Bill Text: NY S03492 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Senate Bill 3492 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Exempts pet food from sales and compensating use taxes.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-06 - REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS [S03492 Detail]

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         3492
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                   February 10, 2015
                                      ___________
       Introduced  by Sen. STAVISKY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Govern-
         ment 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:
    1    Section 1. Subdivision (a) of section 1115 of the tax law  is  amended
    2  by adding a new paragraph 44 to read as follows:
    3    (44)  PET  FOOD  AND  SPECIALITY PET FOOD AS SUCH TERMS ARE DEFINED IN
    4  ARTICLE EIGHT OF THE AGRICULTURE AND MARKETS LAW.
    5    S 2. This act shall take effect on the first day of a sales tax  quar-
    6  terly period, as described in subdivision (b) of section 1136 of the tax
    7  law, next commencing at least 60 days after this act shall have become a
    8  law.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD04947-01-5