RESOLUTION NO. 310
REQUESTING THE NEW YORK STATE LEGISLATURE TO ENACT ASSEMBLY BILL NO. A.9865A/SENATE BILL NO. S.9077A REGARDING THE 6.5% HOTEL/MOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX IN ALBANY COUNTY
Introduced: 5/13/24
By Cunningham:
WHEREAS, Authorization of the 6.5% hotel and motel room occupancy tax in Albany County will serve to provide a funding mechanism for Discover Albany, Inc., the Advance Albany County Alliance, the Albany Convention Center project, and improvements to the MVP Arena, and
WHEREAS, Authorization of the hotel/motel occupancy tax at 6.5% must be enacted by the State Legislature, and
WHEREAS, Currently, bills entitled, "AN ACT to amend subdivision 1 of section 1 of chapter 693 of the laws of 1980, enabling the county of Albany to impose and collect taxes on occupancy of hotel or motel rooms in Albany county, in relation to the amount of tax authorized; and to amend section 3 of chapter 105 of the laws of 2009, amending chapter 693 of the laws of 1980 enabling the county of Albany to impose and collect taxes on occupancy of hotel or motel rooms in Albany county relating to revenues received from the collection of hotel or motel occupancy taxes, in relation to the effectiveness thereof" are before both houses of the New York State Legislature: in the Assembly, Bill A.9865A, and in the Senate, Bill S.9077A, now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, By the Albany County Legislature, pursuant to Article IX of the New York State Constitution and Section 2 of the Municipal Home Rule Law, that the County Legislature hereby requests the enactment of legislation by the Legislature of the State of New York as contained in Assembly Bill A.9865A and Senate Bill S.9077A, and, be it further
RESOLVED, That the Clerk of the County Legislature is directed to forward certified copies of this resolution to the appropriate County Officials; Senators Neil Breslin and Jacob Ashby; and Members of Assembly Patricia Fahy, John T. McDonald III, an...
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