Bill Text: NY A06168 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 6168 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Increases the wireless surcharges for the county of Cortland from thirty cents to one dollar per month.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-08 - referred to local governments [A06168 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-A06168-Introduced.html

                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         6168
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                    March 15, 2013
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       Introduced  by  M.  of A. LIFTON, FINCH -- read once and referred to the
         Committee on Local Governments
       AN ACT to amend the county law, in relation  to  wireless  communication
         surcharges in the county of Cortland
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 308-a of the county law, as  added
    2  by chapter 387 of the laws of 2002, is amended to read as follows:
    3    1.  Notwithstanding  the  provisions  of  any law to the contrary, the
    4  county of Cortland, acting through its  county  legislature,  is  hereby
    5  authorized  and empowered to adopt, amend or repeal local laws to impose
    6  a surcharge in an amount not to exceed [thirty  cents]  ONE  DOLLAR  per
    7  month  on wireless communications service in the county of Cortland. The
    8  surcharge shall be imposed on each wireless  communications  device  and
    9  shall  be  reflected  and  made  payable  on bills rendered for wireless
   10  communications service that is provided to a  customer  whose  place  of
   11  primary use is within the county. For purposes of this section, the term
   12  "place  of  primary use" shall mean the street address that is represen-
   13  tative of where  the  customer's  use  of  the  wireless  communications
   14  service  primarily occurs, which address must be: (a) residential street
   15  address or the primary business street address of the customer; and  (b)
   16  within  the licensed service area of the wireless communications service
   17  supplier.
   18    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately; provided,  however,  that
   19  the  provisions  of subdivision 1 of section 308-a of the county law, as
   20  amended by section one of this act shall  apply  to  bills  rendered  to
   21  wireless  communications  service customers by a wireless communications
   22  service supplier on and  after  the  expiration  of  the  notice  period
   23  required  pursuant  to  the  provisions of subdivision 2 of such section
   24  308-a of the county law;  provided  further,  that  a  wireless  service
   25  supplier  may  treat  the address used by such supplier for any wireless
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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       A. 6168                             2
    1  communications customer under a service contract or agreement in  effect
    2  on  the effective date of the local law imposing such surcharge, as that
    3  wireless communications customer's place of primary use for the  remain-
    4  ing  term of such service contract or agreement, excluding any extension
    5  or renewal of such service contract or or  agreement,  for  purposes  of
    6  determining  the  taxing  jurisdiction with respect to taxes on wireless
    7  communications service.