Senate Bill S5701A

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Relates to the creation of the cigarette tax enforcement fund

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2015-S5701 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A8064
Current Committee:
Assembly Ways And Means
Law Section:
Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§472, 482, 1846, 483 & 1814, Tax L; add §97-qqqq, St Fin L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: S8232, A4280
2019-2020: S3540, A3104

2015-S5701 - Summary

Relates to the creation of the cigarette tax enforcement fund; makes an appropriation therefor.

2015-S5701 - Sponsor Memo

2015-S5701 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  5701

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              May 28, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  GOLDEN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance

AN ACT to amend the tax law and the state finance law,  in  relation  to
  the  creation  of  the  cigarette  tax enforcement fund; and making an
  appropriation therefor

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1. Subdivision 1 of section 472 of the tax law, as amended by
chapter 629 of the laws of 1996, and as further amended by  section  104
of  part  A  of  chapter  62  of the laws of 2011, is amended to read as
follows:
  1. The commissioner shall prescribe, prepare  and  furnish  stamps  of
such denominations and quantities as may be necessary for the payment of
the  tax  on cigarettes imposed by this article, PLUS THE PAYMENT BY THE
AGENT OF A CONCURRENT EXPENSE ALLOWANCE FOR THE CIGARETTE  TAX  ENFORCE-
MENT FUND ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO SECTION NINETY-SEVEN-QQQQ OF THE STATE
FINANCE LAW OF FOUR CENTS PER STAMP WHICH SHALL BE DEPOSITED PURSUANT TO
SUBDIVISION  (C) OF SECTION FOUR HUNDRED EIGHTY-TWO OF THIS ARTICLE, and
may from time to time and as often as he deems advisable provide for the
issuance and exclusive use of stamps of a new design and forbid the  use
of  stamps  of  any  other  design,  in  the  manner and with the effect
provided in section  two  hundred  seventy-four  of  this  chapter.  The
commissioner  shall  make provisions for the sale of such stamps at such
places and at such times as he may deem necessary and may license agents
for such purpose. The commissioner may license  dealers  in  cigarettes,
who  maintain separate warehousing facilities for the purpose of receiv-
ing and distributing cigarettes and conducting their business, who  have
received  commitments  from  at  least two cigarette manufacturers whose
aggregate market share is at least forty percent of the New  York  state
cigarette  market,  and  importers, exporters and manufacturers of ciga-
rettes, and other persons within or without the state as agents  to  buy

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD11313-04-5
              

2015-S5701A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A8064
Current Committee:
Assembly Ways And Means
Law Section:
Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§472, 482, 1846, 483 & 1814, Tax L; add §97-qqqq, St Fin L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: S8232, A4280
2019-2020: S3540, A3104

2015-S5701A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the creation of the cigarette tax enforcement fund; makes an appropriation therefor.

2015-S5701A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2015-S5701A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                 5701--A

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              May 28, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  GOLDEN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to  the  Committee  on  Finance  --  committee
  discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
  to said committee

AN  ACT  to  amend the tax law and the state finance law, in relation to
  the creation of the cigarette tax  enforcement  fund;  and  making  an
  appropriation therefor

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 472 of the tax law, as amended  by
chapter  629  of the laws of 1996, and as further amended by section 104
of part A of chapter 62 of the laws of  2011,  is  amended  to  read  as
follows:
  1.  The  commissioner  shall  prescribe, prepare and furnish stamps of
such denominations and quantities as may be necessary for the payment of
the tax on cigarettes imposed by this article, PLUS THE PAYMENT  BY  THE
AGENT  OF  A CONCURRENT EXPENSE ALLOWANCE FOR THE CIGARETTE TAX ENFORCE-
MENT FUND ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO SECTION NINETY-SEVEN-QQQQ OF THE STATE
FINANCE LAW OF FOUR CENTS PER STAMP WHICH SHALL BE DEPOSITED PURSUANT TO
SUBDIVISION (C) OF SECTION FOUR HUNDRED EIGHTY-TWO OF THIS ARTICLE,  and
may from time to time and as often as he deems advisable provide for the
issuance  and exclusive use of stamps of a new design and forbid the use
of stamps of any other  design,  in  the  manner  and  with  the  effect
provided  in  section  two  hundred  seventy-four  of  this chapter. The
commissioner shall make provisions for the sale of such stamps  at  such
places and at such times as he may deem necessary and may license agents
for  such  purpose.  The commissioner may license dealers in cigarettes,
who maintain separate warehousing facilities for the purpose of  receiv-
ing  and distributing cigarettes and conducting their business, who have
received commitments from at least  two  cigarette  manufacturers  whose
aggregate  market  share is at least forty percent of the New York state

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD11313-05-5
              

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