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Assembly Bill A6915

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to allocating revenues from the Monroe county occupancy tax to the city of Rochester

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2019-A6915 (ACTIVE) - Details

Law Section:
Taxation
Laws Affected:
Amd §1, Chap 41 of 1971

2019-A6915 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to allocating revenues from the Monroe county occupancy tax to the city of Rochester to be used to fund arts and tourism programs, projects, events, activities and/or facilities in the city of Rochester.

2019-A6915 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6915
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 27, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. GANTT -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Ways and Means
 
 AN ACT to amend chapter 41 of the laws of 1971, relating to enabling the
   county of Monroe to impose and collect taxes  on  occupancy  of  hotel
   rooms  in  Monroe county, in relation to allocating revenues from such
   taxes to the city of Rochester

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision  9  of section 1 of chapter 41 of the laws of
 1971, relating to enabling the county of Monroe to  impose  and  collect
 taxes  on  occupancy of hotel rooms in Monroe county, is amended to read
 as follows:
   (9) Revenues resulting from the imposition of tax authorized  by  this
 act shall be paid into the treasury of the county of Monroe and shall be
 credited  to  and  deposited  in the general fund of the county; and may
 thereafter be allocated at the discretion of the Monroe county  legisla-
 ture  for  any  county purpose, EXCEPT HOWEVER THAT FIFTY PERCENT OF THE
 REVENUES SHALL BE PAID TO THE CITY OF  ROCHESTER  WHICH  SHALL  USE  THE
 REVENUES TO FUND ARTS AND TOURISM PROGRAMS, PROJECTS, EVENTS, ACTIVITIES
 AND/OR FACILITIES IN THE CITY OF ROCHESTER.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10830-01-9

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