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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          6909
 
                               2015-2016 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                     April 10, 2015
                                       ___________
 
        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    § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
    14  have become a law.