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

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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]

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          6246

                               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

        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-six;
    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:
    17    e.  "Spending  limitation" means the maximum amount of county spending
    18  established in county fiscal years 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995,  1996,  1997,

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD10181-01-3

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     1  1998,  1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009,
     2  2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020,  2021,
     3  2022 [and], 2023, 2024, 2025 and 2026.
     4    § 5. Establishment of annual spending limitation. a. For county fiscal
     5  years  1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002,
     6  2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013,  2014,
     7  2015,  2016,  2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 [and], 2023, 2024, 2025
     8  and 2026 there shall be in effect an  annual  spending  limitation.  The
     9  spending  limitation shall be derived from a fixed percentage reflecting
    10  the ratio of base  year  spending  to  county  personal  income.  County
    11  personal  income for such calculation shall be for the period January 1,
    12  1986 through December 31, 1986. Such  percentage  shall  be  applied  to
    13  county  personal  income for the period January 1, 1989 through December
    14  31, 1989, to determine the spending limitation for  county  fiscal  year
    15  1992;  to determine the spending limitation for county fiscal year 1993,
    16  such percentage shall be applied to county personal income for the peri-
    17  od January 1, 1990 through December 31, 1990; to determine the  spending
    18  limitation for county fiscal year 1994, such percentage shall be applied
    19  to  county personal income for the period January 1, 1991 through Decem-
    20  ber 31, 1991; to determine the spending  limitation  for  county  fiscal
    21  year  1995,  such  percentage shall be applied to county personal income
    22  for the period January 1, 1992 through December 31, 1992;  to  determine
    23  the  spending  limitation  for  county fiscal year 1996, such percentage
    24  shall be applied to county personal income for  the  period  January  1,
    25  1993 through December 31, 1993; to determine the spending limitation for
    26  county  fiscal  year  1997,  such  percentage shall be applied to county
    27  personal income for the period January  1,  1994  through  December  31,
    28  1994;  to determine the spending limitation for county fiscal year 1998,
    29  such percentage shall be applied to county personal income for the peri-
    30  od January 1, 1995 through December 31, 1995; to determine the  spending
    31  limitation for county fiscal year 1999, such percentage shall be applied
    32  to  county personal income for the period January 1, 1996 through Decem-
    33  ber 31, 1996; to determine the spending  limitation  for  county  fiscal
    34  year  2000,  such  percentage shall be applied to county personal income
    35  for the period January 1, 1997 through December 31, 1997;  to  determine
    36  the  spending  limitation  for  county fiscal year 2001, such percentage
    37  shall be applied to county personal income for  the  period  January  1,
    38  1998 through December 31, 1998; to determine the spending limitation for
    39  county  fiscal  year  2002,  such  percentage shall be applied to county
    40  personal income for the period January  1,  1999  through  December  31,
    41  1999;  to determine the spending limitation for county fiscal year 2003,
    42  such percentage shall be applied to county personal income for the peri-
    43  od January 1, 2000 through December 31, 2000; to determine the  spending
    44  limitation for county fiscal year 2004, such percentage shall be applied
    45  to  county personal income for the period January 1, 2001 through Decem-
    46  ber 31, 2001; to determine the spending  limitation  for  county  fiscal
    47  year  2005,  such  percentage shall be applied to county personal income
    48  for the period January 1, 2002 through December 31, 2002;  to  determine
    49  the  spending  limitation  for  county fiscal year 2006, such percentage
    50  shall be applied to county personal income for  the  period  January  1,
    51  2003 through December 31, 2003; to determine the spending limitation for
    52  the  county fiscal year 2007, such percentage shall be applied to county
    53  personal income for the period January  1,  2004  through  December  31,
    54  2004;  to  determine  the spending limitation for the county fiscal year
    55  2008, such percentage shall be applied to county personal income for the
    56  period January 1, 2005 through  December  31,  2005;  to  determine  the

