Assembly Bill A3503

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to the taxation of electronic cigarette cartridges

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  • 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

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2019-A3503 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S876
Current Committee:
Assembly Ways And Means
Law Section:
Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §470, Tax L; amd §1399-aa, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A8594, S6610
2015-2016: A296, S722
2017-2018: A1138, S1089
2021-2022: A3514, S3045
2023-2024: A2119

2019-A3503 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides for the taxation of electronic cigarette cartridges as tobacco products.

2019-A3503 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3503
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 29, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. DINOWITZ, GOTTFRIED, JAFFEE, SIMOTAS, ABINANTI,
   PAULIN, MONTESANO -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. CRESPO, McDONOUGH,
   MOSLEY, THIELE -- read once and referred to the Committee on Ways  and
   Means
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend the tax law and the public health law, in relation to
   providing for the taxation of electronic cigarette cartridges
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Subdivision 2 of section 470 of the tax law, as amended by
 section 15 of part D of chapter 134 of the laws of 2010, is amended  and
 two new subdivisions 20 and 21 are added to read as follows:
   2.  "Tobacco products." Any cigar, including a little cigar, or tobac-
 co, other than cigarettes, intended for consumption by smoking, chewing,
 VAPORIZING or as snuff, AND SHALL  INCLUDE  E-CIGARETTE  CARTRIDGES  AND
 ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE CARTRIDGES.
   20. "ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE" OR "E-CIGARETTE." A BATTERY-OPERATED DEVICE
 THAT  CONTAINS  CARTRIDGES FILLED WITH A COMBINATION OF NICOTINE, FLAVOR
 AND/OR CHEMICALS THAT ARE TURNED INTO VAPOR  WHICH  IS  INHALED  BY  THE
 USER.
   21.  "ELECTRONIC  CIGARETTE  CARTRIDGE"  OR "E-CIGARETTE CARTRIDGE." A
 REPLACEABLE CARTRIDGE THAT CONTAINS NICOTINE OR OTHER CHEMICALS  AND  IS
 INTENDED FOR USE WITHIN AN ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE OR E-CIGARETTE.
   §  2.  Section 1399-aa of the public health law is amended by adding a
 new subdivision 14 to read as follows:
   14. "ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE CARTRIDGE" OR "E-CIGARETTE CARTRIDGE"  MEANS
 A REPLACEABLE CARTRIDGE THAT CONTAINS NICOTINE OR OTHER CHEMICALS AND IS
 INTENDED FOR USE WITHIN AN ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE OR E-CIGARETTE.
   § 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 it  shall  have  become a law; provided, however, that the department of
 taxation and finance is authorized and directed to promulgate rules  and
 regulations  necessary  for  the implementation of this act on or before
 such date.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

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