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A09693 Summary:

A09693 Actions:

A09693 Committee Votes:

Committee:WAYS AND MEANS   Chair:Farrell      
DATE:05/17/2016AYE/NAY:23/11  Action: Favorable         
Farrell
Aye
Oaks
Nay
Lentol
Aye
Crouch
Aye
Schimminger
Aye
Barclay
Nay
Gantt
Aye
Fitzpatrick
Nay
Weinstein
Aye
Saladino
Nay
Glick
Aye
Hawley
Nay
Nolan
Aye
Duprey
Nay
Pretlow
Aye
Corwin
Aye
Perry
Aye
Malliotakis
Nay
Colton
Aye
Walter
Nay
Cook
Aye
Cahill
Aye
Aubry
Aye
Hooper
Aye
Thiele
Nay
Wright
Aye
Cusick
Nay
Ortiz
Aye
Benedetto
Aye
Markey
Aye
Moya
Aye
Weprin
Aye
Rodriguez
Excused
Ramos
Nay
Braunstein
Aye

A09693 Floor Votes:

A09693 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          9693
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                     March 30, 2016
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  M. of A. OTIS -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Ways and Means
 
        AN ACT to amend the tax law, in relation to the imposition of  an  occu-
          pancy  tax  in the village of Mamaroneck; and providing for the repeal
          of such provisions upon expiration thereof
 
