N.Y.
Tax Law Section 1262-E
Establishment of local government assistance programs in Nassau county
1.
Towns and cities. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, for the calendar year beginning on January first, nineteen hundred ninety-eight and continuing through the calendar year beginning on January first, two thousand twenty-five, the county of Nassau shall enact and establish a local government assistance program for the towns and cities within such county to assist such towns and cities to minimize real property taxes; defray the cost and expense of the treatment, collection, management, disposal, and transportation of municipal solid waste, and to comply with the provisions of chapter two hundred ninety-nine of the laws of nineteen hundred eighty-three; and defray the cost of maintaining conservation and environmental control programs. Such special assistance program for the towns and cities within such county and the funding for such program shall equal one-third of the revenues received by such county from the imposition of the three-quarters percent sales and use tax during calendar years two thousand one, two thousand two, two thousand three, two thousand four, two thousand five, two thousand six, two thousand seven, two thousand eight, two thousand nine, two thousand ten, two thousand eleven, two thousand twelve, two thousand thirteen, two thousand fourteen, two thousand fifteen, two thousand sixteen, two thousand seventeen, two thousand eighteen, two thousand nineteen, two thousand twenty, two thousand twenty-one, two thousand twenty-two, two thousand twenty-three, two thousand twenty-four and two thousand twenty-five additional to the regular three percent rate authorized for such county in § 1210 (Taxes of cities and counties administered by state tax commission)section twelve hundred ten of this article. The monies for such special local assistance shall be paid and distributed to the towns and cities on a per capita basis using the population figures in the latest decennial federal census. Provided further, that notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, the establishment of such special assistance program shall preclude any city or town within such county from preempting or claiming under any other section of this chapter the revenues derived from the additional tax authorized by section twelve hundred ten of this article. Provided further, that any such town or towns may, by resolution of the town board, apportion all or a part of monies received in such special assistance program to an improvement district or special district account within such town or towns in order to accomplish the purposes of this special assistance program.2.
Villages. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, for the calendar year beginning on January first, nineteen hundred ninety-eight and continuing through the calendar year beginning on January first, two thousand twenty-five, the county of Nassau, by local law, is hereby empowered to enact and establish a local government assistance program for the villages within such county to assist such villages to minimize real property taxes; defray the cost and expense of the treatment, collection, management, disposal, and transportation of municipal solid waste; and defray the cost of maintaining conservation and environmental control programs. The funding of such local assistance program for the villages within such county may be provided by Nassau county during any calendar year in which such village local assistance program is in effect and shall not exceed one-sixth of the revenues received from the imposition of the three-quarters percent sales and use tax that are remaining after the towns and cities have received their funding pursuant to the provisions of subdivision one of this section. The funding for such village local assistance program shall be paid and distributed to the villages on a per capita basis using the population figures in the latest decennial federal census. Provided further, that the establishment of such village local assistance program shall preclude any village within such county from preempting or claiming under any other section of this chapter the revenues derived from the additional tax authorized by section twelve hundred ten of this article.
Source:
Section 1262-E — Establishment of local government assistance programs in Nassau county, https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/laws/TAX/1262-E (updated Aug. 4, 2023; accessed May 11, 2024).
