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                                   8274
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                May 7, 2025
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 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  SCHIAVONI  --  read once and referred to the
   Committee on Ways and Means
 
 AN ACT to amend the tax law, in relation to the imposition  of  a  hotel
   and  motel tax in the village of West Hampton Dunes; and providing for
   the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The tax law is amended by adding a new section 1202-zz-2 to
 read as follows:
   §  1202-ZZ-2.  HOTEL  OR  MOTEL  TAXES  IN THE VILLAGE OF WEST HAMPTON
 DUNES.  (1) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISIONS OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY,
 THE VILLAGE OF WEST HAMPTON DUNES, IN THE COUNTY OF SUFFOLK,  IS  HEREBY
 AUTHORIZED  AND EMPOWERED TO ADOPT AND AMEND LOCAL LAWS IMPOSING IN SUCH
 VILLAGE 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  OCCUPYING  HOTEL  OR  MOTEL
 ROOMS  IN  SUCH  VILLAGE.  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 AND SHALL
 INCLUDE THOSE FACILITIES DESIGNATED  AND  COMMONLY  KNOWN  AS  "BED  AND
 BREAKFAST"  AND  "TOURIST"  FACILITIES.  THE RATES OF SUCH TAX SHALL NOT
 EXCEED FIVE 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  "PERMA-
 NENT  RESIDENT"  SHALL  MEAN  A  PERSON OCCUPYING ANY ROOM OR ROOMS IN A
 HOTEL OR MOTEL FOR AT LEAST NINETY CONSECUTIVE DAYS.
   (2) SUCH TAX MAY BE COLLECTED AND ADMINISTERED  BY  THE  CHIEF  FISCAL
 OFFICER  OF  THE VILLAGE OF WEST HAMPTON DUNES BY SUCH MEANS AND IN SUCH
 MANNER AS OTHER TAXES WHICH ARE NOW COLLECTED AND ADMINISTERED  BY  SUCH
 OFFICER OR AS OTHERWISE MAY BE PROVIDED BY SUCH LOCAL LAW.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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   (3)  SUCH LOCAL LAWS MAY PROVIDE THAT ANY TAX IMPOSED SHALL BE PAID BY
 THE PERSON LIABLE THEREFOR TO THE OWNER OF THE HOTEL OR MOTEL ROOM OCCU-
 PIED OR TO THE PERSON ENTITLED TO BE PAID THE RENT  OR  CHARGE  FOR  THE
 HOTEL  OR  MOTEL ROOM OCCUPIED FOR AND ON ACCOUNT OF THE VILLAGE OF WEST
 HAMPTON DUNES IMPOSING THE TAX AND THAT SUCH OWNER OR PERSON ENTITLED TO
 BE  PAID  THE  RENT  OR  CHARGE  SHALL  BE LIABLE FOR THE COLLECTION AND
 PAYMENT OF THE TAX; AND THAT SUCH OWNER OR PERSON ENTITLED  TO  BE  PAID
 THE  RENT  OR  CHARGE SHALL HAVE THE SAME RIGHT IN RESPECT TO COLLECTING
 THE TAX FROM THE PERSON OCCUPYING THE HOTEL OR MOTEL ROOM, OR IN RESPECT
 TO NONPAYMENT OF THE TAX BY THE PERSON  OCCUPYING  THE  HOTEL  OR  MOTEL
 ROOM, AS IF THE TAX WERE A PART OF THE RENT OR CHARGE AND PAYABLE AT THE
 SAME  TIME  AS  THE  RENT  OR  CHARGE; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT THE CHIEF
 FISCAL OFFICER OF THE VILLAGE, SPECIFIED IN SUCH  LOCAL  LAW,  SHALL  BE
 JOINED AS A PARTY IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING BROUGHT TO COLLECT THE TAX
 BY THE OWNER OR BY THE PERSON ENTITLED TO BE PAID THE RENT OR CHARGE.
