Senate Bill S3079

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Enacts the automated sales suppression act

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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-S3079 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Finance
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Add §170-c, Exec L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: S2611
2013-2014: S3314

2015-S3079 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Enacts the automated sales suppression act to study and report on the use of automated sales suppression devices that falsify the electronic records of point-of-sale systems for the purpose of tax evasion.

2015-S3079 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2015-S3079 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  3079

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            February 2, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by Sens. KRUEGER, MONTGOMERY, PARKER, STAVISKY -- read twice
  and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee
  on Finance

AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to enacting the automated
  sales suppression act

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

  Section  1.  Short  title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
the "automated sales suppression act".
  S 2. The executive law is amended by adding a  new  section  170-c  to
read as follows:
  S 170-C. AUTOMATED SALES SUPPRESSION STUDY AND REPORT. 1. DEFINITIONS.
(A)  "AUTOMATED SALES SUPPRESSION DEVICE" OR "ZAPPER" SHALL MEAN A SOFT-
WARE PROGRAM,  CARRIED  ON  A  MEMORY  STICK,  REMOVABLE  COMPACT  DISC,
ACCESSED  THROUGH  AN INTERNET LINK OR ACCESSED THROUGH ANY OTHER MEANS,
THAT FALSIFIES THE ELECTRONIC RECORDS OF POINT-OF-SALE SYSTEMS  FOR  THE
PURPOSE OF TAX EVASION.
  (B)  "DEPARTMENT"  SHALL  MEAN  THE  STATE  DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND
FINANCE.
  (C) "ELECTRONIC CASH REGISTER" SHALL MEAN A DEVICE THAT KEEPS A REGIS-
TER OR SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS THROUGH THE MEANS OF AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE OR
COMPUTER SYSTEM DESIGNED TO RECORD TRANSACTION DATA FOR THE  PURPOSE  OF
COMPUTING,  COMPILING  OR  PROCESSING  RETAIL  SALES TRANSACTION DATA IN
WHATEVER MANNER.
  (D) "PHANTOM-WARE" SHALL MEAN A HIDDEN, PRE-INSTALLED OR INSTALLED  AT
A  LATER  TIME PROGRAMMING OPTION EMBEDDED IN THE OPERATING SYSTEM OF AN
ELECTRONIC CASH REGISTER OR HARDWIRED INTO THE ELECTRONIC CASH  REGISTER
THAT  CAN  BE  USED  TO CREATE A VIRTUAL SECOND TILL OR MAY ELIMINATE OR
MANIPULATE RECORDS THAT MAY OR MAY NOT BE PRESERVED IN  DIGITAL  FORMATS
TO REPRESENT THE TRUE OR MANIPULATED RECORD OF TRANSACTIONS IN THE ELEC-
TRONIC CASH REGISTER.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD05488-01-5
              

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