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Senate Bill S4468

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Increases from 4% to 5%, the authorized rate of taxation for the hotel or motel tax in the county of Schenectady

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2017-S4468 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A6041
Current Committee:
Senate Investigations And Government Operations
Law Section:
Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §1202-e, Tax L
Versions Introduced in 2019-2020 Legislative Session:
S5761, A2198

2017-S4468 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Increases from 4% to 5%, the authorized rate of taxation for the hotel and motel tax in the county of Schenectady.

2017-S4468 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S4468 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4468
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 15, 2017
                                ___________
 
 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 increasing the rate of taxa-
   tion of the hotel or motel tax in the county of Schenectady to 5%

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Subdivision 1 of section 1202-e of the tax law, as amended
 by chapter 25 of the laws of 2003, is amended to read as follows:
   (1) Notwithstanding any other provisions of law to the  contrary,  the
 county  of  Schenectady  is hereby authorized and empowered to adopt and
 amend local laws imposing in such county a tax, in addition to any other
 tax authorized and imposed pursuant to this article, such as the  legis-
 lature  has or would have the power and authority to impose upon persons
 occupying hotel or motel rooms in such county. The  rates  of  such  tax
 shall  be  [four] FIVE percent of the per diem rental rate for each room
 provided, however, such tax shall not be applicable to a permanent resi-
 dent of such hotel or motel. For the purposes of this section  the  term
 "permanent  resident" shall mean a person occupying any room or rooms in
 a hotel or motel for at least ninety consecutive days.
   § 2. This act shall take  effect  on  the  first  of  the  month  next
 succeeding 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.
                                                            LBD09903-01-7

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