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section  1.  The tax law is amended by adding a new section 1202-dd to
     2  read as follows:
     3    § 1202-dd. Occupancy tax in the village of  Mamaroneck.  (1)  Notwith-
     4  standing  any  other  provision  of  law to the contrary, the village of
     5  Mamaroneck, in the county  of  Westchester,  is  hereby  authorized  and
     6  empowered  to adopt and amend local laws imposing in such village a tax,
     7  in addition to any other tax authorized and  imposed  pursuant  to  this
     8  article, such as the legislature has or would have the power and author-
     9  ity to impose upon persons occupying any room for hire in any hotel. For
    10  the  purposes of this section, the term "hotel" shall mean a building or
    11  portion of it which is regularly used and kept  open  as  such  for  the
    12  lodging of guests. The term "hotel" includes an apartment hotel, a motel
    13  or  a boarding house, whether or not meals are served.  The rate of such
    14  tax shall not exceed three percent of the per diem rental rate for  each
    15  room whether such room is rented on a daily or longer basis.
    16    (2)  Such  taxes may be collected and administered by the chief fiscal
    17  officer of the village of Mamaroneck by such means and in such manner as
    18  other taxes which are now collected and administered by such officer  or
    19  as otherwise may be provided by such local law.
    20    (3)  Such  local laws may provide that any taxes imposed shall be paid
    21  by the person liable therefore to the owner of the room for hire in  the
    22  tourist  home,  inn, club, hotel, motel or other similar place of public
    23  accommodation occupied or to the person entitled to be paid the rent  or
    24  charge  for  the  room  for  hire in the tourist home, inn, club, hotel,
    25  motel or other similar place of public accommodation occupied for and on
    26  account of the village of Mamaroneck imposing  the  tax  and  that  such
    27  owner  or  person entitled to be paid the rent or charge shall be liable
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD14866-01-6
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     1  for the collection and payment of the tax; and that such owner or person
     2  entitled to be paid the rent or charge shall  have  the  same  right  in
     3  respect  to  collecting  the  tax from the person occupying the room for
     4  hire in the tourist home, inn, club, hotel, motel or other similar place
     5  of  public  accommodation, or in respect to nonpayment of the tax by the
     6  person occupying the room for hire  in  the  tourist  home,  inn,  club,
     7  hotel,  motel  or similar place of public accommodation, as if the taxes
     8  were a part of the rent or charge and payable at the same  time  as  the
     9  rent  or charge; provided, however, that the chief fiscal officer of the
    10  village, specified in such local laws, shall be joined as a party in any
    11  action or proceeding brought to collect the tax by the owner or  by  the
    12  person entitled to be paid the rent or charge.
    13    (4)  Such  local  laws  may  provide for the filing of returns and the
    14  payment of the taxes on a monthly basis or on the basis of any longer or
    15  shorter period of time.
    16    (5) This section shall not authorize the imposition of such  tax  upon
    17  any of the following:
    18    a.  The  state  of  New  York,  or any public corporation (including a
    19  public corporation created pursuant to agreement or compact with another
    20  state or the dominion of Canada), improvement district  or  other  poli-
    21  tical subdivision of the state;
    22    b.  The  United  States of America, insofar as it is immune from taxa-
    23  tion; or
    24    c. Any corporation or association, or trust, or community chest,  fund
    25  or foundation organized and operated exclusively for religious, charita-
    26  ble  or  educational purposes, or for the prevention of cruelty to chil-
    27  dren or animals, and no part of the net earnings of which inures to  the
    28  benefit of any private shareholder or individual and no substantial part
    29  of  the  activities  of  which  is  carrying on propaganda, or otherwise
    30  attempting to influence legislation; provided, however, that nothing  in
    31  this  paragraph  shall  include an organization operated for the primary
    32  purpose of carrying on a trade or business for profit,  whether  or  not
    33  all of its profits are payable to one or more organizations described in
    34  this paragraph.
    35    d.  A permanent resident of a hotel or motel. For the purposes of this
    36  section, the term "permanent resident" shall mean a natural person occu-
    37  pying any room or rooms in a hotel or motel for at least thirty  consec-
    38  utive days.
    39    (6) Any final determination of the amount of any tax payable hereunder
    40  shall  be reviewable for error, illegality or unconstitutionality or any
    41  other reason whatsoever by a proceeding under article  seventy-eight  of
    42  the  civil practice law and rules if application therefor is made to the
    43  supreme court within thirty days after the  giving  of  notice  of  such
    44  final  determination,  provided, however, that any such proceeding under
    45  article seventy-eight of the civil practice law and rules shall  not  be
    46  instituted unless:
    47    a. The amount of any tax sought to be reviewed, with such interest and
    48  penalties  thereon  as  may be provided for by local laws or regulations
    49  shall be first deposited and there shall be filed an undertaking, issued
    50  by a surety company authorized to transact business in  this  state  and
    51  approved by the superintendent of financial services of this state as to
    52  solvency  and responsibility, in such amount as a justice of the supreme
    53  court shall approve to the effect that if such proceeding  be  dismissed
    54  or the tax confirmed the petitioner will pay all costs and charges which
    55  may accrue in the prosecution of such proceeding; or
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     1    b.  At  the option of the petitioner, such undertaking may be in a sum
     2  sufficient to cover the taxes, interests and penalties  stated  in  such
     3  determination  plus the costs and charges which may accrue against it in
     4  the prosecution of the proceeding, in which event the  petitioner  shall
     5  not  be required to pay such taxes, interest or penalties as a condition
     6  precedent to the application.
     7    (7) Where any taxes imposed hereunder  shall  have  been  erroneously,
     8  illegally or unconstitutionally collected and application for the refund
     9  therefor  duly  made  to the proper fiscal officer or officers, and such
    10  officer or officers shall have made a determination denying such refund,
    11  such determination shall be reviewable by  a  proceeding  under  article
    12  seventy-eight  of  the  civil practice law and rules, provided, however,
    13  that such proceeding is instituted within thirty days after  the  giving
    14  of  the notice of such denial, that a final determination of tax due was
    15  not previously made, and that an undertaking is filed  with  the  proper
    16  fiscal  officer  or  officers in such amount and with such sureties as a
    17  justice of the supreme court shall approve to the effect  that  if  such
    18  proceeding  be dismissed or the taxes confirmed, the petitioner will pay
    19  all costs and charges which  may  accrue  in  the  prosecution  of  such
    20  proceeding.
    21    (8)  Except in the case of a willfully false or fraudulent return with
    22  intent to evade the tax, no assessment of additional tax shall  be  made
    23  after  the  expiration  of  more  than  three years from the date of the
    24  filing of a return, provided, however, that where  no  return  has  been
    25  filed as provided by law the tax may be assessed at any time.
    26    (9)  All  revenues  resulting from the imposition of the tax under the
    27  local laws shall be paid into the treasury of the village of  Mamaroneck
    28  and  shall  be  credited  to  and  deposited  in the general fund of the
    29  village. Such revenues may be used for any lawful purpose.
    30    (10) Each enactment of such a local law may provide for the imposition
    31  of a hotel or motel tax for a period of time no longer than three  years
    32  from  the  date of its enactment. Nothing in this section shall prohibit
    33  the adoption and enactment of local laws, pursuant to the provisions  of
    34  this  section, upon the expiration of any other local law adopted pursu-
    35  ant to this section.
    36    (11) If any provision of this section or the  application  thereof  to
    37  any  person or circumstance shall be held invalid, the remainder of this
    38  section and the application  of  such  provision  to  other  persons  or
    39  circumstances shall not be affected thereby.
    40    §  2.  This  act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be
    41  deemed repealed three years after such date.