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                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              March 27, 2025
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 Introduced  by  Sen.  LANZA  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Budget and Revenue
 
 AN ACT to amend the tax law, in relation to exemptions  from  sales  and
   use  tax  for  books,  candy, pictures, posters, trinkets, or any item
   containing a logo, collectable or seasonal item sold at a book fair or
   program
 
   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 47 to read as follows:
   (47) BOOKS, CANDY, PICTURES, POSTERS, TRINKETS OR ANY ITEM  CONTAINING
 A  LOGO,  COLLECTABLE  OR  SEASONAL  ITEM SOLD AT A BOOK FAIR OR PROGRAM
 SPONSORED BY A PUBLIC SCHOOL OR NON-PUBLIC SCHOOL OR ASSOCIATED  WITH  A
 PARENT'S  ASSOCIATION  OR  A  PARENT-TEACHERS' ASSOCIATION, OR AS A FUND
 RAISING ACTIVITY TO SUPPORT  AN  EDUCATIONAL  GROUP  ASSOCIATED  WITH  A
 SCHOOL,  INCLUDING  BUT  NOT LIMITED TO, AN EXTRACURRICULAR CLUB, SPORTS
 TEAM OR OTHER SUCH SCHOOL PROGRAM.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the first  day  of  the  sales  tax
 quarterly 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 a law and shall apply in accordance with the  applicable  transi-
 tional  provisions  of sections 1106 and 1217 of the tax law.  Effective
 immediately, the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or  regu-
 lation  necessary  for  the  implementation of this act on its effective
 date are authorized to be made and completed on or before such effective
 date.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03304-01-5