Assembly Bill A3816

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Exempts pet food from sales and compensating use taxes

download bill text pdf

Sponsored By

Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee


  • 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

Do you support this bill?

Please enter your contact information

Home address is used to determine the senate district in which you reside. Your support or opposition to this bill is then shared immediately with the senator who represents you.

Optional services from the NY State Senate:

Create an account. An account allows you to officially support or oppose key legislation, sign petitions with a single click, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.

Include a custom message for your Senator? (Optional)

Enter a message to your senator. Many New Yorkers use this to share the reasoning behind their support or opposition to the bill. Others might share a personal anecdote about how the bill would affect them or people they care about.
Actions

co-Sponsors

2019-A3816 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Ways And Means
Law Section:
Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §1115, Tax L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: A6748
2021-2022: A9698
2023-2024: A4244

2019-A3816 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Exempts pet food from sales and compensating use taxes.

2019-A3816 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3816
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 31, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. McDONOUGH, MONTESANO, RA, THIELE, COLTON, RAIA,
   MORINELLO, M. L. MILLER, BRABENEC -- read once  and  referred  to  the
   Committee on Ways and Means
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  tax law, in relation to exempting pet food from
   sales and compensating 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 45 to read as follows:
   (45) PET FOOD. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS PARAGRAPH, THE TERM "PET FOOD"
 MEANS FOOD WHICH IS PREPARED AND DISTRIBUTED FOR  CONSUMPTION  BY  PETS.
 FOR  THE PURPOSES OF THIS PARAGRAPH, "PET" MEANS ANY DOMESTICATED ANIMAL
 NORMALLY MAINTAINED IN OR NEAR THE HOUSEHOLD OF THE OWNER THEREOF.
   § 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 60 days after this act shall have become a
 law.
 
 
 
 

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01717-01-9



              

Comments

Open Legislation is a forum for New York State legislation. All comments are subject to review and community moderation is encouraged.

Comments deemed off-topic, commercial, campaign-related, self-promotional; or that contain profanity, hate or toxic speech; or that link to sites outside of the nysenate.gov domain are not permitted, and will not be published. Attempts to intimidate and silence contributors or deliberately deceive the public, including excessive or extraneous posting/posts, or coordinated activity, are prohibited and may result in the temporary or permanent banning of the user. Comment moderation is generally performed Monday through Friday. By contributing or voting you agree to the Terms of Participation and verify you are over 13.

Create an account. An account allows you to sign petitions with a single click, officially support or oppose key legislation, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.