Bill Text: NY S06951 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Exempts certain veterans service organizations from taxes on the sales of beer, wine and soda.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-04-16 - REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS [S06951 Detail]
Download: New_York-2011-S06951-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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6950
I N S E N A T E
April 16, 2012
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Introduced by Sen. BONACIC -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Racing, Gaming and Wager-
ing
AN ACT to amend the racing, pari-mutuel wagering and breeding law, in
relation to certain payments to the horsemen's organization
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
1 Section 1. The opening paragraph of subdivision 2 of section 228 of
2 the racing, pari-mutuel wagering and breeding law, as amended by chapter
3 175 of the laws of 2011, is amended to read as follows:
4 The state racing and wagering board shall, as a condition of racing,
5 require any franchised corporation and every other corporation subject
6 to its jurisdiction to withhold one percent of all purses, except that
7 for the franchised corporation, starting on September first, two thou-
8 sand seven and continuing through August thirty-first, two thousand
9 [twelve] THIRTEEN, two percent of all purses shall be withheld, and, in
10 the case of the franchised corporation, to pay such sum to the
11 horsemen's organization or its successor that was first entitled to
12 receive payments pursuant to this section in accordance with rules of
13 the board adopted effective November third, nineteen hundred eighty-
14 three representing at least fifty-one percent of the owners and trainers
15 utilizing the facilities of such franchised corporation, on the condi-
16 tion that such horsemen's organization shall expend as much as is neces-
17 sary, but not to exceed one-half of one percent of such total sum, to
18 acquire and maintain the equipment required to establish a program at a
19 state college within this state with an approved equine science program
20 to test for the presence of steroids in horses, provided further that
21 the qualified organization shall also, in an amount to be determined by
22 its board of directors, annually include in its expenditures for benevo-
23 lence programs, funds to support an organization providing services
24 necessary to backstretch employees, and, in the case of every other
25 corporation, to pay such one percent sum of purses to the horsemen's
26 organization or its successor that was first entitled to receive
27 payments pursuant to this section in accordance with rules of the board
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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1 adopted effective May twenty-third, nineteen hundred eighty-six repres-
2 enting at least fifty-one percent of the owners and trainers utilizing
3 the facilities of such corporation.
4 S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Govern-
ment Operations
AN ACT to amend the tax law, in relation to exempting certain veterans
service organizations from taxes on the sales of beer, wine and soda
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 1-a to read as follows:
3 (1-A) BEER, WINE AND SODA PURCHASED OR SOLD BY VETERANS SERVICE ORGAN-
4 IZATIONS. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS PARAGRAPH, THE TERM "VETERANS SERVICE
5 ORGANIZATIONS" SHALL MEAN VETERANS SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS CHARTERED BY
6 THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS PURSUANT TO 38 USC 5902.
7 S 2. This act shall take effect January 1, 2013.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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