NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
 
BILL NUMBER: A6553A
SPONSOR: Gunther
 
TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend chapter 373 of the laws of 2020 amending the tax law
relating to authorizing the town of Wallkill to adopt a hotel or motel
tax of up to 5%, in relation to extending the effectiveness thereof
 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:
To authorize the town of Wallkill to enact, at local option, a hotel or
motel tax.
 
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:
Section 1 amends the tax law by extending section, 1202-gg, to establish
the provisions by which the Town of Wallkill may enact a hotel or motel
tax
Section 2 provides for an immediate effective date
 
JUSTIFICATION:
This legislation has been requested by the Town of Wallkill. On November
16, 2017, the Town of Wallkill Town Board voted unanimously to authorize
the Town Supervisor to seek an amendment to the tax law allowing for a
tax on hotel room occupancy. The resolution states that the Town Board
"is of the opinion that it would be beneficial to the economy of the
Town if a local tax was imposed on hotel room occupancy."
This bill allows, but does not require, the Town of Wallkill to enact a
hotel or motel tax.
 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
2019-20 A. 105588 12/23/20 Signed Chap. 373
2019-20 S.8064 Metzger 12/23/20 Signed Chap. 373
 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
None to the State
 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be deemed
repealed September 1, 2025. This act shall take effect immediately
STATE OF NEW YORK
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6553--A
2023-2024 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
April 18, 2023
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Introduced by M. of A. GUNTHER -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Ways and Means -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered
reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
AN ACT to amend chapter 373 of the laws of 2020 amending the tax law
relating to authorizing the town of Wallkill to adopt a hotel or motel
tax of up to 5%, in relation to extending the effectiveness thereof
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 2 of chapter 373 of the laws of 2020 amending the
2 tax law relating to authorizing the town of Wallkill to adopt a hotel or
3 motel tax of up to 5%, is amended to read as follows:
4 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be
5 deemed repealed September 1, [2023] 2025.
6 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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