Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Dec 20, 2019 |
signed chap.692 |
Dec 17, 2019 |
delivered to governor |
Jun 19, 2019 |
returned to assembly passed senate 3rd reading cal.1759 substituted for s2826 |
Jun 19, 2019 |
substituted by a3271 ordered to third reading cal.1759 committee discharged and committed to rules |
Jan 29, 2019 |
referred to investigations and government operations |
Senate Bill S2826
Signed By Governor2019-2020 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C, IP) 62nd Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status Via A3271 - Signed by Governor
- 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
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2019-S2826 (ACTIVE) - Details
2019-S2826 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S2826 SPONSOR: ORTT TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the tax law, in relation to imposing an additional one percent occupancy tax in the city of Niagara Falls to benefit the Discover Niagara shuttle PURPOSE: This legislation imposes an additional 1% bed tax on rooms located with- in the City of Niagara Falls and dedicates these funds to the Discover Niagara Shuttle. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1 imposes an additional 1% bed tax on rooms located within Niagara Falls and dedicates these funds to the Discover Niagara Shuttle. Section 2 is the effective date.
2019-S2826 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 2826 2019-2020 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E January 29, 2019 ___________ Introduced by Sen. ORTT -- 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 imposing an additional one percent occupancy tax in the city of Niagara Falls to benefit the Discover Niagara shuttle THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivisions 1 and 9 of section 1202-l of the tax law, as amended by chapter 247 of the laws of 2006, are amended to read as follows: (1) Notwithstanding any other provisions of law to the contrary, the city of Niagara Falls is hereby authorized and empowered to adopt and amend local laws imposing in such city a tax in addition to any tax authorized and imposed pursuant to this article such as the legislature has or would have the power and authority to impose on persons occupying hotel and motel rooms in such city. The rate of such tax shall be [five] SIX per centum [(5%)] (6%) per day of the rent or charge for each room; provided, however, such tax shall not be applicable to a permanent resi- dent of a hotel. For the purposes of this section, the term "permanent resident" shall mean a person occupying any room or rooms in a hotel for at least thirty consecutive days. (9) Revenues resulting from the imposition of tax authorized by this act shall be paid into the treasury of the city of Niagara Falls and shall be credited to and deposited in the general fund account of such city and shall be used only for the promotion of convention activities and tourism as follows: (a) from the first four [percentum] PER CENTUM (4%), eighty percent of such revenue from this tax shall be allocated and paid to a not-for-profit corporation under contract with the county for the promotion of tourism in the county; fifteen percent of such revenue shall be retained by the city of Niagara Falls for any city EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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