Bill Text: NY A06246 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Amended


Bill Title: Extends the county of Westchester's additional one percent rate of sales and compensating use tax until November 30th, 2025.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2023-05-31 - substituted by s6823a [A06246 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A06246-Amended.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                         6246--A

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                      April 3, 2023
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by M. of A. PRETLOW -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Ways and Means -- committee discharged, bill  amended,  ordered
          reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

        AN  ACT  to  amend  the  tax  law, in relation to revising the period of
          authorization for the county of Westchester's additional  one  percent
          rate  of  sales  and compensating use tax; and to amend chapter 272 of
          the laws of 1991, amending the tax  law  relating  to  the  method  of
          disposition  of  sales and compensating use tax revenue in Westchester
          county and enacting the Westchester county spending limitation act, in
          relation to revising the period of authorization  for  the  county  of
          Westchester's  additional  one  percent rate of sales and compensating
          use tax

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

     1    Section  1.  Clause 42 of subparagraph (i) of the opening paragraph of
     2  section 1210 of the tax law, as amended by section  1  of  item  EEE  of
     3  subpart  C  of part XXX of chapter 58 of the laws of 2020, is amended to
     4  read as follows:
     5    (42) the county  of  Westchester  is  hereby  further  authorized  and
     6  empowered  to  adopt  and  amend  local  laws, ordinances or resolutions
     7  imposing such taxes at a rate that is  one  percent  additional  to  the
     8  three  percent  rate  authorized above in this paragraph for such county
     9  for the period beginning August first, two thousand nineteen and  ending
    10  November thirtieth, two thousand [twenty-three] twenty-five;
    11    §  2.  Subdivision  e of section 4 and sections 5, 7 and 16 of chapter
    12  272 of the laws of 1991, amending the tax law relating to the method  of
    13  disposition  of  sales  and  compensating use tax revenue in Westchester
    14  county and enacting the Westchester county spending limitation  act,  as
    15  amended  by section 2 of item EEE of subpart C of part XXX of chapter 58
    16  of the laws of 2020, are amended to read as follows:

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD10181-03-3

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     1    e. "Spending limitation" means the maximum amount of  county  spending
     2  established  in  county fiscal years 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997,
     3  1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008,  2009,
     4  2010,  2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021,
     5  2022 [and], 2023, 2024 and 2025.
     6    § 5. Establishment of annual spending limitation. a. For county fiscal
     7  years  1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002,
     8  2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013,  2014,
     9  2015,  2016,  2017,  2018,  2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 [and], 2023, 2024 and
    10  2025 there shall be in effect an annual spending limitation. The  spend-
    11  ing  limitation  shall be derived from a fixed percentage reflecting the
    12  ratio of base year spending to county personal income.  County  personal
    13  income  for  such  calculation  shall  be for the period January 1, 1986
    14  through December 31, 1986. Such percentage shall be  applied  to  county
    15  personal  income  for  the  period  January 1, 1989 through December 31,
    16  1989, to determine the spending limitation for county fiscal year  1992;
    17  to  determine  the spending limitation for county fiscal year 1993, such
    18  percentage shall be applied to county personal  income  for  the  period
    19  January  1,  1990  through  December 31, 1990; to determine the spending
    20  limitation for county fiscal year 1994, such percentage shall be applied
    21  to county personal income for the period January 1, 1991 through  Decem-
    22  ber  31,  1991;  to  determine the spending limitation for county fiscal
    23  year 1995, such percentage shall be applied to  county  personal  income
    24  for  the  period January 1, 1992 through December 31, 1992; to determine
    25  the spending limitation for county fiscal  year  1996,  such  percentage
    26  shall  be  applied  to  county personal income for the period January 1,
    27  1993 through December 31, 1993; to determine the spending limitation for
    28  county fiscal year 1997, such percentage  shall  be  applied  to  county
    29  personal  income  for  the  period  January 1, 1994 through December 31,
    30  1994; to determine the spending limitation for county fiscal year  1998,
    31  such percentage shall be applied to county personal income for the peri-
    32  od  January 1, 1995 through December 31, 1995; to determine the spending
    33  limitation for county fiscal year 1999, such percentage shall be applied
    34  to county personal income for the period January 1, 1996 through  Decem-
    35  ber  31,  1996;  to  determine the spending limitation for county fiscal
    36  year 2000, such percentage shall be applied to  county  personal  income
    37  for  the  period January 1, 1997 through December 31, 1997; to determine
    38  the spending limitation for county fiscal  year  2001,  such  percentage
    39  shall  be  applied  to  county personal income for the period January 1,
    40  1998 through December 31, 1998; to determine the spending limitation for
    41  county fiscal year 2002, such percentage  shall  be  applied  to  county
    42  personal  income  for  the  period  January 1, 1999 through December 31,
    43  1999; to determine the spending limitation for county fiscal year  2003,
    44  such percentage shall be applied to county personal income for the peri-
    45  od  January 1, 2000 through December 31, 2000; to determine the spending
    46  limitation for county fiscal year 2004, such percentage shall be applied
    47  to county personal income for the period January 1, 2001 through  Decem-
    48  ber  31,  2001;  to  determine the spending limitation for county fiscal
    49  year 2005, such percentage shall be applied to  county  personal  income
    50  for  the  period January 1, 2002 through December 31, 2002; to determine
    51  the spending limitation for county fiscal  year  2006,  such  percentage
    52  shall  be  applied  to  county personal income for the period January 1,
    53  2003 through December 31, 2003; to determine the spending limitation for
    54  the county fiscal year 2007, such percentage shall be applied to  county
    55  personal  income  for  the  period  January 1, 2004 through December 31,
    56  2004; to determine the spending limitation for the  county  fiscal  year

