* § 1202-l. Hotel or motel taxes in the county of St. Lawrence. (1)\nNotwithstanding any other provisions of law to the contrary, the county\nof St. Lawrence is hereby authorized and empowered to adopt and amend\nlocal laws imposing in such county a tax, in addition to any other tax\nauthorized and imposed pursuant to this article, as the legislature has\nor would have the power and authority to impose upon persons occupying\nrooms in hotels or motels in such county. For the purposes of this\nsection, the term "hotel" shall mean a building or portion of it which\nis regularly used and kept open as such for the lodging of guests. The\nterm "hotel" includes an apartment hotel, a motel or a boarding house,\nwhether or not meals are served. Such tax shall be imposed at a rate or\nrates not to exceed three percent of the per diem rental rate for each\nroom whether such room is rented on a daily or longer basis.\n (2) Such tax may be collected and administered by the commissioner of\nfinance or other fiscal officer of the county of St. Lawrence by such\nmeans and in such manner as other taxes which are now collected and\nadministered by such officers in accordance with the county charter 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 county of St.\nLawrence 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 commissioner of\nfinance or other fiscal officers of the county, specified in such local\nlaw, shall be joined as a party in any action or proceeding brought to\ncollect the tax by the owner or by the person entitled to be paid the\nrent 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\nthe following:\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 political\nsubdivision 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; and\n d. A permanent resident of a hotel or motel. For the purposes of this\nsection, the term "permanent resident" shall mean a natural person\noccupying any room or rooms in a hotel or motel for at least thirty\nconsecutive days.\n (6) Any final determination of the amount of any tax payable hereunder\nshall be reviewable for error, illega
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