Assembly Bill A8011

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Raises the Clinton county hotel or motel tax from three percent to five percent

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
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    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
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2025-A8011 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S7368
Current Committee:
Assembly Ways And Means
Law Section:
Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §1202-z, Tax L

2025-A8011 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Raises the Clinton county hotel or motel tax from three percent to five percent.

2025-A8011 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8011
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              April 21, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. JONES -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Ways and Means
 
 AN ACT to amend the tax law, in relation  to  increasing  the  hotel  or
   motel tax in the county of Clinton
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 1202-z of the tax law, as added by
 chapter 361 of the laws of 2008, is amended to read as follows:
   (1) Notwithstanding any other provisions of law to the  contrary,  the
 county  of Clinton is hereby authorized and empowered to adopt and amend
 local laws imposing in such county a tax, in addition to any  other  tax
 authorized  and  imposed  pursuant  to  this  article such as the county
 legislature has or would have the power and  authority  to  impose  upon
 persons  occupying hotel or motel rooms in such county. For the purposes
 of this section, the term "hotel" or "motel" shall mean and include  any
 facility providing lodging on an overnight basis and shall include those
 facilities  designated  and  commonly  known  as "bed and breakfast" and
 "tourist" facilities.
   The rates of such tax shall not exceed [three] FIVE percent of the per
 diem rental rate for each room, provided however, that  such  tax  shall
 not  be  applicable to a permanent resident of a hotel or motel. For the
 purposes of this section the term  "permanent  resident"  shall  mean  a
 person  occupying  any  room  or  rooms in a hotel or motel for at least
 thirty consecutive days.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10456-01-5

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