Bill Text: NY A06017 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Authorizes the city of Yonkers to impose an additional one-half of one percent sales tax to be used for the support of education.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - referred to ways and means [A06017 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A06017-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          6017
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    February 26, 2019
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        Introduced  by M. of A. PRETLOW -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Ways and Means
        AN ACT to amend the tax law, in relation  to  authorizing  the  city  of
          Yonkers  to  impose  additional  sales tax; to amend chapter 67 of the
          laws of 2015, amending the tax law relating to authorizing the city of
          Yonkers to impose additional  sales  tax,  in  relation  to  extending
          provisions relating thereto
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Clause 1 of subparagraph (ii) of the opening  paragraph  of
     2  section  1210  of the tax law, as amended by section 1 of subpart CCC of
     3  part A of chapter 61 of the laws of 2017, is amended to read as follows:
     4    (1) the city of Yonkers is hereby further authorized and empowered  to
     5  adopt  and  amend  local  laws,  ordinances or resolutions imposing such
     6  taxes at a rate which is:  (a)  one  percent  additional  to  the  three
     7  percent  rate  authorized above in this paragraph for such city; and (b)
     8  one-half of one percent in addition to the  other  rates  authorized  in
     9  this  paragraph  for such city for the period beginning September first,
    10  two thousand fifteen and ending November thirtieth, two thousand  [twen-
    11  ty] twenty-one;
    12    § 2. Section 7 of chapter 67 of the laws of 2015, amending the tax law
    13  relating  to  authorizing the city of Yonkers to impose additional sales
    14  tax, as amended by section 2 of subpart CCC of part A of chapter  61  of
    15  the laws of 2017, is amended to read as follows:
    16    §  7.  This  act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be
    17  deemed repealed November 30, [2020] 2021.
    18    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately; provided,  however,  that
    19  the amendments to clause 1 of subparagraph (ii) of the opening paragraph
    20  of section 1210 of the tax law made by section one of this act shall not
    21  affect  the  expiration and reversion of such clause and shall be deemed
    22  expired therewith.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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