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A10385Assembly2017-2018 SessionSame asS8350

Extend New Rochelle Hotel Tax

Official title

“Extends the authority of the city of New Rochelle to impose an occupancy tax”

Sponsor Steven OtisAD-91+1 co-sponsorAffects Finance
Status
Signed by Governor
Impact
3/10
Low
Outcome
Signed into law

Bill progress

Signed into law

What's happening

This bill extends the expiration date of New Rochelle's occupancy tax authorization from 2018 to 2021.

Why it matters

  1. Allows New Rochelle to continue collecting revenue from hotel occupancy taxes for three more years. this can help fund local services, infrastructure, or tourism initiatives that benefit both residents and visitors.

  2. Gives the city more budget predictability and financial planning capability. by ensuring this revenue stream remains available through 2021, rather than expiring in 2018.

  3. Avoids sudden tax policy changes for local businesses and hotel operators. , providing stability and reducing administrative burdens that could have resulted from a lapse and reinstatement of the tax.

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Who cares

  • New Rochelle city officials

    The bill would extend the city's authority to impose an occupancy tax from September 1, 2018, to September 1, 2021.

  • New Rochelle lodging operators

    The extension would keep the city's occupancy-tax authority in place for three additional years.

  • Guests at New Rochelle lodging establishments

    The bill would allow the city to continue imposing an occupancy tax rather than letting its authority expire in 2018.

Headline styles

Extend New Rochelle Hotel Tax

Plain English, a few words. Used as the page title.

Sponsors

Primary sponsor
Steven Otis

Assembly Member · Assembly District 91

Chair, Science & Technology

1 Co-sponsor

History

  1. Signed chap.162
  2. Delivered to governor
  3. Returned to assembly
  4. Passed senateVote 58–2
  5. Ordered to third reading cal.2097
  6. Delivered to senate
  7. Passed assembly
  8. Home rule request
  9. Ordered to third reading rules cal.250
  10. Rules report cal.250
  11. Reported
  12. Reported referred to rules
Show 1 earlier action
  1. Referred to ways and means

Companion bill

The same bill in the other chamber. A bill becomes law when one version passes both houses and the governor signs it, so either number can carry it.

S8350Senate

Extend New Rochelle Hotel Tax

In Senate Committee · Investigations And Government Operations · Sponsor Shelley Mayer

Impact 3 · Low0% to pass

Full text

1 pageUnderlined is new[Struck] is removedOfficial text on nysenate.gov ↗

STATE OF NEW YORK

10385

IN ASSEMBLY

April 18, 2018

Introduced by M. of A. OTIS, PAULIN -- read once and referred to the Committee on Ways and Means

AN ACT to amend chapter 88 of the laws of 2009 amending the tax law relating to the imposition of an occupancy tax in the city of New Rochelle, in relation to extending the effectiveness thereof

The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:

Section 1. Section 2 of chapter 88 of the laws of 2009 amending the tax law relating to the imposition of an occupancy tax in the city of New Rochelle, as amended by chapter 159 of the laws of 2015, is amended to read as follows:

§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be deemed repealed September 1, [2018] 2021.

§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

[ ] is old law to be omitted.

LBD14744-01-8

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