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S 206: Extends the authorization granted to the county of Essex to impose an additional one percent of sales and compensating use taxes until November 30th, 2027.

New York · Senate · 2025–2026 Legislative Session · last verified August 8, 2025

What S 206 does, verified August 8, 2025

The bill aims to extend the authorization granted to the county of Essex to impose an additional one percent of sales and compensating use taxes. The county will be allowed to adopt and amend local laws to impose such taxes at a rate one percent higher than the existing three percent rate. This authorization will be effective for the period starting from December 1, 2013, and ending on November 30, 2027. The changes will take effect immediately.

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6ChapteredCurrent
Last action: SIGNED CHAP.250 (2025-08-07)Alert me
Recent actions15 total · showing 5
Aug. 07, 2025SIGNED CHAP.250
Aug. 04, 2025DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR
Jun. 04, 2025returned to senate
Jun. 04, 2025passed assembly
Jun. 04, 2025home rule request
Full action history, 10 earlier actionsConnect Plus
Latest bill textIntroduced version, January 8, 2025 · 227 words
  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 206 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN SENATE (Prefiled) January 8, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. STEC -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Budget and Revenue AN ACT to amend the tax law, in relation to extending the authorization granted to the county of Essex to impose an additional one percent of sales and compensating use taxes The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Clause 36 of subparagraph (i) of the opening paragraph of 2 section 1210 of the tax law, as amended by chapter 218 of the laws of 3 2023, is amended to read as follows: 4 (36) the county of Essex is hereby further authorized and empowered to 5 adopt and amend local laws, ordinances or resolutions imposing such 6 taxes at a rate which is one percent additional to the three percent 7 rate authorized above in this paragraph for such county for the period 8 beginning December first, two thousand thirteen, and ending November 9 thirtieth, two thousand [twenty-five] twenty-seven; 10 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD00666-01-5 
Text of S 206 as introduced, from the official record. Connect Plus keeps every version and highlights what changed.Compare versions
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