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STATE OF NEW YORK
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5777

2011-2012 Regular Sessions

IN ASSEMBLY

February 28, 2011
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Introduced  by M. of A. TOBACCO -- read once and referred to the Commit-
  tee on Ways and Means

AN ACT to amend chapter 161 of the  laws  of  1970,  enabling  any  city
  having a population of one million or more to impose and collect taxes
  on occupancy of hotel rooms in such city, in relation to exempting the
  county of Richmond from the imposition of such taxes

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. The opening paragraph of subdivision  1  of  section  1  of
chapter  161  of the laws of 1970, enabling any city having a population
of one million or more to impose and collect taxes on occupancy of hotel
rooms in such city, as amended by chapter 253 of the laws  of  1980,  is
amended to read as follows:
  Notwithstanding  any other provision of law to the contrary, EXCEPT IN
THE COUNTY OF RICHMOND, any city having a population of one  million  or
more  is  hereby  authorized and empowered to adopt and amend local laws
imposing in any such city a tax in addition to any  tax  authorized  and
imposed  pursuant  to  article  twenty-nine  of  the tax law such as the
legislature has or would have the  power  and  authority  to  impose  on
persons  occupying hotel rooms in such city. The rates of such tax shall
be either the rates contained in the  following  paragraph  (a)  or  the
rates contained in the following paragraph (b):
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

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