Assembly Bill A9520

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to the revocation of certain licenses for the possession or sale of illicit cannabis in violation of the cannabis law

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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-A9520 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S8847
Current Committee:
Assembly Economic Development
Law Section:
Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§480-a & 1607, Tax L; amd §118, ABC L

2023-A9520 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides for the revocation of licenses to sell cigarettes, tobacco products, alcohol and lottery tickets for the possession or sale of illicit cannabis in violation of the cannabis law.

2023-A9520 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9520
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 20, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of A. ZACCARO, CRUZ -- 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  the  suspension  or  revocation  of certain licenses for
   violations of the cannabis law
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 4 of section 480-a of the tax
 law, as amended by section 4 of part I of chapter  59  of  the  laws  of
 2020, is amended to read as follows:
   (a)  If  a  retail  dealer  possesses or sells unstamped or unlawfully
 stamped packages of cigarettes, or if a retail dealer is  also  licensed
 as an agent pursuant to section four hundred seventy-two OF THIS ARTICLE
 and  it  possesses  unlawfully  stamped  packages of cigarettes or sells
 unstamped or unlawfully stamped packages of cigarettes at retail, OR  IF
 A  RETAIL DEALER OR AN AGENT UNDER THIS ARTICLE POSSESSES ILLICIT CANNA-
 BIS AS DEFINED IN SECTION ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-SIX OF THE CANNABIS LAW  OR
 IS  IN VIOLATION OF SECTION ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-FIVE OF THE CANNABIS LAW,
 (i) its registration UNDER THIS ARTICLE shall be revoked for a period of
 one year, or (ii) for a second such possession or sale OR  VIOLATION  OF
 THE CANNABIS LAW within a period of five years by a retail dealer or any
 affiliated  person  of  such  retail dealer, the registration UNDER THIS
 ARTICLE of such retail dealer and the registration of any retail  dealer
 that  is an affiliated person of such retail dealer shall be revoked for
 a period of three years, or (iii) for a third such possession or sale OR
 VIOLATION OF THE CANNABIS LAW within a period of five years by a  retail
 dealer  or any affiliated person of such retail dealer, the registration
 UNDER THIS ARTICLE of such retail dealer and  the  registration  of  any
 retail  dealer  that is an affiliated person of such retail dealer shall
 be revoked for a period of five  years.  A  retail  dealer  registration
 shall  be  revoked  pursuant  to  this subdivision immediately upon such
 dealer's receipt of written notice of revocation from the  commissioner.
 If  unstamped or unlawfully stamped cigarettes, OR ILLICIT CANNABIS, are
 found in a retail dealer's warehouse or a warehouse  of  any  affiliated
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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