Assemblywoman Addie J. Russell
(D-Theresa) announced the Assembly passed a bill she sponsored that authorizes
the county to impose an additional one percent sales and compensating use tax (A.4761).
According to the county, this legislation is crucial for the implementation of
its adopted five-year budget plan and will allow it to avoid having to increase
property taxes.
“This measure will not only assist the county in
providing important services to the community, it will also allow St. Lawrence to
take advantage of the growing number of shoppers visiting from outside of the
county,” Assemblywoman Russell said.
This legislation would allow St.
Lawrence County to collect an additional one percent sales tax, from three to four
percent, until November
30, 2015 . Including the state’s four percent tax, it would bring
the county in line with the majority of other counties and localities with an eight
percent sales tax rate.
The legislation now awaits Senate approval where it remains in the Investigations and Government Operations Committee.
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