S 816: Specifies the occupancy tax in the village of Catskill shall only apply to hotels and motels.

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 816 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN SENATE (Prefiled) January 8, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. HINCHEY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules AN ACT to amend the tax law, in relation to the occupancy tax in the village of Catskill The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivisions 1 and 3 of section 1202-bbb of the tax law, as 2 added by a chapter of the laws of 2024 amending the tax law relating to 3 establishing an occupancy tax in the village of Catskill, as proposed in 4 legislative bills numbers S. 9264-A and A. 9911-A, are amended to read 5 as follows: 6 (1) Notwithstanding any other provisions of law to the contrary, the 7 village of Catskill, in the county of Greene, is hereby authorized and 8 empowered to adopt and amend local laws imposing in such village a tax, 9 in addition to any other tax authorized and imposed pursuant to this 10 article, such as the legislature has or would have the power and author- 11 ity to impose upon persons occupying any [facility or short-term rental] 12 hotel or motel providing lodging on an overnight basis. For the purposes 13 of this section, the term "hotel" or "motel" shall mean and include any 14 facility providing lodging on an overnight basis and shall include those 15 facilities designated and commonly known as "bed and breakfast" and 16 "tourist" facilities. The rates of such tax shall be four percent of the 17 per diem rental rate for each room provided, however, such tax shall not 18 be applicable to a permanent resident of [facility or short-term rental] 19 hotel or motel. For the purposes of this section the term "permanent 20 resident" shall mean a person occupying any room or rooms in any [facil- 21 ity or short-term rental] hotel or motel providing lodging on an over- 22 night basis for at least thirty consecutive days. 23 (3) Such local laws may provide that any taxes imposed shall be paid 24 by the person liable therefor to the owner of any [facility or short- EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD02887-01-5 
 S. 816 2 1 term rental] hotel or motel providing lodging on an overnight basis 2 occupied or to the person entitled to be paid the rent or charge for the 3 [facility or short-term rental] hotel or motel providing lodging on an 4 overnight basis occupied for and on account of the village of Catskill 5 imposing the taxes and that such owner or person entitled to be paid the 6 rent or charge shall be liable for the collection and payment of the 7 taxes; and that such owner or person entitled to be paid the rent or 8 charge shall have the same right in respect to collecting the taxes from 9 the person occupying the [facility or short-term rental] hotel or motel 10 providing lodging on an overnight basis or in respect to nonpayment of 11 the taxes by the person occupying the [facility or short-term rental] 12 hotel or motel providing lodging on an overnight basis, as if the taxes 13 were a part of the rent or charge and payable at the same time as the 14 rent or charge; provided, however, that the village treasurer or other 15 fiscal officers of the village, specified in such local laws, shall be 16 joined as a party in any action or proceeding brought to collect the 17 taxes by the owner or by the person entitled to be paid the rent or 18 charge. 19 § 2. This act shall take effect on the same date and in the same 20 manner as a chapter of the laws of 2024 amending the tax law relating to 21 establishing an occupancy tax in the village of Catskill, as proposed in 22 legislative bills numbers S. 9264-A and A. 9911-A, takes effect; and 23 provided, however, that the amendments to section 1202-bbb of the tax 24 law, made by section one of this act, shall not affect the expiration of 25 such section and shall be deemed repealed therewith.