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Senate Bill S10029

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Increases the occupancy tax in the county of St. Lawrence

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2025-S10029 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Investigations And Government Operations
Law Section:
Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Ren §1202-l to be §1202-ll, amd §1202-ll, Tax L

2025-S10029 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Increases the occupancy tax in the county of St. Lawrence from three to five percent.

2025-S10029 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   10029
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              April 23, 2026
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  STEC  --  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 the occupancy tax
   in the county of St. Lawrence
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1.  Section 1202-l of the tax law, as added by chapter 522 of
 the laws of 1991, is renumbered 1202-ll.
   § 2. Subdivision 1 of section 1202-ll of the  tax  law,  as  added  by
 chapter  522  of  the  laws  of  1991, and such section as renumbered by
 section one of this act, is amended to read as follows:
   (1) Notwithstanding any other provisions of law to the  contrary,  the
 county  of  St. Lawrence 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, as the  legislature
 has or would have the power and authority to impose upon persons occupy-
 ing  rooms  in hotels or motels in such county. For the purposes of this
 section, the term "hotel" shall mean a building or portion of  it  which
 is  regularly  used and kept open as such for the lodging of guests. The
 term "hotel" includes an apartment hotel, a motel or a  boarding  house,
 whether  or not meals are served. Such tax shall be imposed at a rate or
 rates not to exceed [three] FIVE percent of the per diem rental rate for
 each room whether such room is rented on a daily or longer basis.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD15514-02-6

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