What's happening
This bill extends Monroe County's authority to impose an additional 1% sales tax through November 30, 2019, and outlines revenue distribution.
Why it matters
Ensures continued funding for local services. By extending Monroe County's authority to impose an additional 1% sales tax, the bill guarantees ongoing revenue streams that support essential public services, including schools, municipal governments, and the City of Rochester.
Specifies targeted revenue sharing. The bill lays out a detailed formula for distributing the extra sales tax revenue among school districts, towns, villages, the City of Rochester, and Monroe County itself, ensuring each receives a predictable share based on population or enrollment.
Protects local budgets from volatility. By stating that the additional sales tax collections won’t be counted in calculations of sales tax increases or decreases, the bill shields local governments and school districts from sudden budget swings tied to this specific revenue source.
Reinforces transparency and fairness. The explicit allocation formulas and definitions (e.g., using public school enrollment and census population) aim to make the revenue distribution process transparent and equitable for all local entities involved.
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Monroe County Sales Tax Increase
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History
- Referred to investigations and government operations
- Returned to senate
- Died in assembly
- Referred to ways and means
- Delivered to assembly
- Passed senateVote 56–7
- Ordered to third reading cal.1557
- Committee discharged and committed to rules
- Referred to investigations and government operations
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.
Raise Monroe Sales Tax
In Assembly Committee · Ways And Means · Sponsor Joseph Morelle
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STATE OF NEW YORK
5271
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
March 17, 2017
Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Government Operations
AN ACT to amend the tax law, in relation to the imposition of sales and compensating use taxes by the county of Monroe
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Clause 25 of subparagraph (i) of the opening paragraph of section 1210 of the tax law, as amended by chapter 206 of the laws of 2015, is amended to read as follows:
(25) the county of Monroe is hereby further authorized and empowered to adopt and amend local laws, ordinances or resolutions imposing such taxes at a rate which is one percent additional to the three percent rate authorized above in this paragraph for the period beginning December first, nineteen hundred ninety-three and ending November thirtieth, two thousand [seventeen] nineteen;
§ 2. Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivisions (b) and (c) of section 1262 and section 1262-g of the tax law, net collections, as such term is defined in section 1262 of the tax law, derived from the imposition of sales and compensating use taxes by the county of Monroe at the additional rate of one percent as authorized pursuant to clause (25) of subparagraph (i) of the opening paragraph of section 1210 of the tax law, as amended by section one of this act, which are in addition to the current net collections derived from the imposition of such taxes at the three percent rate authorized by the opening paragraph of section 1210 of the tax law, shall be distributed and allocated as follows: for the period of December 1, 2017 through November 30, 2019 in cash, five percent to the school districts in the area of the county outside the city of Rochester, three percent to the towns located within the county, one and one-quarter percent to the villages located within the county, and ninety and three-quarters percent to the city of Rochester and coun-
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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ty of Monroe. The amount of the ninety and three-quarters percent to be distributed and allocated to the city of Rochester and county of Monroe shall be distributed and allocated to each so that the combined total distribution and allocation to each from the sales tax revenues pursuant to sections 1262 and 1262-g of the tax law and this section shall result in the same total amount being distributed and allocated to the city of Rochester and county of Monroe. The amount so distributed and allocated to the county shall be used for county purposes. The foregoing cash payments to the school districts shall be allocated on the basis of the enrolled public school pupils, thereof, as such term is used in subdivision (b) of section 1262 of the tax law, residing in the county of Monroe. The cash payments to the towns located within the county of Monroe shall be allocated on the basis of the ratio which the population of each town, exclusive of the population of any village or portion thereof located within a town, bears to the total population of the towns, exclusive of the population of the villages located within such towns. The cash payments to the villages located within the county shall be allocated on the basis of the ratio which the population of each village bears to the total population of the villages located within the county. The term population as used in this section shall have the same meaning as used in subdivision (b) of section 1262 of the tax law.
§ 3. The net collections resulting from the additional sales and compensating use taxes, as authorized by this act, shall not be included in determining a sales tax increase or decrease as defined in paragraphs (c) and (d) of subdivision 1 of section 1262-g of the tax law.
§ 4. Severability. If any clause, sentence, paragraph, or part of this act shall be adjudged by any court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such judgement shall not affect, impair or invalidate the remainder thereof, but shall be confined in its operation to the clause, sentence, paragraph, section or part thereof directly involved in the controversy in which such judgement shall have been rendered.
§ 5. This act shall take effect immediately.
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Sponsor's memo
Title of bill
An act to amend the tax law, in relation to the imposition of sales and compensating use taxes by the county of Monroe
Purpose or general idea of bill
Extends authority of Monroe County to impose certain sales and compensating use tax through November 30, 2019.
Summary of specific provisions
Amends sections 1210, 1262 and 1262-g of the tax law to extend authorization of Monroe County to impose sales and compensating use tax and the distribution of such to November 30, 2019.
Justification
Current authorization was set to expire November 30, 2017.
Prior legislative history
New Bill
Fiscal implications
To be determined.
Effective date
Effective immediately.
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