* § 1202-eee. Hotel or motel taxes in the village of Woodbury. (1)\nNotwithstanding any other provisions of law to the contrary, the village\nof Woodbury, in the county of Orange, is hereby authorized and empowered\nto adopt and amend local laws imposing in such village a tax, in\naddition to any other tax authorized and imposed pursuant to this\narticle such as the legislature has or would have the power and\nauthority to impose upon persons occupying hotel or motel rooms in such\nvillage. For the purposes of this section, the term "hotel" or "motel"\nshall mean and include any facility consisting of rentable units and\nproviding lodging on an overnight basis and shall include those\nfacilities designated and commonly known as "bed and breakfast" and\n"tourist" facilities. The rates of such tax shall not exceed five\npercent of the per diem rental rate for each room, provided however,\nthat such tax shall not be applicable to a permanent resident of a hotel\nor motel. For the purposes of this section the term "permanent resident"\nshall mean a person occupying any room or rooms in a hotel or motel for\nat least ninety consecutive days.\n (2) Such tax may be collected and administered by the chief fiscal\nofficer of the village of Woodbury by such means and in such manner as\nother taxes which are now collected and administered by such officer or\nas otherwise may be provided by such local law.\n (3) Such local laws may provide that any tax imposed shall be paid by\nthe person liable therefor to the owner of the hotel or motel room\noccupied or to the person entitled to be paid the rent or charge for the\nhotel or motel room occupied for and on account of the village of\nWoodbury imposing the tax and that such owner or person entitled to be\npaid the rent or charge shall be liable for the collection and payment\nof the tax; and that such owner or person entitled to be paid the rent\nor charge shall have the same right in respect to collecting the tax\nfrom the person occupying the hotel or motel room, or in respect to\nnonpayment of the tax by the person occupying the hotel or motel room,\nas if the tax were a part of the rent or charge and payable at the same\ntime as the rent or charge; provided, however, that the chief fiscal\nofficer of the village, specified in such local law, shall be joined as\na party in any action or proceeding brought to collect the tax by the\nowner or by the person entitled to be paid the rent or charge.\n (4) Such local laws may provide for the filing of returns and the\npayment of the tax on a monthly basis or on the basis of any longer or\nshorter period of time.\n (5) This section shall not authorize the imposition of such tax upon\nany transaction, by or with any of the following in accordance with\nsection twelve hundred thirty of this article:\n a. The state of New York, or any public corporation (including a\npublic corporation created pursuant to agreement or compact with another\nstate or the Dominion of Canada), improvement district or other\npolitical subdivision of the state;\n b. The United States of America, insofar as it is immune from\ntaxation;\n c. Any corporation or association, or trust, or community chest, fund\nor foundation organized and operated exclusively for religious,\ncharitable or educational purposes, or for the prevention of cruelty to\nchildren or animals, and no part of the net earnings of which inures to\nthe benefit of any private shareholder or individual and no substantial\npart of the activities of which is carrying on propaganda, or otherwise\nattempting to influence legislation; provided, however, that nothing in\nthis paragraph shall include an organization operated for the primary\npurpose of carrying on a trade or business for profit, whether or not\nall of its profits are payable to one or more organizations described in\nthis paragraph.\n (6) Any final determination of the amount of any tax payable hereunder\nshall be reviewable for error, ille
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