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Assembly Bill A7927

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Relates to lottery agent compensation, prohibits agents from buying a lottery ticket or winning a lottery prize and prohibits purchase of lottery tickets on credit; repealer

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2009-A7927 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Ways And Means
Law Section:
Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Rpld §1604 sub a ¶9, add §1605-a, amd §§1610 & 1604, Tax L

2009-A7927 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to lottery agent compensation; prohibits lottery agents from buying a lottery ticket or winning a lottery prize; prohibits the purchase of lottery tickets on credit.

2009-A7927 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  7927

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             April 28, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. ABBATE -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Ways and Means

AN  ACT  to amend the tax law, in relation to lottery agent compensation
  and to repeal paragraph 9 of subdivision a of section 1604 of such law
  relating thereto

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

  Section 1. Paragraph 9 of subdivision a of section 1604 of the tax law
is REPEALED.
  S  2. The tax law is amended by adding a new section 1605-a to read as
follows:
  S 1605-A. AGENT COMPENSATION. THE DIVISION SHALL ALLOW A  COMPENSATION
RATE  OF  EIGHT  PERCENT  FOR EACH TICKET SOLD TO AN AGENT. THE DIVISION
SHALL ALLOW SUCH COMPENSATION BY PERMITTING  AN  AGENT  TO  DEDUCT  SUCH
COMPENSATION  RATE FROM THE FACE VALUE OTHERWISE PAYABLE BY THE AGENT TO
THE DIVISION.
  S 3. Paragraphs (ii) and (iii) of subdivision b of section 1610 of the
tax law, as added by chapter 92 of the laws of 1976, are amended to read
as follows:
  (ii) any member, officer or employee of the department of taxation and
finance whose duties directly relate  to  the  operation  of  the  state
lottery; [or]
  (iii) ANY LOTTERY AGENT; OR
  (IV) any spouse, child, brother, sister or parent residing as a member
of  the  same  household  in  the principal place of abode of any of the
foregoing persons.
  S 4. Paragraph 7 of subdivision a of section 1604 of the tax  law,  as
added by chapter 92 of the laws of 1976, is amended to read as follows:
  7.  The  method to be used in selling tickets, PROVIDED THAT NO TICKET
SHALL BE SOLD TO ANY PERSON ON CREDIT.
  S 5. This act shall take effect April 1, 2010.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD05139-02-9

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