S 693: Extends the authorization for the town of Wallkill to adopt a hotel or motel tax of up to 5%.

New York · Senate · 2025–2026 Legislative Session · last verified July 2, 2025

What S 693 does, verified July 2, 2025

The bill aims to extend the effectiveness of a hotel or motel tax in the town of Wallkill, allowing it to remain in place until September 1, 2027. The tax, which was originally set to expire, will now continue to be collected and used for the town's purposes. The tax rate remains capped at 5%.

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Last action: SUBSTITUTED BY A6080 (2025-05-27)Alert me

Author and sponsors

Sen. James SkoufisAuthor · New York State Senate

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May. 27, 2025	SUBSTITUTED BY A6080
May. 01, 2025	ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
Apr. 30, 2025	2ND REPORT CAL.
Apr. 29, 2025	1ST REPORT CAL.792
Jan. 08, 2025	REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

Latest bill textIntroduced version, January 8, 2025 · 208 words

    STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 693 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN SENATE (Prefiled) January 8, 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 chapter 373 of the laws of 2020 amending the tax law relating to authorizing the town of Wallkill to adopt a hotel or motel tax of up to 5%, in relation to extending the effectiveness thereof The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 2 of chapter 373 of the laws of 2020 amending the 2 tax law relating to authorizing the town of Wallkill to adopt a hotel or 3 motel tax of up to 5%, as amended by chapter 330 of the laws of 2023, is 4 amended to read as follows: 5 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be 6 deemed repealed September 1, [2025] 2027. 7 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD02221-01-5

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