Assembly Bill A3816

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Exempts pet food from sales and compensating use taxes

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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-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
2025-2026: A4194

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

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