Bill Text: NY S06285 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Relates to the repurchase of untaxed or seized cigarettes; requires the manufacturer of untaxed or seized cigarettes to repurchase such cigarettes and pay to the commissioner an amount equal to the cost of such cigarettes as sold to a wholesaler or agent.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2018-06-20 - referred to ways and means [S06285 Detail]
Download: New_York-2017-S06285-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 6285 2017-2018 Regular Sessions IN SENATE May 11, 2017 ___________ Introduced by Sen. GOLDEN -- 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 the repurchase of untaxed or seized cigarettes The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision (c) of section 1846 of the tax law, as amended 2 by chapter 556 of the laws of 2011, is amended to read as follows: 3 (c) [In the alternative, the tax commission may dispose of any ciga-4rettes seized pursuant to this section, except those that violate, or5are suspected of violating, federal trademark laws or import laws, by6transferring them to the department of corrections and community super-7vision for sale to or use by inmates in such institutions.] Notwith- 8 standing the provisions of section four hundred seventy-six of this 9 chapter and in addition to any other penalty imposed by law, the commis- 10 sioner shall require the manufacturer of untaxed or seized cigarettes to 11 repurchase such cigarettes and pay to the commissioner an amount equal 12 to the cost of such cigarettes as sold to a wholesaler or agent. The 13 commissioner shall be authorized to promulgate such regulations to 14 implement the repurchase of such untaxed cigarettes as may be necessary. 15 All funds obtained by the commissioner as a result of such repurchase 16 shall be paid to the general fund. 17 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after 18 it shall have become a law; provided, however, that effective immediate- 19 ly, the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation by 20 the commissioner of taxation and finance that are necessary for the 21 implementation of this act on its effective date are authorized to be 22 made and completed on or before such effective date. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD11722-01-7