Extends the authority of the county of Orange to impose an additional rate of sales and compensating use taxes, the official text

S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7630
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              April 23, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. SKOUFIS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Govern-
   ment Operations
 
 AN ACT to amend the tax law, in relation to extending the  authority  of
   the county of Orange to impose an additional rate of sales and compen-
   sating use taxes; and providing for the use of the tax funds collected
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Clause 35 of subparagraph (i) of the opening  paragraph  of
 section  1210  of  the tax law, as amended by chapter 268 of the laws of
 2023, is amended to read as follows:
   (35) the county of Orange is hereby further authorized  and  empowered
 to  adopt  and amend local laws, ordinances or resolutions imposing such
 taxes at a rate which is three-quarters of one percent additional to the
 three percent rate authorized above in this paragraph  for  such  county
 for  the  period  beginning  June  first,  two thousand four, and ending
 November thirtieth, two thousand [twenty-five] TWENTY-SEVEN;
   § 2. Notwithstanding subdivision (c) of section 1262 of the  tax  law,
 net  collections  from any additional rate of sales and compensating use
 taxes which may be imposed by the county of   Orange during  the  period
 commencing  December  1, 2025, and ending November 30, 2027, pursuant to
 the authority of section 1210 of the tax law, shall be paid to the coun-
 ty of Orange and shall be used by such county solely for county purposes
 and shall not be subject to any revenue distribution  agreement  entered
 into pursuant to the authority of subdivision (c) of section 1262 of the
 tax law.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD11342-01-5