   (4)  SUCH  LOCAL  LAWS  MAY  PROVIDE FOR THE FILING OF RETURNS AND THE
 PAYMENT OF THE TAX ON A MONTHLY BASIS OR ON THE BASIS OF ANY  LONGER  OR
 SHORTER PERIOD OF TIME.
   (5)  THIS  SECTION SHALL NOT AUTHORIZE THE IMPOSITION OF SUCH TAX UPON
 ANY TRANSACTION, BY OR WITH ANY OF  THE  FOLLOWING  IN  ACCORDANCE  WITH
 SECTION TWELVE HUNDRED THIRTY OF THIS ARTICLE:
   A.  THE  STATE  OF  NEW  YORK,  OR ANY PUBLIC CORPORATION (INCLUDING A
 PUBLIC CORPORATION CREATED PURSUANT TO AGREEMENT OR COMPACT WITH ANOTHER
 STATE OR THE DOMINION OF CANADA), IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT  OR  OTHER  POLI-
 TICAL SUBDIVISION OF THE STATE;
   B.  THE  UNITED  STATES OF AMERICA, INSOFAR AS IT IS IMMUNE FROM TAXA-
 TION;
   C. ANY CORPORATION OR ASSOCIATION, OR TRUST, OR COMMUNITY CHEST,  FUND
 OR FOUNDATION ORGANIZED AND OPERATED EXCLUSIVELY FOR RELIGIOUS, CHARITA-
 BLE  OR  EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES, OR FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO CHIL-
 DREN OR ANIMALS, AND NO PART OF THE NET EARNINGS OF WHICH INURES TO  THE
 BENEFIT OF ANY PRIVATE SHAREHOLDER OR INDIVIDUAL AND NO SUBSTANTIAL PART
 OF  THE  ACTIVITIES  OF  WHICH  IS  CARRYING ON PROPAGANDA, OR OTHERWISE
 ATTEMPTING TO INFLUENCE LEGISLATION; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT NOTHING  IN
 THIS  PARAGRAPH  SHALL  INCLUDE AN ORGANIZATION OPERATED FOR THE PRIMARY
 PURPOSE OF CARRYING ON A TRADE OR BUSINESS FOR PROFIT,  WHETHER  OR  NOT
 ALL OF ITS PROFITS ARE PAYABLE TO ONE OR MORE ORGANIZATIONS DESCRIBED IN
 THIS PARAGRAPH.
   (6) ANY FINAL DETERMINATION OF THE AMOUNT OF ANY TAX PAYABLE HEREUNDER
 SHALL  BE REVIEWABLE FOR ERROR, ILLEGALITY OR UNCONSTITUTIONALITY OR ANY
 OTHER REASON WHATSOEVER BY A PROCEEDING UNDER ARTICLE  SEVENTY-EIGHT  OF
 THE  CIVIL PRACTICE LAW AND RULES IF APPLICATION THEREFOR IS MADE TO THE
 SUPREME COURT WITHIN THIRTY DAYS AFTER THE GIVING OF THE NOTICE OF  SUCH
 FINAL  DETERMINATION,  PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT ANY SUCH PROCEEDING UNDER
 ARTICLE SEVENTY-EIGHT OF THE CIVIL PRACTICE LAW AND RULES SHALL  NOT  BE
 INSTITUTED UNLESS:
   A. THE AMOUNT OF ANY TAX SOUGHT TO BE REVIEWED, WITH SUCH INTEREST AND
 PENALTIES  THEREON  AS  MAY  BE PROVIDED FOR BY LOCAL LAW SHALL BE FIRST
 DEPOSITED AND THERE IS FILED AN UNDERTAKING, ISSUED BY A SURETY  COMPANY
 AUTHORIZED TO TRANSACT BUSINESS IN THIS STATE AND APPROVED BY THE SUPER-
 INTENDENT  OF INSURANCE OF THIS STATE AS TO SOLVENCY AND RESPONSIBILITY,
 IN SUCH AMOUNT AS A JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME COURT SHALL  APPROVE  TO  THE
 EFFECT  THAT  IF  SUCH  PROCEEDING BE DISMISSED OR THE TAX CONFIRMED THE
 PETITIONER WILL PAY ALL COSTS AND CHARGES WHICH MAY ACCRUE IN THE PROSE-
 CUTION OF SUCH PROCEEDING; OR
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   B. AT THE OPTION OF THE PETITIONER SUCH UNDERTAKING MAY BE  IN  A  SUM
 SUFFICIENT  TO  COVER  THE TAXES, INTERESTS AND PENALTIES STATED IN SUCH
 DETERMINATION PLUS THE COSTS AND CHARGES WHICH MAY ACCRUE AGAINST IT  IN
 THE  PROSECUTION  OF THE PROCEEDING, IN WHICH EVENT THE PETITIONER SHALL
 NOT  BE REQUIRED TO PAY SUCH TAXES, INTEREST OR PENALTIES AS A CONDITION
 PRECEDENT TO THE APPLICATION.
