Senate Bill S7730

Signed By Governor
2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to increasing hotel/motel taxes in Otsego County

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Archive: Last Bill Status Via A10016 - Signed by Governor

  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2019-S7730 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A10016
Law Section:
Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §1202-j, Tax L

2019-S7730 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Increases the authorization for the imposition of hotel/motel taxes in Otsego County from four to six percent.

2019-S7730 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S7730 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7730
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 11, 2020
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  SEWARD -- 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 hotel  and  motel
   taxes in Otsego county
 
   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-j of the tax law, as  amended
 by chapter 586 of the laws of 2007, is amended to read as follows:
   (1)  Notwithstanding  any other provisions of law to the contrary, the
 county of Otsego 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  legislature
 has or would have the power and authority to impose upon persons occupy-
 ing  hotel  or  motel  rooms  in  such  county. For the purposes of this
 section, the term "hotel" or "motel" shall mean and include any facility
 consisting of rentable units  and  providing  lodging  on  an  overnight
 basis.
   The  rates  of such tax shall not exceed [four] SIX percent of the per
 diem rental rate for each room, provided however, that  such  tax  shall
 not  be  applicable to a permanent resident of a 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
 thirty 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.
                                                            LBD15357-01-0

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