| Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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| Dec 23, 2020 | signed chap.362 |
| Dec 11, 2020 | delivered to governor |
| Jul 22, 2020 | returned to assembly passed senate home rule request 3rd reading cal.981 substituted for s7730 |
| Jul 22, 2020 | substituted by a10016 ordered to third reading cal.981 |
| Jul 20, 2020 | reported and committed to rules |
| Feb 11, 2020 | referred to investigations and government operations |
senate Bill S7730
Signed By Governor2019-2020 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
James L. Seward
(R, C, IP, RFM) 0 Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status Via A10016 - Signed by Governor
- Introduced
- In Committee
- On Floor Calendar
- Passed Senate
- Passed Assembly
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed by Governor
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S7730 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A10016
- Law Section:
- Tax Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §1202-j, Tax L
S7730 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S7730 SPONSOR: SEWARD TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the tax law, in relation to increasing hotel and motel taxes in Otsego county PURPOSE: To grant Otsego County the local authority to raise its occupancy tax. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1 amends the tax law to authorize Otsego County to adopt a local law imposing an occupancy tax on lodging of up to six (6) percent of the cost of an overnight stay in a hotel, motel or other lodging facility. Section 2 provides the effective date.
S7730 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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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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