Senate Bill S8482

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to the use of revenues from hotel or motel taxes in the county of Essex

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Rules Committee

  • 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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2025-S8482 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Rules
Law Section:
Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §1202-s, Tax L

2025-S8482 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the use of revenues from hotel or motel taxes in the county of Essex.

2025-S8482 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S8482 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8482
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              August 20, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  STEC  --  read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 AN ACT to amend the tax law, in relation to the  use  of  revenues  from
   hotel or motel taxes in the county of Essex
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 10 of section 1202-s of the tax law,  as  added
 by section 1 of part T of chapter 406 of the laws of 1999, is amended to
 read as follows:
   (10)  All  revenues resulting from the imposition of the tax under the
 local laws shall be paid into the treasury of the county  of  Essex  and
 shall  be credited and deposited into [a special tourism development and
 promotion fund, thereafter to be allocated for  publicizing  the  advan-
 tages of the county of Essex pursuant to subdivision fourteen of section
 two hundred twenty-four of the county law] THE GENERAL FUND OF THE COUN-
 TY  THEREBY  TO BE ALLOCATED AT THE DISCRETION OF THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE
 OF THE COUNTY OF ESSEX FOR THE PURPOSES  OF  ECONOMIC  DEVELOPMENT,  AND
 TOURISM  AND  PROMOTION;  provided, however, that [such local laws shall
 provide that] the county shall[:
   a.] be authorized to retain up to a maximum of [five] TEN  percent  of
 such  revenue  to defer the necessary expenses of the county in adminis-
 tering such tax[;
   b. endeavor to expend the revenues in such fund in a manner reasonably
 intended to publicize the areas within the county of Essex  commensurate
 with the amount of revenues generated from such areas; and
   c. contract with the Lake Placid-Essex county visitors bureau, for the
 expenditure  of  the revenues in such fund pursuant to subdivision four-
 teen of section two hundred twenty-four  of  the  county  law,  provided
 however  that  the  county  of  Essex may terminate such contract and/or
 enter into other contracts in the event that the Lake Placid-Essex coun-
 ty visitors bureau dissolves or [in the determination of  the  board  of

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13645-01-5

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