   (7) WHERE ANY TAX IMPOSED HEREUNDER SHALL HAVE BEEN ERRONEOUSLY, ILLE-
 GALLY OR UNCONSTITUTIONALLY COLLECTED AND  APPLICATION  FOR  THE  REFUND
 THEREOF  DULY  MADE  TO  THE PROPER FISCAL OFFICER OR OFFICERS, AND SUCH
 OFFICER OR OFFICERS SHALL HAVE MADE A DETERMINATION DENYING SUCH REFUND,
 SUCH DETERMINATION SHALL BE REVIEWABLE BY  A  PROCEEDING  UNDER  ARTICLE
 SEVENTY-EIGHT  OF  THE  CIVIL PRACTICE LAW AND RULES, PROVIDED, HOWEVER,
 THAT SUCH PROCEEDING IS INSTITUTED WITHIN THIRTY DAYS AFTER  THE  GIVING
 OF  THE NOTICE OF SUCH DENIAL, THAT A FINAL DETERMINATION OF TAX DUE WAS
 NOT PREVIOUSLY MADE, AND THAT AN UNDERTAKING IS FILED  WITH  THE  PROPER
 FISCAL  OFFICER  OR  OFFICERS IN SUCH AMOUNT AND WITH SUCH SURETIES AS A
 JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME COURT SHALL APPROVE TO THE EFFECT  THAT  IF  SUCH
 PROCEEDING  BE  DISMISSED  OR THE TAX CONFIRMED, THE PETITIONER WILL PAY
 ALL COSTS AND CHARGES WHICH  MAY  ACCRUE  IN  THE  PROSECUTION  OF  SUCH
 PROCEEDING.
   (8)  EXCEPT  IN THE CASE OF A WILFULLY FALSE OR FRAUDULENT RETURN WITH
 INTENT TO EVADE THE TAX, NO ASSESSMENT OF ADDITIONAL TAX SHALL  BE  MADE
 AFTER  THE  EXPIRATION  OF  MORE  THAN  THREE YEARS FROM THE DATE OF THE
 FILING OF A RETURN, PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT WHERE  NO  RETURN  HAS  BEEN
 FILED AS PROVIDED BY LAW THE TAX MAY BE ASSESSED AT ANY TIME.
   (9)  ALL  REVENUES  RESULTING FROM THE IMPOSITION OF THE TAX UNDER THE
 LOCAL LAWS SHALL BE PAID INTO THE TREASURY OF THE VILLAGE OF WEST  HAMP-
 TON  DUNES AND SHALL BE CREDITED TO AND DEPOSITED IN THE GENERAL FUND OF
 THE VILLAGE. SUCH REVENUES MAY BE USED FOR ANY LAWFUL PURPOSE.
   (10) IF ANY PROVISION OF THIS SECTION OR THE  APPLICATION  THEREOF  TO
 ANY  PERSON OR CIRCUMSTANCE SHALL BE HELD INVALID, THE REMAINDER OF THIS
 SECTION AND THE APPLICATION  OF  SUCH  PROVISION  TO  OTHER  PERSONS  OR
 CIRCUMSTANCES SHALL NOT BE AFFECTED THEREBY.
   §  2.  This  act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be
 deemed repealed three years after such date.