Bill Text: NY A05777 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Provides that the hotel room occupancy tax cannot be imposed in the county of Richmond.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-06-19 - held for consideration in ways and means [A05777 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-A05777-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         5777
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   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:
    1    Section 1. The opening paragraph of subdivision  1  of  section  1  of
    2  chapter  161  of the laws of 1970, enabling any city having a population
    3  of one million or more to impose and collect taxes on occupancy of hotel
    4  rooms in such city, as amended by chapter 253 of the laws  of  1980,  is
    5  amended to read as follows:
    6    Notwithstanding  any other provision of law to the contrary, EXCEPT IN
    7  THE COUNTY OF RICHMOND, any city having a population of one  million  or
    8  more  is  hereby  authorized and empowered to adopt and amend local laws
    9  imposing in any such city a tax in addition to any  tax  authorized  and
   10  imposed  pursuant  to  article  twenty-nine  of  the tax law such as the
   11  legislature has or would have the  power  and  authority  to  impose  on
   12  persons  occupying hotel rooms in such city. The rates of such tax shall
   13  be either the rates contained in the  following  paragraph  (a)  or  the
   14  rates contained in the following paragraph (b):
   15    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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