S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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10266
I N S E N A T E
May 11, 2026
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Introduced by Sen. WEBB -- 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 providing that the addi-
tional rate of sales and compensating use tax imposed by Cortland
county shall not be subject to preemption
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Subparagraph (iii) of the opening paragraph of section 1210
of the tax law, as separately amended by chapters 67, 213 and 332 of the
laws of 2015, is amended to read as follows:
(iii) the maximum rate referred to in section twelve hundred twenty-
four of this article shall be calculated without reference to the
following additional rates authorized in subparagraphs (i) and (ii) of
this paragraph: one and one-half percent for the county of Allegany; one
percent for the counties of Rensselaer, Erie, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua,
Wyoming, Ulster, Albany, Suffolk, Essex, Greene, Orleans, Franklin,
Hamilton, Herkimer, Jefferson, Genesee, Columbia, Schuyler, Chenango,
Monroe, Steuben, Chemung, Seneca, Livingston, Niagara, Yates, Tioga,
Montgomery, Delaware, Wayne, Schoharie, Putnam, Clinton, St. Lawrence,
CORTLAND and Onondaga and the cities of Mount Vernon and New Rochelle;
three-quarters of one percent for the counties of Dutchess, Lewis, and
Orange; one percent and three-quarters of one percent or one-half of one
percent for the county of Oneida; three-quarters of one percent and
one-half of one percent for the county of Nassau; one-half of one
percent and one-quarter of one percent and one-quarter of one percent
for the city of White Plains; one-half or one percent for the county of
Tompkins; three-eighths of one percent and five-eighths of one percent
for the county of Rockland; one-half of one percent for the counties of
Putnam and Schenectady; one-eighth of one percent and three-eighths of
one percent for the county of Ontario; one-half of one percent and one-
half of one percent for the county of Sullivan; one percent and one-half
of one percent for the city of Yonkers;
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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§ 2. Subparagraph (iii) of the opening paragraph of section 1210 of
the tax law, as separately amended by chapters 213 and 332 of the laws
of 2015, is amended to read as follows:
(iii) the maximum rate referred to in section twelve hundred twenty-
four of this article shall be calculated without reference to the
following additional rates authorized in subparagraphs (i) and (ii) of
this paragraph: one and one-half percent for the county of Allegany; one
percent for the counties of Rensselaer, Erie, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua,
Wyoming, Ulster, Albany, Suffolk, Essex, Greene, Orleans, Franklin,
Hamilton, Herkimer, Jefferson, Genesee, Columbia, Schuyler, Chenango,
Monroe, Steuben, Chemung, Seneca, Livingston, Niagara, Yates, Tioga,
Montgomery, Delaware, Wayne, Schoharie, Putnam, Clinton, St. Lawrence,
CORTLAND and Onondaga and the cities of Yonkers, Mount Vernon and New
Rochelle; three-quarters of one percent for the counties of Dutchess,
Lewis, and Orange; one percent and three-quarters of one percent or
one-half of one percent for the county of Oneida; three-quarters of one
percent and one-half of one percent for the county of Nassau; one-half
of one percent and one-quarter of one percent and one-quarter of one
percent for the city of White Plains; one-half or one percent for the
county of Tompkins; three-eighths of one percent and five-eighths of one
percent for the county of Rockland; one-half of one percent for the
counties of Putnam and Schenectady; one-eighth of one percent and three-
eighths of one percent for the county of Ontario; and one-half of one
percent and one-half of one percent for the county of Sullivan;
§ 3. Section 1224 of the tax law is amended by adding a new subdivi-
sion (kk) to read as follows:
(KK) THE COUNTY OF CORTLAND SHALL HAVE THE SOLE RIGHT TO IMPOSE THE
ADDITIONAL ONE PERCENT RATE OF TAX WHICH SUCH COUNTY IS AUTHORIZED TO
IMPOSE PURSUANT TO THE AUTHORITY OF SECTION TWELVE HUNDRED TEN OF THIS
ARTICLE. SUCH ADDITIONAL RATE OF TAX SHALL BE IN ADDITION TO ANY OTHER
TAX WHICH SUCH COUNTY MAY IMPOSE OR MAY BE IMPOSING PURSUANT TO THIS
ARTICLE OR ANY OTHER LAW AND SUCH ADDITIONAL RATE OF TAX SHALL NOT BE
SUBJECT TO PREEMPTION. THE MAXIMUM THREE PERCENT RATE REFERRED TO IN
THIS SECTION SHALL BE CALCULATED WITHOUT REFERENCE TO THE ADDITIONAL ONE
PERCENT RATE OF TAX WHICH THE COUNTY OF CORTLAND IS AUTHORIZED AND
EMPOWERED TO ADOPT PURSUANT TO SECTION TWELVE HUNDRED TEN OF THIS ARTI-
CLE.
§ 4. This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that
the amendments to subparagraph (iii) of the opening paragraph of section
1210 of the tax law made by section one of this act shall be subject to
the expiration and reversion of such subparagraph pursuant to section 7
of chapter 67 of the laws of 2015, as amended, when upon such date the
provisions of section two of this act shall take effect.