806 - Authority of counties and cities to impose tax on admissions at running horse race meetings.

§ 806. Authority of counties and cities to impose tax on admissions at  running  horse  race  meetings. 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of any  other general, special or local law:    a. Any county, except  a  county  wholly  within  a  city,  is  hereby  authorized  and  empowered  to  adopt  and amend local laws imposing, in  accordance with the provisions of this article, a tax on  admissions  to  running horse race meetings conducted wholly within such county; and    b.  Any  city  having  a population in excess of one million is hereby  authorized and empowered to adopt and  amend  local  laws  imposing,  in  accordance  with  the provisions of this article, a tax on admissions to  running horse race meetings conducted wholly within such city.    2. Where the race meeting grounds or  enclosure  is  situated  in  two  counties,  one  of  which  is  wholly within a city, such city is hereby  authorized and empowered to adopt and  amend  local  laws  imposing,  in  accordance  with  the provisions of this article, a tax on admissions to  running horse race meetings conducted at or in such race meeting grounds  or enclosure. In the event  the  city  shall  fail  to  adopt  by  March  twenty-sixth, nineteen hundred fifty-two, a local law imposing such tax,  then such county outside such city is authorized and empowered to impose  such tax.    3.  For the purposes of this section, the term "admissions" shall mean  the admission charge required to be paid by patrons for admission  to  a  running  race  meeting, including any charge required to be paid by such  patrons for admission to  the  clubhouse  or  other  special  facilities  within  the  race meeting grounds or enclosure at which the running race  meeting is conducted.