Senate Bill S7348

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Authorizes the city of Yonkers to impose an additional one-half of one percent sales tax

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Investigations And Government Operations Committee

  • 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-S7348 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A6017
Current Committee:
Senate Investigations And Government Operations
Law Section:
Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §1210, Tax L; amd §7, Chap 67 of 2015
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: S5993, A8288
2017-2018: S5335, A6881

2019-S7348 (ACTIVE) - Summary

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

2019-S7348 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S7348 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7348
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 21, 2020
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  STEWART-COUSINS -- read twice and ordered printed,
   and when printed to be committed to the  Committee  on  Investigations
   and Government Operations
 
 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:
 
   Section  1.  Clause 1 of subparagraph (ii) of the opening paragraph of
 section 1210 of the tax law, as amended by section 1 of subpart  CCC  of
 part A of chapter 61 of the laws of 2017, is amended to read as follows:
   (1)  the city of Yonkers is hereby further authorized and empowered to
 adopt and amend local laws,  ordinances  or  resolutions  imposing  such
 taxes  at  a  rate  which  is:  (a)  one percent additional to the three
 percent rate authorized above in this paragraph for such city;  and  (b)
 one-half  of  one  percent  in addition to the other rates authorized in
 this paragraph for such city for the period beginning  September  first,
 two  thousand fifteen and ending November thirtieth, two thousand [twen-
 ty] TWENTY-ONE;
   § 2. Section 7 of chapter 67 of the laws of 2015, amending the tax law
 relating to authorizing the city of Yonkers to impose  additional  sales
 tax,  as  amended by section 2 of subpart CCC of part A of chapter 61 of
 the laws of 2017, is amended to read as follows:
   § 7. This act shall take effect immediately and shall  expire  and  be
 deemed repealed November 30, [2020] 2021.
   §  3.  This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that
 the amendments to clause 1 of subparagraph (ii) of the opening paragraph
 of section 1210 of the tax law made by section one of this act shall not
 affect the expiration and reversion of such clause and shall  be  deemed
 expired therewith.

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD09953-01-9

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