Section 1794-A. Indian lease tax  


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  • Each year on or before the first day of
      March the authority shall determine the total amount of the Indian lease
      tax, which shall be the sum of (a) the gross annual rental due under the
      master lease entered into with the nation and (b) the  necessary  annual
      expense of administering the authority. A certificate showing the amount
      of  the  said Indian lease tax shall be filed with the common council of
      the city.
        Thereafter, the common council shall levy the Indian lease tax at  the
      same  time as city taxes on each parcel appearing on the assessment roll
      which is within the district. The levy shall be made in the same  manner
      as  city  taxes  except that it shall be extended and apportioned on the
      basis of the assessed valuation  of  each  such  parcel  in  a  separate
      section  to  be  part of and attached to the assessment roll. The Indian
      lease tax so levied shall be collected in  the  same  manner  as  Indian
      rents  are  presently,  (chapter  seven  hundred  eighty-seven  laws  of
      nineteen hundred forty-nine, section one  hundred  seventy-four-a),  and
      shall  be  a  lien  in  the same manner as city taxes and all such taxes
      collected by the city shall belong to the city and be  collected  by  it
      for its own account.
        On  or  before the nineteenth day of February of each year, the common
      council shall cause the total amount of the Indian lease  tax  certified
      to  it  on  or before the previous March first, to be paid to the Seneca
      Nation of Indians for and on behalf of the authority.
        In the event of the continuation of any  of  the  leases  between  the
      Nation  and  its  leaseholders  in  force  prior to the enactment of the
      master lease from  the  Nation  to  the  authority,  such  leases  shall
      continue  in  effect  and  rents  due  thereunder  shall  be  levied and
      collected in the same manner as now in force and to which collection  of
      the Indian lease tax shall correspond. Any amounts of rent received from
      said  pre-existing  leases shall be reflected in the total amount of the
      individual's Indian lease tax and shall be a credit against said tax.