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BILL NUMBER:S1688

TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the tax law, in relation to extending the authorization for imposition of additional sales tax in the county of Otsego

PURPOSE: To authorize the Otsego County Board of Representatives to impose an additional 1% sales tax for a 2 year period.

SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: The bill amends section 1210 of the tax law to extend the authorization for Otsego County to impose an additional 1% sales tax until November 30, 2013.

EXISTING LAW: The law is set to expire on November 30, 2011.

JUSTIFICATION: The Otsego County Board of Representatives has passed a resolution (No. 40) requesting that the New York State Legislature introduce and pass a bill to authorize the county to impose an additional 1% sales and use tax for the period through November 30, 2013.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: The law was previously extended by Chapter 252 of the laws of 2009.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS: None to the State.

EFFECTIVE DATE: Immediately.

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STATE OF NEW YORK
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1688

2011-2012 Regular Sessions

IN SENATE

January 11, 2011
___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  SEWARD -- 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 extending the  authorization
  for imposition of additional sales tax in the county of Otsego

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

  Section 1. Clause 34 of subparagraph (i) of the opening  paragraph  of
section  1210  of  the tax law, as amended by chapter 252 of the laws of
2009, is amended to read as follows:
  (34) the county of Otsego is hereby further authorized  and  empowered
to  adopt  and amend local laws, ordinances or resolutions imposing such
taxes at a rate which is one percent additional  to  the  three  percent
rate  authorized  above in this paragraph for such county for the period
beginning December first, two thousand three, and ending November  thir-
tieth, two thousand [eleven] THIRTEEN;
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD05738-01-1