Assembly Bill A8376

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to establishing a premises license for businesses retailing certain smoking products and paraphernalia

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly 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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2023-A8376 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Ways And Means
Law Section:
Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Add Art 19-A §§460 & 461, Tax L

2023-A8376 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires a premises license issued by the department of taxation and finance for businesses retailing certain smoking products and paraphernalia; directs the department to issue regulations.

2023-A8376 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8376
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             December 13, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. GRAY -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Ways and Means
 
 AN ACT to amend the tax law, in  relation  to  establishing  a  physical
   premises license for businesses retailing certain smoking products and
   paraphernalia
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. This act shall be known and may be  cited  as  the  "retail
 smoke shop physical premises licensing act".
   §  2.  The  tax law is amended by adding a new article 19-A to read as
 follows:
                               ARTICLE 19-A
    REGULATION OF PREMISES RETAILING SMOKING PRODUCTS AND PARAPHERNALIA
 SECTION 460. DEFINITIONS.
         461. LICENSE.
   § 460. DEFINITIONS. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS ARTICLE:
   1. "SMOKING PARAPHERNALIA" AND "SMOKING PRODUCTS" SHALL MEAN ANY SILI-
 CONE OR GLASS PIPE, WATER PIPE,  HOOKAH,  ROLLING  PAPERS,  BOWLS,  VAPE
 PENS, DAB PEN, ELECTRIC RIG, VAPORIZER OR ANY OTHER DEVICE, EQUIPMENT OR
 APPARATUS DESIGNED FOR THE INHALATION OF TOBACCO OR CANNABIS PRODUCTS.
   2. "SMOKE SHOP" SHALL MEAN ANY BUSINESS THAT EXCLUSIVELY RETAILS SMOK-
 ING  PRODUCTS OR SMOKING PARAPHERNALIA, BUT SHALL NOT INCLUDE A PREMISES
 LICENSED TO SELL CIGARETTES OR TOBACCO PRODUCTS UNDER ARTICLE TWENTY  OF
 THIS CHAPTER.
   § 461. LICENSE.  1. (A) ON AND AFTER JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWEN-
 TY-FIVE, EVERY RETAIL DEALER SHALL PUBLICLY DISPLAY A  PREMISES  LICENSE
 FROM  THE  DEPARTMENT  IN  EACH PLACE OF BUSINESS IN THIS STATE WHICH IS
 OPERATED AS A SMOKE SHOP AS DEFINED IN THIS ARTICLE.   APPLICATIONS  FOR
 LICENSES SHALL BE MADE ON FORMS PRESCRIBED BY THE COMMISSIONER.
   (B) LICENSES SHALL BE VALID FOR A CALENDAR YEAR PERIOD UPON PAYMENT OF
 THE  FEE IN AN AMOUNT DETERMINED BY THE COMMISSIONER AND MUST BE RENEWED

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13744-01-3
              

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