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     1  2008, such percentage shall be applied to county personal income for the
     2  period  January  1,  2005  through  December  31, 2005; to determine the
     3  spending limitation for the county fiscal  year  2009,  such  percentage
     4  shall  be  applied  to  county personal income for the period January 1,
     5  2006 through December 31, 2006; to determine the spending limitation for
     6  the county fiscal year 2010, such percentage shall be applied to  county
     7  personal  income  for  the  period  January 1, 2007 through December 31,
     8  2007; to determine the spending limitation for the  county  fiscal  year
     9  2011, such percentage shall be applied to county personal income for the
    10  period  January  1,  2008  through  December  31, 2008; to determine the
    11  spending limitation for the county fiscal  year  2012,  such  percentage
    12  shall  be  applied  to  county personal income for the period January 1,
    13  2009 through December 31, 2009; to determine the spending limitation for
    14  the county fiscal year 2013, such percentage shall be applied to  county
    15  personal  income  for  the  period  January 1, 2010 through December 31,
    16  2010; to determine the spending limitation for the  county  fiscal  year
    17  2014, such percentage shall be applied to county personal income for the
    18  period  January  1,  2011  through  December  31, 2011; to determine the
    19  spending limitation for the county fiscal  year  2015,  such  percentage
    20  shall  be  applied  to  county personal income for the period January 1,
    21  2012 through December 31, 2012; to determine the spending limitation for
    22  county fiscal year 2016, such percentage shall be applied to the  county
    23  personal  income  for  the  period  January 1, 2013 through December 31,
    24  2013; to determine the spending limitation for the  county  fiscal  year
    25  2017, such percentage shall be applied to county personal income for the
    26  period  January  1, 2014 through December 31, 2014; and to determine the
    27  spending limitation for county fiscal year 2018, such  percentage  shall
    28  be  applied to the county personal income for the period January 1, 2015
    29  through December 31, 2015; to determine the spending limitation for  the
    30  county  fiscal  year  2019,  such  percentage shall be applied to county
    31  personal income for the period January  1,  2016  through  December  31,
    32  2016;  and  to  determine the spending limitation for county fiscal year
    33  2020, such percentage shall be applied to the county personal income for
    34  the period January 1, 2017 through December 31, 2017; and  to  determine
    35  the spending limitation for the county fiscal year 2021, such percentage
    36  shall  be  applied  to  county personal income for the period January 1,
    37  2018 through December 31, 2018; and to determine the spending limitation
    38  for the county fiscal year 2022, such percentage  shall  be  applied  to
    39  county  personal  income for the period January 1, 2019 through December
    40  31, 2019; and to determine the spending limitation for the county fiscal
    41  year 2023, such percentage shall be applied to  county  personal  income
    42  for  the period January 1, 2020 through December 31, 2020; and to deter-
    43  mine the spending limitation for  the  county  fiscal  year  2024,  such
    44  percentage  shall  be  applied  to county personal income for the period
    45  January 1, 2021 through December 31, 2021; and to determine the spending
    46  limitation for the county fiscal year 2025,  such  percentage  shall  be
    47  applied to county personal income for the period January 1, 2022 through
    48  December 31, 2022.
    49    b.  The  spending  limitation shall serve as a statutory cap on county
    50  spending to be reflected in the tentative budget as well as the  enacted
    51  budget for county fiscal years beginning in 1992.
    52    §  7.  Mandatory  tax reduction. In the event that the county spending
    53  subject to the spending limitation exceeds such limitation in the  adop-
    54  tive  county budget for county fiscal year 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996,
    55  1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007,  2008,
    56  2009,  2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020,

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     1  2021, 2022 [or], 2023, 2024 or 2025 then section 1262-b of the  tax  law
     2  shall be repealed.
     3    §  16. This act shall take effect immediately, provided, however, that
     4  sections one through seven of this act shall be in full force and effect
     5  until November 30, [2023] 2025.
     6    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately; provided,  however,  that
     7  the amendments to sections 4, 5 and 7 of chapter 272 of the laws of 1991
     8  made  by section two of this act shall not affect the expiration of such
     9  sections and shall be deemed repealed therewith.
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