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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          7431
 
                               2013-2014 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                      May 16, 2013
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by M. of A. GOODELL -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Ways and Means
 
        AN ACT to amend the tax law, in relation to allocation of  revenue  from
          the  hotel  and motel taxes in Chautauqua county; and to amend chapter
          405 of the laws of 2007, amending the tax law relating  to  increasing

          hotel/motel  taxes  in Chautauqua county, in relation to extending the
          expiration of such provisions
 
          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-j of the tax law, as amended
     2  by chapter 686 of the laws of 2007, is amended to read as follows:
     3    (9) All revenues resulting from the imposition of the  tax  under  the
     4  local  laws shall be paid into the treasury of the county of Chautauqua.
     5  The revenue derived from such tax, after deducting the  amount  provided
     6  for administering such tax as so authorized by local law, shall be allo-
     7  cated as follows: three-fifths of such revenues shall be credited to and
     8  deposited  in  a  special  tourism and convention fund, thereafter to be

     9  allocated by the county [legislature] government  of  Chautauqua  county
    10  through the county budget process for tourism and convention development
    11  in  such  county  for the purposes of enhancing and promoting Chautauqua
    12  county, its cities, towns and villages through the promotion of tourism,
    13  conventions, trade shows, special events and other directly related  and
    14  supporting activities including, but not limited to, programs to improve
    15  the  aesthetic  qualities  of the county; to enhance the environment; to
    16  improve infrastructures related to tourism, conventions and trade shows;
    17  to develop, operate and  maintain  parks,  recreational  facilities  and
    18  tourist attractions; and such other programs as authorized by local law;
    19  and  any  amount  of revenues derived from such tax over three-fifths of

    20  such revenues shall be [dedicated solely to] credited to  and  deposited
    21  into  a  special  lake management and enhancement fund, thereafter to be
    22  allocated by the county government  of  Chautauqua  county  through  the
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD10573-04-3
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     1  county budget process solely for the purposes of maintaining and enhanc-
     2  ing the lakes of Chautauqua county, including, but not limited to, envi-
     3  ronmentally  responsible  control, treatment, and/or removal of invasive

     4  or  nuisance  submerged  aquatic  vegetation;  shoreline maintenance and
     5  cleanup; the enhancement of lakes for fishing, boating and other  recre-
     6  ational  activities;  reduction  of watershed erosion, sedimentation and
     7  nutrient loading; protection of  environmentally  sensitive  shorelines;
     8  and  such other programs as authorized by local law specifically for the
     9  enhancement and protection of the lakes and tributary streams  of  Chau-
    10  tauqua county [pursuant to programs authorized by local law]. Such local
    11  laws shall provide that the county shall be authorized to retain up to a
    12  maximum  of  ten percent of such revenue to defer the necessary expenses
    13  of the county in administering such tax and such programs.
    14    § 2. Section 2 of chapter 405 of the laws of 2007,  amending  the  tax

    15  law  relating  to  increasing hotel/motel taxes in Chautauqua county, as
    16  amended by chapter 142 of the laws  of  2011,  is  amended  to  read  as
    17  follows:
    18    §  2. This act shall take effect December 1, 2007 and shall expire and
    19  be deemed repealed November 30, [2013] 2015.
    20    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately, provided that the  amend-
    21  ments to subdivision 9 of section 1202-j of the tax law, made by section
    22  one  of  this  act shall not affect the expiration and reversion of such
    23  subdivision and shall expire and be deemed repealed therewith.