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     1  spending  limitation  for  the  county fiscal year 2009, such percentage
     2  shall be applied to county personal income for  the  period  January  1,
     3  2006 through December 31, 2006; to determine the spending limitation for
     4  the  county fiscal year 2010, such percentage shall be applied to county
     5  personal income for the period January  1,  2007  through  December  31,
     6  2007;  to  determine  the spending limitation for the county fiscal year
     7  2011, such percentage shall be applied to county personal income for the
     8  period January 1, 2008 through  December  31,  2008;  to  determine  the
     9  spending  limitation  for  the  county fiscal year 2012, such percentage
    10  shall be applied to county personal income for  the  period  January  1,
    11  2009 through December 31, 2009; to determine the spending limitation for
    12  the  county fiscal year 2013, such percentage shall be applied to county
    13  personal income for the period January  1,  2010  through  December  31,
    14  2010;  to  determine  the spending limitation for the county fiscal year
    15  2014, such percentage shall be applied to county personal income for the
    16  period January 1, 2011 through  December  31,  2011;  to  determine  the
    17  spending  limitation  for  the  county fiscal year 2015, such percentage
    18  shall be applied to county personal income for  the  period  January  1,
    19  2012 through December 31, 2012; to determine the spending limitation for
    20  county  fiscal year 2016, such percentage shall be applied to the county
    21  personal income for the period January  1,  2013  through  December  31,
    22  2013;  to  determine  the spending limitation for the county fiscal year
    23  2017, such percentage shall be applied to county personal income for the
    24  period January 1, 2014 through December 31, 2014; and to  determine  the
    25  spending  limitation  for county fiscal year 2018, such percentage shall
    26  be applied to the county personal income for the period January 1,  2015
    27  through  December 31, 2015; to determine the spending limitation for the
    28  county fiscal year 2019, such percentage  shall  be  applied  to  county
    29  personal  income  for  the  period  January 1, 2016 through December 31,
    30  2016; and to determine the spending limitation for  county  fiscal  year
    31  2020, such percentage shall be applied to the county personal income for
    32  the  period  January 1, 2017 through December 31, 2017; and to determine
    33  the spending limitation for the county fiscal year 2021, such percentage
    34  shall be applied to county personal income for  the  period  January  1,
    35  2018 through December 31, 2018; and to determine the spending limitation
    36  for  the  county  fiscal  year 2022, such percentage shall be applied to
    37  county personal income for the period January 1, 2019  through  December
    38  31, 2019; and to determine the spending limitation for the county fiscal
    39  year  2023,  such  percentage shall be applied to county personal income
    40  for the period January 1, 2020 through December 31, 2020; and to  deter-
    41  mine  the  spending  limitation  for  the  county fiscal year 2024, such
    42  percentage shall be applied to county personal  income  for  the  period
    43  January 1, 2021 through December 31, 2021; and to determine the spending
    44  limitation  for  the  county  fiscal year 2025, such percentage shall be
    45  applied to county personal income for the period January 1, 2022 through
    46  December 31, 2022; and to determine  the  spending  limitation  for  the
    47  county  fiscal  year  2026,  such  percentage shall be applied to county
    48  personal income for the period January  1,  2023  through  December  31,
    49  2023.
    50    b.  The  spending  limitation shall serve as a statutory cap on county
    51  spending to be reflected in the tentative budget as well as the  enacted
    52  budget for county fiscal years beginning in 1992.
    53    §  7.  Mandatory  tax reduction. In the event that the county spending
    54  subject to the spending limitation exceeds such limitation in the  adop-
    55  tive  county budget for county fiscal year 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996,
    56  1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007,  2008,

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     1  2009,  2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020,
     2  2021, 2022 [or], 2023, 2024, 2025 or 2026 then section 1262-b of the tax
     3  law shall be repealed.
     4    §  16. This act shall take effect immediately, provided, however, that
     5  sections one through seven of this act shall be in full force and effect
     6  until November 30, [2023] 2026.
     7    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately; provided,  however,  that
     8  the amendments to sections 4, 5 and 7 of chapter 272 of the laws of 1991
     9  made  by section two of this act shall not affect the expiration of such
    10  sections and shall be deemed repealed therewith.
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