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Senate Bill S7641

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Designates revenue collected by the opioid excise tax for the New York state drug treatment and public education fund

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2025-S7641 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Budget And Revenue
Law Section:
Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §498, Tax L

2025-S7641 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Designates all taxes, interest and penalties collected by the opioid excise tax for the New York state drug treatment and public education fund.

2025-S7641 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S7641 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7641
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              April 24, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sen. FERNANDEZ -- 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 designating revenue
   collected by the opioid excise tax for the New York state drug  treat-
   ment and public education fund

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 498 of the tax law  is  amended  by  adding  a  new
 subdivision (h) to read as follows:
   (H)  ALL  TAXES,  INTEREST  AND PENALTIES COLLECTED OR RECEIVED BY THE
 COMMISSIONER UNDER THIS SECTION  SHALL  BE  DEPOSITED  AND  DISPOSED  OF
 PURSUANT  TO THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION ONE HUNDRED SEVENTY-ONE-A OF THIS
 CHAPTER, PROVIDED THAT AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO ONE HUNDRED PERCENT  COLLECTED
 UNDER  THIS SECTION LESS ANY AMOUNT DETERMINED BY THE COMMISSIONER TO BE
 RESERVED BY THE COMPTROLLER FOR REFUNDS OR REIMBURSEMENTS SHALL BE  PAID
 BY  THE  COMPTROLLER  TO THE CREDIT OF THE NEW YORK STATE DRUG TREATMENT
 AND PUBLIC EDUCATION FUND CREATED IN SECTION NINETY-NINE-JJ OF THE STATE
 FINANCE LAW.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD08768-02-5

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