senate Bill S7838

Signed By Governor
2015-2016 Legislative Session

Relates to exempting certain basic necessities from sales and use taxes

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Archive: Last Bill Status Via A7555 - Signed by Governor


  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor Calendar
    • Passed Senate
    • Passed Assembly
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed by Governor

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Actions

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Assembly Actions - Lowercase
Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Jul 21, 2016 signed chap.99
Jul 13, 2016 delivered to governor
May 25, 2016 returned to assembly
passed senate
3rd reading cal.1016
substituted for s7838
May 25, 2016 substituted by a7555a
May 23, 2016 ordered to third reading cal.1016
committee discharged and committed to rules
May 13, 2016 referred to investigations and government operations

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S7838 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A7555
Law Section:
Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง1115, Tax L

S7838 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to exempting certain basic necessities from sales and use taxes.

S7838 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

S7838 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  7838

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              May 13, 2016
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  SERINO -- 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  exempting  certain  basic
  necessities from sales and use taxes

  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 3-a to read as follows:
  (3-A)  FEMININE HYGIENE PRODUCTS, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, SANI-
TARY NAPKINS, TAMPONS AND PANTY LINERS.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the first day of a sales tax  quar-
terly period, as described in subdivision (b) of section 1136 of the tax
law,  next  commencing  at  least  thirty days after this act shall have
become law and shall apply in accordance  with  the  applicable  transi-
tional  provisions  of  sections 1106 and 1217 of the tax law; provided,
further, that the commissioner of taxation and finance shall be  author-
ized  on  and  after  the  date this act shall have become a law to take
steps necessary to implement the provisions of this act on its effective
date.





 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD11242-05-6

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