Bill Text: NY A07949 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Amended


Bill Title: Extends the authority of the county of Ulster to impose an additional 1 percent sales and compensating use tax; provides that the provisions of this act shall only take effect if the county of Ulster on January 1, 2015 assumes the entire cost of the safety net assistance program.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2014-01-23 - signed chap.2 [A07949 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-A07949-Amended.html
                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                        7949--B
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                     June 11, 2013
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       Introduced by M. of A. CAHILL -- read once and referred to the Committee
         on  Ways  and  Means  --  committee  discharged, bill amended, ordered
         reprinted as amended  and  recommitted  to  said  committee  --  again
         reported  from  said  committee  with amendments, ordered reprinted as
         amended and recommitted to said committee
       AN ACT to amend the tax law and chapter 200 of the laws of 2002 amending
         the tax law relating to certain tax rates imposed  by  the  county  of
         Ulster, in relation to extending the authority of the county of Ulster
         to impose an additional 1 percent sales and compensating use tax
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Clause 7 of subparagraph (i) of the  opening  paragraph  of
    2  section  1210  of  the tax law, as amended by chapter 231 of the laws of
    3  2011, is amended to read as follows:
    4    (7) the county of Ulster is hereby further authorized and empowered to
    5  adopt and amend local laws,  ordinances  or  resolutions  imposing  such
    6  taxes  at  a  rate  which is one percent additional to the three percent
    7  rate authorized above in this paragraph for  such  county  (I)  for  the
    8  period  beginning  September first, two thousand two and ending November
    9  thirtieth, two thousand thirteen  AND  (II)  FOR  THE  PERIOD  BEGINNING
   10  FEBRUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND FOURTEEN, AND ENDING DECEMBER THIRTY-FIRST,
   11  TWO  THOUSAND FOURTEEN AND (III) FOR THE PERIOD BEGINNING JANUARY FIRST,
   12  TWO  THOUSAND  FIFTEEN  AND  ENDING  NOVEMBER  THIRTIETH,  TWO  THOUSAND
   13  FIFTEEN;
   14    S  2.    Section 3 of chapter 200 of the laws of 2002 amending the tax
   15  law relating to certain tax rates imposed by the county  of  Ulster,  as
   16  amended  by  chapter  231  of  the  laws  of 2011, is amended to read as
   17  follows:
   18    S 3. If, pursuant to the authority of this act, the county  of  Ulster
   19  imposes  sales  and  compensating use taxes at a rate greater than three
   20  percent for all or any portion of the  period  commencing  September  1,
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD08813-28-3
       A. 7949--B                          2
    1  2002,  and  ending  November  30, [2013] 2015, net collections from such
    2  additional rate of tax imposed during such period shall be deemed to be,
    3  and shall be included in,  net  collections  subject  to  such  county's
    4  existing  agreement  with  the city of Kingston entered into pursuant to
    5  subdivision (c) of section 1262 of the tax law and such net  collections
    6  shall be allocated in accordance with such agreement.
    7    S  3.  Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, if Ulster
    8  county adopts or amends a local law, ordinance, or resolution to  impose
    9  a  one  percent  additional  rate  of  sales  and compensating use taxes
   10  authorized by this act for the period beginning  February  1,  2014  and
   11  ending December 31, 2014, such local law, ordinance, or resolution shall
   12  take  effect  on that date in accordance with the provisions of subdivi-
   13  sion (d) of section 1210 of the tax law,  except  that  such  additional
   14  rate  may  take  effect  on  February  1,  2014,  and the minimum notice
   15  requirements to the commissioner of taxation and finance shall be deemed
   16  complied with if such county mails, by certified or registered  mail,  a
   17  certified  copy  of  such  local  law,  ordinance  or resolution to such
   18  commissioner at his or her office in Albany, and provides a true copy of
   19  such local law, ordinance or resolution to such  commissioner  by  elec-
   20  tronic mail on or before January 23, 2014.
   21    S  4.  (a) As a condition precedent to imposing the additional rate of
   22  sales and compensating use taxes authorized by this act for  the  period
   23  beginning  January  1, 2015, and ending November 30, 2015, the county of
   24  Ulster shall adopt the resolution set out in  subdivision  (b)  of  this
   25  section,  in exactly the form set out in such subdivision (b), and shall
   26  mail a certified copy of such resolution to the commissioner of taxation
   27  and finance at the same time and in the same envelope  that  the  county
   28  mails  a  certified copy of its local enactment imposing such additional
   29  rate of tax, in accordance with the provisions  of  subdivision  (d)  of
   30  section 1210 of the tax law; provided, however, that notwithstanding the
   31  effective  dates specified in such subdivision (d), such additional rate
   32  of tax may take effect on January 1, 2015.  Upon receiving  such  certi-
   33  fied  copy  of the county's resolution adopted pursuant to this section,
   34  together with the certified copy of such enactment imposing  such  addi-
   35  tional  rate  of tax, the commissioner shall be authorized to administer
   36  such additional rate of tax for the period authorized by this act and as
   37  set forth in such enactment imposing such additional rate.
   38    (b) The form of the resolution described in subdivision  (a)  of  this
   39  section shall be exactly as follows:
   40    RESOLUTION of the county of Ulster regarding the Safety Net Assistance
   41  Program
   42    Section 1. The county of Ulster will be responsible for the full local
   43  share of the Safety Net Assistance Program required of the county by the
   44  State  of  New  York  and  will  not require towns and cities within its
   45  limits to contribute to the cost of this  program.  This  responsibility
   46  has  also  been  assumed  in Ulster County's Adopted Budget for the year
   47  2015.
   48    This resolution shall take effect January 1, 2015.
   49    S 5. This act shall take effect immediately.
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