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S 855: Extends the authorization for Ontario county to impose additional rates of sales and compensating use taxes until 2027.

New York · Senate · 2025–2026 Legislative Session · last verified August 9, 2025

What S 855 does, verified August 9, 2025

The bill aims to extend the authorization for Ontario County to impose additional rates of sales and compensating use taxes. The county is allowed to adopt and amend local laws to impose taxes at a rate of one-eighth of one percent above the existing three percent rate for a specific period. Additionally, the county can impose a three-eighths of one percent rate, which is in addition to the existing rate, for a different period. The changes take effect immediately.

Bill journey
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✓GovernorComplete
6ChapteredCurrent
Last action: SIGNED CHAP.255 (2025-08-07)Alert me
Recent actions14 total · showing 5
Aug. 07, 2025SIGNED CHAP.255
Aug. 04, 2025DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR
Jun. 04, 2025returned to senate
Jun. 04, 2025passed assembly
Jun. 04, 2025home rule request
Full action history, 9 earlier actionsConnect Plus
Latest bill textIntroduced version, January 8, 2025 · 296 words
  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 855 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN SENATE (Prefiled) January 8, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. HELMING -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Govern- ment Operations AN ACT to amend the tax law, in relation to extending the authorization for Ontario county to impose additional rates of sales and compensat- ing use taxes The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Clause 40 of subparagraph (i) of the opening paragraph of 2 section 1210 of the tax law, as amended by chapter 216 of the laws of 3 2023, is amended to read as follows: 4 (40) the county of Ontario is hereby further authorized and empowered 5 to adopt and amend local laws, ordinances or resolutions imposing such 6 taxes at a rate that is: (A) one-eighth of one percent additional to the 7 three percent rate authorized above in this paragraph for such county 8 for the period beginning June first, two thousand six and ending Novem- 9 ber thirtieth, two thousand [twenty-five] twenty-seven; and also (B) at 10 a rate that is three-eighths of one percent additional to the three 11 percent rate authorized above in this paragraph, and that is also addi- 12 tional to the one-eighth of one percent rate authorized in this clause 13 for such county, for the period beginning September first, two thousand 14 nine and ending November thirtieth, two thousand [twenty-five] twenty- 15 seven; 16 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD02477-01-5 
Text of S 855 as introduced, from the official record. Connect Plus keeps every version and highlights what changed.Compare versions
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