Senate Bill S7789

Signed By Governor
2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to imposing an additional two percent occupancy tax in the county of Onondaga

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Archive: Last Bill Status Via A9738 - 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-S7789 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A9738
Law Section:
Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §1202-a, Tax L

2019-S7789 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Imposes an additional two percent occupancy tax in the county of Onondaga, raising the overall rate of such tax from five percent to seven percent.

2019-S7789 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S7789 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7789
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 20, 2020
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  MAY  --  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  two
   percent occupancy tax in the county of Onondaga
 
   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-a of the tax law, as  amended
 by chapter 398 of the laws of 1991, is amended to read as follows:
   (1)  Notwithstanding  any other provisions of law to the contrary, the
 county of Onondaga 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. The rates of such tax shall  be
 [five]  SEVEN percent of the per diem rental rate for each room provided
 however, 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 day 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.
                                                            LBD15161-01-0

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