eight percent, an amount equal  to
 one  and  one-half percent of all revenue collected shall be utilized by
 the county of Suffolk for program support  of  a  not-for-profit  museum
 organization that manages a National Register of Historic Places site in
 Suffolk  county  that  has  been named a National Treasure, is part of a
 National Recreational Trail and is a New York state historic  site;  (e)
 twenty percent of all revenues collected shall be utilized by the county
 of Suffolk for the care, maintenance, and interpretation for the general
 public  of  the historic structures, sites and unique natural areas that
 are managed by the Suffolk county department of parks and recreation for
 sites and activities that are open to tourists on a regular and predict-
 able basis; (f) not more than two percent of all revenues  collected  by
 the  county  of  Suffolk for the promotion of the county of Suffolk as a
 film friendly location through the county department of economic  devel-
 opment  and workforce housing; (G) TEN PERCENT OF ALL REVENUES COLLECTED
 SHALL BE PAID TO THE TOWN SUPERVISORS OF  THE  TOWNS  OF  EAST  HAMPTON,
 RIVERHEAD, SHELTER ISLAND, SOUTHAMPTON, AND SOUTHOLD FOR THE PURPOSES OF
 EXPANDING AND PROMOTING PUBLIC TRANSIT IN SAID TOWNS IN CONJUNCTION WITH
 THE  LONG  ISLAND  RAIL ROAD; SAID REVENUES SHALL BE APPORTIONED TO EACH
 TOWN  BASED  UPON  POPULATION;  and  [(g)]  (H)  all  remaining  revenue
 collected  by  the county of Suffolk shall be deposited into the general
 fund of such county to be utilized for general park purposes.
   Schedules of availability of all historic and cultural activities  and
 events  funded  from any part of these revenues shall be provided to the
 aforementioned tourism promotion agency which is contracted with by  the
 county of Suffolk so as to enhance tourism promotion and tourist visita-
 tion.
   Annually, the department of economic development and workforce housing
 of  the  county of Suffolk shall submit, to the county executive and the
 county legislature  of  such  county,  a  report  on  such  department's
 progress  on  the  promotion of the county of Suffolk as a film friendly
 location, and annual statistics of the  revenue  generated  pursuant  to
 paragraph (f) of this subdivision.
   (7)  Such  local  law  shall  provide for the imposition of a hotel or
 motel tax until December thirty-first, two thousand [seventeen]  TWENTY-
 TWO.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.