Assembly Bill A8061

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Enacts the New York state sportsmen's weekend act and creates a limited exemption of the sale of certain firearms, ammunition, archery equipment and hunting supplies from state sales and compensating use taxes

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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-A8061 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Ways And Means
Law Section:
Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§1115, 1107 & 1210, Tax L
Versions Introduced in 2017-2018 Legislative Session:
A4129

2015-A8061 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Enacts the New York state sportmen's weekend act and creates a limited exemption of the sale of certain firearms, ammunition, archery equipment and hunting supplies from state sales and compensating use taxes.

2015-A8061 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  8061

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              June 5, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. MAGEE -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Ways and Means

AN ACT to amend the tax law, in relation to enacting the "New York state
  sportsmen's weekend act" and creating a limited exemption of the  sale
  of   certain  firearms,  ammunition,  archery  equipment  and  hunting
  supplies from state sales and  compensating  use  taxes  and  granting
  municipalities the option to grant such limited exemption

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

  Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the  "New  York
state sportsmen's weekend act".
  S  2.  Subdivision  (a)  of  section 1115 of the tax law is amended by
adding a new paragraph 44 to read as follows:
  (44) FIREARMS, AMMUNITION,  ARCHERY  EQUIPMENT  AND  HUNTING  SUPPLIES
DURING  THE THREE-DAY PERIOD EACH YEAR COMMENCING ON THE THIRD FRIDAY OF
AUGUST, AND ENDING ON THE FOLLOWING MONDAY. FOR PURPOSES OF  THIS  PARA-
GRAPH  FIREARMS  SHALL  MEAN ANY PISTOL, REVOLVER, RIFLE OR SHOTGUN USED
FOR THE PREDOMINANT USE OF HUNTING, AS DETERMINED BY THE COMMISSIONER OF
THE DEPARTMENT  OF  ENVIRONMENTAL  CONSERVATION.    AMMUNITION,  ARCHERY
EQUIPMENT  AND  HUNTING SUPPLIES SHALL MEAN ANY CROSSBOWS, LONG BOWS AND
THEIR RESPECTIVE SUPPLIES USED FOR THE PREDOMINANT USE  OF  HUNTING,  AS
DETERMINED  BY  THE  COMMISSIONER  OF  THE  DEPARTMENT  OF ENVIRONMENTAL
CONSERVATION. THIS PARAGRAPH SHALL ONLY APPLY TO PISTOLS OR REVOLVERS ON
THE CONDITION THAT THE PURCHASING INDIVIDUAL HAS  OBTAINED  THE  LICENSE
REQUIRED  TO  PURCHASE SUCH A FIREARM, PURSUANT TO SECTION 400.00 OF THE
PENAL LAW, PRIOR TO THE THREE-DAY PERIOD PROVIDED IN THIS PARAGRAPH.
  S 3. Subdivision (b) of section 1107 of the  tax  law  is  amended  by
adding a new clause 12 to read as follows:
  (12)  EXCEPT  AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED BY LAW, THE EXEMPTION ON FIREARMS,
AMMUNITION, ARCHERY EQUIPMENT AND HUNTING SUPPLIES DURING THE  THREE-DAY
PERIOD  EACH YEAR COMMENCING ON THE THIRD FRIDAY OF AUGUST AND ENDING ON
THE FOLLOWING MONDAY, PROVIDED IN PARAGRAPH  FORTY-FOUR  OF  SUBDIVISION
(A) OF SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED FIFTEEN OF THIS ARTICLE, SHALL BE APPLICA-
BLE  PURSUANT  TO A LOCAL LAW, ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY A CITY

              

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