Senate Bill S9526

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Exempts pet food from sales and compensating use taxes

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Rules Committee

  • 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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2021-S9526 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A9698
Current Committee:
Senate Rules
Law Section:
Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §1115, Tax L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: A6748
2019-2020: A3816
2023-2024: S5044, A4244
2025-2026: A4194

2021-S9526 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Exempts pet food from sales and compensating use taxes.

2021-S9526 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S9526 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9526
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              August 10, 2022
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  LANZA  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 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 47 to read as follows:
   (47) 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.
                                                            LBD03796-02-2

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