Bill Text: NY A06909 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Relates to the tourist home, inn, hotel or motel tax in Saratoga county and the city of Saratoga Springs.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2015-09-25 - signed chap.262 [A06909 Detail]
Download: New_York-2015-A06909-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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6909
2015-2016 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
April 10, 2015
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Introduced by M. of A. WOERNER -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. McDO-
NALD -- read once and referred to the Committee on Ways and Means
AN ACT to amend the tax law, in relation to the tourist home, inn, hotel
or motel tax in Saratoga county and the city of Saratoga Springs
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
1 Section 1. Subdivision 9 of section 1202-g of the tax law, as amended
2 by chapter 24 of the laws of 2003, is amended to read as follows:
3 (9) Revenues resulting from the imposition of tax authorized by this
4 section shall be paid into the treasury of the county of Saratoga and
5 shall be credited to and deposited in the general fund of the county;
6 the net collections therefrom shall thereafter be allocated by the board
7 of supervisors of Saratoga county [only] FIFTY PERCENT for the promotion
8 of tourism and conventions AND FIFTY PERCENT TO THE SARATOGA COUNTY
9 PROSPERITY PARTNERSHIP, INC. FOR THE PROMOTION OF TOURISM AND OTHER
10 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT-RELATED PURPOSES provided, however, that the net
11 collections pursuant to subdivision one-a of this section shall be paid
12 to the general fund of the city of Saratoga Springs, the net collections
13 pursuant to subdivision one-b of this section shall be paid to the city
14 of Saratoga Springs convention and tourism bureau for use in marketing
15 the city of Saratoga Springs as a destination for conventions and group
16 tours and the net collections pursuant to subdivision one-c of this
17 section shall be placed in an interest bearing capital reserve account
18 to fund the expansion and renovation of the City Center until such time
19 as the expansion and renovation has been completed, and thereafter shall
20 be placed in a special account which may be drawn upon to offset any
21 operating deficit maintained by the City Center. A committee of nine
22 persons TO ADVISE THE BOARD ON EXPENDITURES MADE BY THE COUNTY FOR THE
23 PROMOTION OF TOURISM AND CONVENTIONS shall be appointed by such board of
24 supervisors, four of whom shall be members of such body WHO SHALL
25 INCLUDE THE CHAIR OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, THE CHAIR OF THE BOARD'S
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD09931-01-5
A. 6909 2
1 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE, THE CHAIR OF THE BOARD'S LAW AND FINANCE
2 COMMITTEE, AND ONE MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS WHO ALSO SERVES AS
3 A DIRECTOR OF THE SARATOGA COUNTY PROSPERITY PARTNERSHIP, INC. and five
4 [of whom shall be owners, managers or, if such facility be owned by a
5 corporation or partnership, partners or officers of facilities paying
6 such tax, pursuant to the local laws authorized hereunder to advise and
7 recommend to said board of supervisors relative to the purpose of this
8 section] ADDITIONAL MEMBERS WHO SHALL INCLUDE A REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE
9 SARATOGA COUNTY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, A REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE CHAMBER
10 OF SOUTHERN SARATOGA COUNTY, A REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE SARATOGA CONVEN-
11 TION AND TOURISM BUREAU, A REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE SARATOGA SPRINGS CITY
12 CENTER AUTHORITY AND THE SARATOGA COUNTY TREASURER.
13 S 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
14 have become a law.
