Assembly Bill A3208

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Provides that a portion of the local hotel occupancy tax in N.Y. city shall be dedicated to promoting tourism within each individual borough of such city

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  • 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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2017-A3208 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S479
Law Section:
Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §1261, Tax L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: S4986
2015-2016: A6960, S2238

2017-A3208 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that a portion of the local hotel occupancy tax in a city having a population of one million or more shall be dedicated to promoting tourism within each individual borough of such city.

2017-A3208 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3208
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 27, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. SEPULVEDA, SIMON -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Ways and Means
 
 AN ACT to amend the tax law, in relation to the disposition of a portion
   of  sales taxes collected for hotel occupancy in cities having a popu-
   lation of one million or more

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Section  1261  of  the tax law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision (h) to read as follows:
   (H) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF STATE OR LOCAL LAW, ORDINANCE  OR
 RESOLUTION  TO  THE  CONTRARY,  FROM  THE  MONEYS  COLLECTED PURSUANT TO
 SECTION TWELVE HUNDRED TEN OF THIS ARTICLE FOR THE RENT OF  EVERY  OCCU-
 PANCY  OF  A  ROOM  OR ROOMS, AS DESCRIBED IN SUBDIVISION (E) OF SECTION
 ELEVEN HUNDRED FIVE OF THIS CHAPTER, IN A CITY HAVING  A  POPULATION  OF
 ONE  MILLION  OR  MORE,  FOUR  PERCENT OF SUCH MONEYS OR THE FIRST THREE
 HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS OF SUCH MONEYS COLLECTED DURING  EACH  CALENDAR
 YEAR,  WHICHEVER  SHALL  BE  LESS, IN EACH BOROUGH OF SUCH CITY SHALL BE
 DEPOSITED INTO A SEPARATE ACCOUNT BY THE COMMISSIONER WITH THE MONEYS IN
 EACH SUCH ACCOUNT BEING EXPENDED SOLELY FOR  THE  PURPOSE  OF  PROMOTING
 TOURISM IN THE BOROUGH TO WHICH EACH ACCOUNT RELATES. THE MONEYS IN EACH
 ACCOUNT  SHALL  BE MADE AVAILABLE FOR TOURISM PROMOTION PURPOSES, EXCLU-
 SIVE OF ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES, TO AN ENTITY DESIGNATED BY THE  BOROUGH
 PRESIDENT  AND  APPROVED  BY  THE  DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AS
 RESPONSIBLE FOR TOURISM PROMOTION IN THE BOROUGH.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next  succeed-
 ing the date on which it shall have become a law.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD00122-01-7

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