Bill Text: NY S06296 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced


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: Committee Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-23 - SUBSTITUTED BY A7949B [S06296 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-S06296-Introduced.html
                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         6296
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                    January 9, 2014
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       Introduced  by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- 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 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,
   21  2002, and ending November 30, [2013] 2015,  net  collections  from  such
   22  additional rate of tax imposed during such period shall be deemed to be,
   23  and  shall  be  included  in,  net  collections subject to such county's
   24  existing agreement with the city of Kingston entered  into  pursuant  to
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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    1  subdivision  (c) of section 1262 of the tax law and such net collections
    2  shall be allocated in accordance with such agreement.
    3    S  3.  Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, if Ulster
    4  county adopts or amends a local law, ordinance, or resolution to  impose
    5  a  one  percent  additional  rate  of  sales  and compensating use taxes
    6  authorized by this act for the period beginning  February  1,  2014  and
    7  ending December 31, 2014, such local law, ordinance, or resolution shall
    8  take  effect  on that date in accordance with the provisions of subdivi-
    9  sion (d) of section 1210 of the tax law,  except  that  such  additional
   10  rate  may  take  effect  on  February  1,  2014,  and the minimum notice
   11  requirements to the commissioner of taxation and finance shall be deemed
   12  complied with if such county mails, by certified or registered  mail,  a
   13  certified  copy  of  such  local  law,  ordinance  or resolution to such
   14  commissioner at his or her office in Albany, and provides a true copy of
   15  such local law, ordinance or resolution to such  commissioner  by  elec-
   16  tronic mail on or before January 23, 2014.
   17    S  4.  (a) As a condition precedent to imposing the additional rate of
   18  sales and compensating use taxes authorized by this act for  the  period
   19  beginning  January  1, 2015, and ending November 30, 2015, the county of
   20  Ulster shall adopt the resolution set out in  subdivision  (b)  of  this
   21  section,  in exactly the form set out in such subdivision (b), and shall
   22  mail a certified copy of such resolution to the commissioner of taxation
   23  and finance at the same time and in the same envelope  that  the  county
   24  mails  a  certified copy of its local enactment imposing such additional
   25  rate of tax, in accordance with the provisions  of  subdivision  (d)  of
   26  section 1210 of the tax law; provided, however, that notwithstanding the
   27  effective  dates specified in such subdivision (d), such additional rate
   28  of tax may take effect on January 1, 2015.  Upon receiving  such  certi-
   29  fied  copy  of the county's resolution adopted pursuant to this section,
   30  together with the certified copy of such enactment imposing  such  addi-
   31  tional  rate  of tax, the commissioner shall be authorized to administer
   32  such additional rate of tax for the period authorized by this act and as
   33  set forth in such enactment imposing such additional rate.
   34    (b) The form of the resolution described in subdivision  (a)  of  this
   35  section shall be exactly as follows:
   36    RESOLUTION of the county of Ulster regarding the Safety Net Assistance
   37  Program
   38    Section 1. The county of Ulster will be responsible for the full local
   39  share of the Safety Net Assistance Program required of the county by the
   40  State  of  New  York  and  will  not require towns and cities within its
   41  limits to contribute to the cost of this  program.  This  responsibility
   42  has  also  been  assumed  in Ulster County's Adopted Budget for the year
   43  2015.
   44    This resolution shall take effect January 1, 2015.
   45    S 5. This act shall take effect immediately.
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