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Senate Bill S5361
2011-2012 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D, WF) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Energy And Telecommunications Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
2011-S5361 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A7745
- Current Committee:
- Senate Energy And Telecommunications
- Law Section:
- General City Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §20-b, Gen City L
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
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2013-2014:
A2191
2015-2016: A1404
2011-S5361 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S5361 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the general city law, in relation to authorizing the city of New Rochelle to impose certain taxes on utilities PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: Currently, any city of this state is authorized to impose a gross receipts tax on utilities at a rate not exceeding one percent of gross income or of gross operating income, as the case may be, except that Rochester, Buffalo and Yonkers have the authority to impose a gross receipts tax on utilities at a rate not exceeding three percent of gross income or gross operating income. This bill increases to three percent the maximum authorized gross receipts tax that the city of New Rochelle may impose on utilities, making the maximum level for New Rochelle commensurate with the authorizations already in effect for Rochester, Buffalo and Yonkers. SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS: Section 1 amends the opening paragraph of section 20-b of the general city law, as amended by chapter 287 of the laws of 1979, to increase the maximum gross receipts tax that New Rochelle may impose on utilities to three percent of gross income or gross operating income, adding New Rochelle to Rochester, Buffalo and Yonkers, all of which are authorized to impose a gross receipts tax at a rate not exceeding
2011-S5361 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 5361 2011-2012 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E May 11, 2011 ___________ Introduced by Sen. OPPENHEIMER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Energy and Telecommu- nications AN ACT to amend the general city law, in relation to authorizing the city of New Rochelle to impose certain taxes on utilities THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The opening paragraph of section 20-b of the general city law, as amended by chapter 287 of the laws of 1979, is amended to read as follows: Notwithstanding any other provisions of law to the contrary, any city of this state, acting through its local legislative body, is hereby authorized and empowered to adopt and amend local laws imposing in any such city a tax such as was imposed by section one hundred eighty-six-a of the tax law, in effect on January first, nineteen hundred fifty-nine, except that the rate thereof shall not exceed one per centum of gross income or of gross operating income, as the case may be, and may make provision for the collection thereof by the chief fiscal officer of such city; provided, however, that the rate of such tax imposed by the cities of Rochester, Buffalo [and], Yonkers AND NEW ROCHELLE shall not exceed three per centum of gross income or gross operating income, as the case may be; and provided further that nothing herein contained shall be construed so as to prevent any city from adopting local laws exempting from such tax omnibus corporations subject to the supervision of the state department of public service [under article three-a of the public service law]. A tax imposed pursuant to this section shall have applica- tion only within the territorial limits of any such city, and shall be in addition to any and all other taxes. This section shall not authorize the imposition of a tax on any transaction originating or consummated outside of the territorial limits of any such city, notwithstanding that some act be necessarily performed with respect to such transaction with- in such limits. S 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
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