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Assembly Bill A585

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Grants an exemption from sales and compensating use taxes to books and other items sold at a book fair for the benefit of a school

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2009-A585 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S2465
Current Committee:
Assembly Ways And Means
Law Section:
Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง1115, Tax L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A325, S1260
2013-2014: A1525, S1553
2015-2016: A1169, S4821
2017-2018: A21
2019-2020: A256
2021-2022: A861
2023-2024: A5538
2025-2026: A1030

2009-A585 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Grants a sales and compensating use tax exemption for books, magazines, pamphlets and other school or library book fair items sold at a school book fair sponsored by a parent-teacher organization, booster club or similar school-based association which supports school activities or sold at a book fair sponsored by library friends or foundation.

2009-A585 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                   585

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 7, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M. of A. CAHILL, ABBATE, CARROZZA, CHRISTENSEN, CYMBROW-
  ITZ, GUNTHER, KOON,  TOWNS,  N. RIVERA,  McENENY,  BENEDETTO,  STIRPE,
  PEOPLES  --  Multi-Sponsored  by  --  M.  of A. BOYLAND, CUSICK, DIAZ,
  FIELDS, JOHN, LUPARDO, MAGEE, MAYERSOHN, PHEFFER, J. RIVERA, ROBINSON,
  ROSENTHAL, SWEENEY, TITUS, WEISENBERG -- read once and referred to the
  Committee on Ways and Means

AN ACT to amend the tax law, in relation to granting a sales and compen-
  sating use tax exemption for goods sold at school book fairs

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

  Section  1.  Subdivision (a) of section 1115 of the tax law is amended
by adding a new paragraph 44 to read as follows:
  (44) BOOKS, MAGAZINES, PAMPHLETS AND OTHER SCHOOL OR LIBRARY BOOK FAIR
RELATED ITEMS INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, SCIENCE  PROJECT  KITS  AND
POSTERS, SOLD IN A PRIMARY OR SECONDARY SCHOOL FACILITY AT A SCHOOL BOOK
FAIR  SPONSORED BY A PARENT-TEACHER ASSOCIATION OR ORGANIZATION, BOOSTER
CLUB, OR SIMILAR SCHOOL-BASED ASSOCIATION WHICH SUPPORTS  SCHOOL  ACTIV-
ITIES OR SOLD AT A BOOK FAIR SPONSORED BY LIBRARY FRIENDS OR FOUNDATION.
  S  2.  This act shall take effect on the first of July next succeeding
the date on which it shall have become a law.




 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD00621-01-9

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