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Jan 06, 2010 |
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Feb 27, 2009 |
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Senate Bill S2739
2009-2010 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) 11th Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Investigations And Government Operations Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
co-Sponsors
(D, WF) Senate District
(D) Senate District
(D) Senate District
(D) Senate District
2009-S2739 (ACTIVE) - Details
2009-S2739 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S2739 TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the tax law, in relation to exempting pet food from sales and compensating use taxes PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL : To exempt pet food from sales tax. SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS : Subdivision (a) of section 1115 of the tax law is amended by adding a new paragraph 44. JUSTIFICATION : When the sales tax was first enacted in New York State in the last century, it was described as a tax on luxuries. Now the tax applies to pet food. With the ever increasing cost of pet food, the elimination of the tax could mean the difference between owners being able to keep their pets and giving them to a shelter or abandoning them. The sales tax could be a hardship for senior citizens on fixed incomes who rely on their pets for comfort and companionship. PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY : New bill in the Senate.
2009-S2739 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 2739 2009-2010 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E February 27, 2009 ___________ Introduced by Sens. STAVISKY, HUNTLEY, KLEIN, ONORATO, SAVINO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Government Operations AN ACT to amend the tax law, in relation to exempting pet food from sales and compensating use taxes THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision (a) of section 1115 of the tax law is amended by adding a new paragraph 44 to read as follows: (44) PET FOOD AND SPECIALITY PET FOOD AS SUCH TERMS ARE DEFINED IN ARTICLE EIGHT OF THE AGRICULTURE AND MARKETS LAW. S 2. This act shall take effect on the first day of a sales tax quar- terly period, as described in subdivision (b) of section 1136 of the tax law, next commencing at least 60 days after this act shall have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD07902-01-9
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