Extends the one percent increased county sales tax for Putnam county for two years; requires one-ninth of such one percent increase in sales tax be allocated to towns and villages in such county.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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8080--A
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
April 24, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. SLATER, LEVENBERG -- read once and referred to
the Committee on Ways and Means -- committee discharged, bill amended,
ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
AN ACT to amend the tax law, in relation to extending the one percent
increased county sales tax for Putnam county
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Clause 39 of subparagraph (i) of the opening paragraph of
2 section 1210 of the tax law, as amended by chapter 238 of the laws of
3 2023, is amended to read as follows:
4 (39) the county of Putnam is hereby further authorized and empowered
5 to adopt and amend local laws, ordinances or resolutions imposing such
6 taxes at a rate that is: (i) one-half of one percent additional to the
7 three percent rate authorized above in this paragraph for such county
8 for the period beginning September first, two thousand five and ending
9 August thirty-first, two thousand seven; and (ii) one percent additional
10 to the three percent rate authorized above in this paragraph for such
11 county for the period beginning September first, two thousand seven and
12 ending November thirtieth, two thousand [twenty-five] twenty-seven;
13 § 2. The tax law is amended by adding a new section 1262-w to read as
14 follows:
15 § 1262-w. Disposition of net collections from the additional rate of
16 sales and compensating use tax in the county of Putnam. Notwithstanding
17 any contrary provision of law, if the county of Putnam imposes the addi-
18 tional one percent rate of sales and compensating use taxes authorized
19 by section twelve hundred ten of this article for all or any portion of
20 the period beginning September first, two thousand seven and ending
21 November thirtieth, two thousand twenty-seven, the county shall allocate
22 one-ninth of the net collections from the additional one percent to the
23 towns and villages in the county on the basis of their respective popu-
24 lations, determined in accordance with the latest decennial federal
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 census. Each town and village within the county shall receive at mini-
2 mum, a sum of fifty thousand dollars annually and shall use such revenue
3 for public projects limited to local infrastructure projects and capital
4 improvements.
5 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
