Assembly Bill A4973

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to penalties for violations relating to the sale of cigarettes and tobacco products

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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-A4973 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Economic Development
Law Section:
Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §1607, Tax L; amd §119, ABC L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: A8359
2021-2022: A3513

2019-A4973 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to increasing penalties for certain violations relating to the sale of cigarettes and tobacco products; requires revocation of license to sell lottery tickets and revocation of a liquor license.

2019-A4973 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4973
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 6, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  CYMBROWITZ  -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Economic Development
 
 AN ACT to amend the tax law and the alcoholic beverage control  law,  in
   relation  to  penalties  for  violations relating to the sale of ciga-
   rettes and tobacco products

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Paragraph  2  of subdivision h of section 1607 of the tax
 law, as amended by chapter 162 of the laws of 2002, is amended and a new
 paragraph 3 is added to read as follows:
   2. A license shall be revoked for [one year] THREE YEARS upon  notifi-
 cation  to the division by the commissioner of health of a lottery sales
 agent's [fourth] SECOND violation of article thirteen-F  of  the  public
 health  law,  OR A SECOND VIOLATION OF SECTION EIGHTEEN HUNDRED FOURTEEN
 OF THIS CHAPTER, within a [three] FIVE year period.
   3. THE DIVISION MUST REVOKE A LICENSE FOR A MINIMUM OF THREE YEARS FOR
 A SECOND SUSPENSION OR ANY REVOCATION OF A RETAIL  LICENSE  PURSUANT  TO
 SECTION FOUR HUNDRED EIGHTY-A OF THIS CHAPTER.
   §  2.  Section 119 of the alcoholic beverage control law is amended by
 adding a new subdivision 6 to read as follows:
   6. THE LIQUOR AUTHORITY MUST REVOKE A RETAIL  LICENSE  OR  PERMIT  FOR
 SALE AT A PREMISES LICENSED UPON NOTIFICATION TO THE LIQUOR AUTHORITY BY
 THE COMMISSIONER OF TAXATION AND FINANCE OF A REVOCATION OF A LICENSE TO
 SELL  CIGARETTES  OR  TOBACCO  PRODUCTS PURSUANT TO SECTION FOUR HUNDRED
 EIGHTY-A OF THE TAX LAW.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD09366-01-9

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