§ 1202 — Taxes administered by counties not wholly within a city

§ 1202. Taxes administered by counties not wholly within a city. (a)\nNotwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, any county\nin this state, except a county wholly within a city, is hereby\nauthorized and empowered, subject to the limitations and exemptions in\npart II of this article, to adopt and amend local laws, ordinances or\nresolutions imposing in any such county any of the types of taxes\nauthorized under subdivisions (c), (d) and (e) of section twelve hundred\none, at the rates provided for therein, such taxes to be administered\nand collected in the manner provided for in subpart A of part III of\nthis article.\n (b) Any county authorized and empowered to impose a tax as provided by\nthis section, may, before acting hereunder, by resolution of its board\nof supervisors, cause to be submitted to the qualified electors of said\ncounty, in the manner provided for the submission of a question to\nelectors by the election law and article three of the county law, a\nproposition or question as to whether such a tax shall be imposed by\nsaid county under the provisions of this section.\n (c) Notwithstanding the provisions of this article or any other law, a\nlocal law, ordinance or resolution adopted by a county, imposing a tax\nof the type authorized under subdivision (e) of section twelve hundred\none of this chapter may provide that such tax shall be administered and\ncollected by the commissioner of motor vehicles or his agents. In the\nevent that such local law, ordinance or resolution does so provide, such\ntax shall not be imposed upon an application for the re-registration of\na motor vehicle, and further, the commissioner of motor vehicles shall\nenter into an agreement with the finance administrator or other\nappropriate fiscal officer of such county, which agreement shall govern\nthe administration and collection of any such tax. Such agreement shall\nhave the force and effect of a rule or regulation of the commissioner of\nmotor vehicles and shall be filed and published in accordance with any\nstatutory requirements relating thereto. Notwithstanding any other\nprovision of law, such agreement shall provide for the exclusive method\nof collection, custody and remittal of the proceeds of any such tax; for\nthe payment by such county of the reasonable expenses actually incurred\nby the department of motor vehicles in connection with the collection\nand administration of any such tax; for the department of motor vehicles\nperiodically to provide an accounting to the appropriate county fiscal\nofficer summarizing revenues collected and administrative expenses\nactually incurred by the department pursuant to such agreement with the\ncounty; and for such other matters as may be necessary and proper to\neffectuate the purposes of such agreement.\n * (d) (i) For the purposes of this subdivision, "entertainment" means\nall forms of commercial or professional entertainment, including, but\nnot limited to, concerts, professional athletic events, theatrical or\noperatic performances, and trade shows performed or conducted within\narenas or facilities with a permanent seating capacity in excess of two\nthousand five hundred persons. Events performed at or sponsored by\ncolleges or universities, any amateur athletic competitions and all\nevents and programs conducted at a facility owned or operated by an\noff-track betting corporation or a non-profit racing association shall\nbe excluded from the provisions of this subdivision.\n (ii) Notwithstanding any other provisions of law to the contrary, the\ncounty of Nassau is hereby authorized and empowered to adopt and amend\nlocal laws, ordinances and resolutions imposing in such county a tax, in\naddition to any other tax authorized and imposed pursuant to this\narticle or other law such as the legislature has or would have the power\nand authority to impose an assessment, to be known as an "entertainment\nsurcharge" upon every facility or arena as referred to in paragraph (i)\nof this subdivision selling tickets for admission to places of\nentertainment in the county, in addition to the admission price of the\ntickets sold, at a rate of one dollar and fifty cents on each admission\nticket. Such surcharge shall be imposed at facilities and arenas as\nreferred to in paragraph (i) of this subdivision.\n (iii) Such tax may be collected and administered by the county\ntreasurer or other fiscal officers of Nassau county by such means and in\nsuch manner as other taxes which are now collected and administered by\nsuch officers or as otherwise may be provided by such local law,\nordinance or resolution.\n * NB Repealed December 31, 2027\n (e) Notwithstanding the provisions of this article or any other law, a\nlocal law, ordinance or resolution adopted by a county, imposing a tax\nof the type authorized under subdivision (e) of section twelve hundred\none of this article may provide that such tax shall be administered and\ncollected by the commissioner of motor vehicles or his or her agents;\nprovided, however, that the amount of such taxes in the county of Nassau\non the use of all passenger motor vehicles of a type commonly used for\nnoncommercial purposes owned by residents of the county shall be at a\nrate per annum for each such vehicle not in excess of fifteen dollars\nregardless of the weight of such vehicle; and the amount of such taxes\non the use of trucks, buses and other such commercial motor vehicles\nused principally in connection with a business carried on within such\ncounty, except when owned and used in connection with the operation of a\nfarm by the owner or tenant thereof, shall be at a rate per annum for\neach such vehicle of not in excess of forty dollars.\n (f) The county of Westchester, in imposing taxes of the type\nauthorized under subdivision (e) of section twelve hundred one of this\npart, may impose taxes on the use of passenger motor vehicles of a type\ncommonly used for non-commercial purposes owned by residents of the\ncounty at a rate per annum for each such vehicle of not in excess of\nfifteen dollars if such vehicle weighs thirty-five hundred pounds or\nless and not in excess of thirty dollars per annum if such vehicle\nweighs more than thirty-five hundred pounds; and taxes on the use of\ntrucks, buses and other such commercial motor vehicles used principally\nin connection with a business carried on within the county, except when\nowned and used in connection with the operation of a farm by the owner\nor tenant thereof, at a rate per annum for each such vehicle of not in\nexcess of thirty dollars.\n (g) The county of Suffolk, in imposing taxes of the type authorized\nunder subdivision (e) of section twelve hundred one of this subpart, may\nimpose taxes on the use of passenger motor vehicles of a type commonly\nused for non-commercial purposes owned by residents of the county at a\nrate per annum for each such vehicle of not in excess of fifteen dollars\nif such vehicle weighs thirty-five hundred pounds or less and not in\nexcess of thirty dollars per annum if such vehicle weighs more than\nthirty-five hundred pounds; and taxes on the use of trucks, buses and\nother such commercial motor vehicles used principally in connection with\na business carried on within the county, except when owned and used in\nconnection with the operation of a farm by the owner or tenant thereof,\nat a rate per annum for each such vehicle of not in excess of thirty\ndollars.\n