Assembly Bill A3271

Signed By Governor
2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to imposing an additional one percent occupancy tax in the city of Niagara Falls to benefit the Discover Niagara shuttle

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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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2019-A3271 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S2826
Law Section:
Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §1202-l, Tax L
Versions Introduced in 2017-2018 Legislative Session:
A10531, S8418

2019-A3271 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to imposing an additional one percent occupancy tax in the city of Niagara Falls to benefit the Discover Niagara Shuttle.

2019-A3271 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3271
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 29, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  MORINELLO  --  read once and referred to the
   Committee on Ways and Means
 
 AN ACT to amend the tax law, in relation to imposing an  additional  one
   percent  occupancy  tax  in  the  city of Niagara Falls to benefit the
   Discover Niagara shuttle

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivisions 1 and 9 of section 1202-l of the tax law, as
 amended by chapter 247 of the laws of  2006,  are  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   (1)  Notwithstanding  any other provisions of law to the contrary, the
 city of Niagara Falls is hereby authorized and empowered  to  adopt  and
 amend  local  laws  imposing  in  such city a tax in addition to any tax
 authorized and imposed pursuant to this article such as the  legislature
 has or would have the power and authority to impose on persons occupying
 hotel and motel rooms in such city. The rate of such tax shall be [five]
 SIX  per centum [(5%)] (6%) per day of the rent or charge for each room;
 provided, however, such tax shall not be applicable to a permanent resi-
 dent of a hotel. For the purposes of this section, the  term  "permanent
 resident" shall mean a person occupying any room or rooms in a hotel for
 at least thirty consecutive days.
   (9)  Revenues  resulting from the imposition of tax authorized by this
 act shall be paid into the treasury of the city  of  Niagara  Falls  and
 shall  be  credited to and deposited in the general fund account of such
 city and shall be used only for the promotion of  convention  activities
 and  tourism  as follows: (a) from the first four [percentum] PER CENTUM
 (4%), eighty percent of such revenue from this tax  shall  be  allocated
 and  paid to a not-for-profit corporation under contract with the county
 for the promotion of tourism in the  county;  fifteen  percent  of  such
 revenue  shall  be  retained  by  the city of Niagara Falls for any city
 purpose; and the remaining five percent of said first  four  [percentum]
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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