Senate Bill S7733

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to imposing an excise tax on firearms and ammunition

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Budget And Revenue 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-S7733 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A8260
Current Committee:
Senate Budget And Revenue
Law Section:
Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Add Art 19-A §§460 - 468, Tax L; add §400.04, Pen L; add §99-rr, St Fin L

2023-S7733 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Imposes an excise tax on the gross receipts of the sales of firearms, major components of firearms and ammunition; establishes the gun violence prevention and school safety fund.

2023-S7733 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S7733 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7733
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             November 1, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sen. SEPULVEDA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 AN  ACT to amend the tax law and the penal law, in relation to an excise
   tax on the sale of firearms and  ammunition; and to  amend  the  state
   finance  law,  in  relation  to creating a gun violence prevention and
   school safety fund
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The tax law is amended by adding a new article 19-A to read
 as follows:
                                ARTICLE 19-A
                   EXCISE TAX ON FIREARMS AND AMMUNITION
 SECTION 460. DEFINITIONS.
         461. IMPOSITION OF TAX.
         462. REGISTRATION AND RENEWAL.
         463. RETURNS AND PAYMENT OF TAX.
         464. RECORDS TO BE KEPT; PENALTIES.
         465. RETURNS TO BE SECRET.
         466. ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS.
         467. ENFORCEMENT.
         468. DEPOSIT AND DISPOSITION OF REVENUE.
   §  460. DEFINITIONS. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS ARTICLE, THE FOLLOWING DEFI-
 NITIONS SHALL APPLY:
   (A) THE FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL HAVE THE SAME MEANING AS THOSE TERMS ARE
 DEFINED IN ARTICLES TWO HUNDRED SIXTY-FIVE AND FOUR HUNDRED OF THE PENAL
 LAW: "SELLER OF AMMUNITION", "FIREARM", "DEALER IN FIREARMS" AND  "MAJOR
 COMPONENT OF A FIREARM".
   (B)  "FIREARMS  MANUFACTURER" MEANS ANY ENTITY LICENSED TO MANUFACTURE
 FIREARMS PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 44 (COMMENCING WITH SECTION 921)  OF  TITLE
 18  OF  THE  UNITED  STATES  CODE  THAT  ENGAGES IN ANY RETAIL SALE OF A
 FIREARM OR MAJOR COMPONENT OF A FIREARM TO A CONSUMER IN NEW YORK.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13329-03-3
              

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