Assembly Bill A5037

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Authorizes localities to adopt local laws, ordinances or resolutions imposing a tax on carryout bags

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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-A5037 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S3288
Current Committee:
Assembly Ways And Means
Law Section:
Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§1201, 1202 & 1203, Tax L

2019-A5037 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes localities to adopt local laws, ordinances or resolutions imposing a tax on carryout bags.

2019-A5037 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5037
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 6, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. ROZIC -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Ways and Means
 
 AN ACT to amend the tax law, in relation to  authorizing  localities  to
   adopt local laws, ordinances or resolutions imposing a tax on carryout
   bags
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 1201 of the tax law is  amended  by  adding  a  new
 subdivision (n) to read as follows:
   (N) (I) TAXES ON THE PROVISION OF CARRYOUT BAGS BY COVERED STORES.
   (II)  LOCAL  LAWS  IMPOSING TAXES AUTHORIZED BY THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL
 PROVIDE DEFINITIONS FOR "CARRYOUT BAG" AND "COVERED STORE"  AS  WELL  AS
 SPECIFIED  EXEMPTIONS  THEREIN IN ADDITION TO OTHER PROVISIONS NECESSARY
 TO IMPLEMENT TAXES AUTHORIZED BY THIS SUBDIVISION.
   § 2. Subdivision (a) of section 1202 of the tax law, as added by chap-
 ter 93 of the laws of 1965, is amended to read as follows:
   (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to  the  contrary,  any
 county  in  this  state, except a county wholly within a city, is hereby
 authorized and empowered, subject to the limitations and  exemptions  in
 part  II  of  this article, to adopt and amend local laws, ordinances or
 resolutions imposing in any such  county  any  of  the  types  of  taxes
 authorized  under  subdivisions  (c),  (d) [and], (e) AND (N) of section
 twelve hundred one OF THIS SUBPART, at the rates provided  for  therein,
 such  taxes  to be administered and collected in the manner provided for
 in subpart A of part III of this article.
   § 3. Subdivision a of section 1203 of the tax law, as amended by chap-
 ter 629 of the laws of 1973, is amended to read as follows:
   a. Notwithstanding any other provision of law  to  the  contrary,  any
 city  in this state with a population of less than one million is hereby
 authorized and empowered, subject to the limitations and  exemptions  in
 part  II  of  this article, to adopt and amend local laws, ordinances or
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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