S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4961
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 10, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. TAPIA, DE LOS SANTOS -- read once and referred to
   the Committee on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend the tax law and the state finance law, in relation to
   enacting the addiction prevention and recovery act
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Short title.  This act shall be known and may be cited as
 the "addiction prevention and recovery act".
   § 2. Paragraphs (a), (b), (c), (d), (e) and (f) of  subdivision  1  of
 section  424 of the tax law, paragraphs (a), (b), (c) and (d) as amended
 by section 1 of part X-1 of chapter 57 of the laws  of  2009,  paragraph
 (e)  as amended by section 1 of part J of chapter 59 of the laws of 2020
 and paragraph (f) as amended by chapter 508 of the  laws  of  1993,  are
 amended and a new paragraph (h) is added to read as follows:
   (a) [Fourteen] TWENTY-EIGHT cents per gallon upon beers;
   (b) [Thirty]  SIXTY  cents  per  gallon upon still wines, except cider
 containing more than three and  two-tenths  per  centum  of  alcohol  by
 volume,  upon  which  the  tax shall be [three] SEVEN and [seventy-nine]
 FIFTY-EIGHT hundredths cents per gallon;
   (c) [Thirty] SIXTY cents per gallon upon artificially carbonated spar-
 kling wines, except artificially carbonated sparkling  cider  containing
 more  than  three  and  two-tenths per centum of alcohol by volume, upon
 which the tax shall be  [three]  SEVEN  and  [seventy-nine]  FIFTY-EIGHT
 hundredths cents per gallon;
   (d) [Thirty]  SIXTY  cents  per  gallon  upon natural sparkling wines,
 except natural sparkling cider containing more than three and two-tenths
 per centum of alcohol by volume, upon which the  tax  shall  be  [three]
 SEVEN and [seventy-nine] FIFTY-EIGHT hundredths cents per gallon;
   (e)  [Sixty-seven]  ONE  DOLLAR  AND  THIRTY-FOUR cents per liter upon
 liquors containing not more than twenty-four per centum  of  alcohol  by
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD05074-01-5
 A. 4961                             2
              

 
 volume except liquors containing not more than two per centum of alcohol
 by volume, upon which the tax shall be zero; and
   (f)  [One  dollar]  THREE  DOLLARS and [seventy] FORTY cents per liter
 upon all other liquors; when sold or used within this state, except when
 sold or used under such circumstances that this state is  without  power
 to  impose  such  tax or when sold to the United States and except beers
 when sold to or by a voluntary unincorporated organization of the  armed
 forces  of  the  United  States  operating a place for the sale of goods
 pursuant to regulations promulgated by the appropriate executive  agency
 of the United States, to the extent provided in such regulations, direc-
 tives  and policy statements of such an agency applicable to such sales,
 and except when sold to professional  foreign  consuls-general,  consuls
 and  vice-consuls who are nationals of the state appointing them and who
 are assigned to foreign consulates in this state, provided that American
 consular officers of equal rank who are citizens of  the  United  States
 and who exercise their official functions at American consulates in such
 foreign  country  are  granted reciprocal exemptions; provided, however,
 that the commissioner may permit the sale of alcohol without  tax  to  a
 holder  of  any  industrial  alcohol  permit,  alcohol permit or alcohol
 distributor's permit, issued by the state liquor authority, and  by  the
 holder  of  an  alcohol  distributor's  permit,  class A, issued by such
 authority to a holder of a distiller's license, class  B,  or  a  winery
 license, issued by such authority and may also permit the use of alcohol
 for any purpose other than the production of alcoholic beverages by such
 holders  without tax; provided also that the commissioner may permit the
 sale of cider without tax by a holder  of  a  cider  producer's  license
 issued  by  the state liquor authority to a holder of a cider producer's
 license or a cider wholesaler's license issued by such authority.
   (H) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF THIS ARTICLE, HALF  OF  ALL
 TAXES, INTEREST, PENALTIES AND FEES COLLECTED OR RECEIVED BY THE COMMIS-
 SIONER  FROM EACH GALLON OF BEER, STILL WINE, CIDER, ARTIFICIALLY CARBO-
 NATED SPARKLING WINES, ARTIFICIALLY CARBONATED SPARKLING CIDER,  NATURAL
 SPARKLING  WINES,  NATURAL SPARKLING CIDER AND FROM EACH LITER OF LIQUOR
 UNDER PARAGRAPHS (A) THROUGH (F) OF THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL BE  ALLOCATED
 TO  THE  ALCOHOL  AND  SUBSTANCE ABUSE ADDICTION PREVENTION AND RECOVERY
 FUND ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO SECTION NINETY-NINE-SS OF THE STATE FINANCE
 LAW.
   § 3. The state finance law is amended by adding a new section 99-ss to
 read as follows:
   § 99-SS. ALCOHOL AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE ADDICTION PREVENTION AND RECOVERY
 FUND. 1.  THERE IS HEREBY ESTABLISHED IN THE JOINT CUSTODY OF THE  COMP-
 TROLLER  AND  THE COMMISSIONER OF TAXATION AND FINANCE A SPECIAL FUND TO
 BE KNOWN AS THE "ALCOHOL AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE  ADDICTION  PREVENTION  AND
 RECOVERY FUND".
   2. (A) SUCH FUND SHALL CONSIST OF ALL REVENUES RECEIVED BY THE DEPART-
 MENT  OF  TAXATION  AND FINANCE, PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF PARAGRAPH
 (H) OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION FOUR HUNDRED TWENTY-FOUR  OF  THE  TAX
 LAW,  AND ALL OTHER MONEYS APPROPRIATED, CREDITED OR TRANSFERRED THERETO
 FROM ANY OTHER FUND OR SOURCE PURSUANT TO LAW. NOTHING CONTAINED IN THIS
 SECTION SHALL PREVENT THE STATE FROM RECEIVING GRANTS, GIFTS OR BEQUESTS
 FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE FUND AS DEFINED IN THIS SECTION  AND  DEPOSITING
 THEM INTO THE FUND ACCORDING TO LAW.
   (B) MONIES EXPENDED FROM SUCH FUND SHALL BE USED TO SUPPLEMENT AND NOT
 SUPPLANT  ANY  OTHER  FUNDS WHICH WOULD OTHERWISE HAVE BEEN EXPENDED FOR
 ALCOHOL AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE ADDICTION PREVENTION OR RECOVERY.  ALL  SUCH
 FUNDS  SHALL  BE  USED  TO IMPROVE ALCOHOL AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE ADDICTION
 A. 4961                             3
 
 PREVENTION AND RECOVERY SERVICES IN THE STATE. NOTHING IN THIS PARAGRAPH
 SHALL PRECLUDE THE STATE FROM DECREASING FUNDS  AS  LONG  AS  THE  STATE
 DEMONSTRATES  TO  THE OFFICE OF ADDICTION SERVICES AND SUPPORTS THAT THE
 QUALITY  OF SERVICES HAS BEEN MAINTAINED OR ENHANCED NOTWITHSTANDING THE
 USE OF STATE FUNDS.
   3. MONIES OF THE FUND SHALL BE EXPENDED ONLY FOR ALCOHOL AND SUBSTANCE
 ABUSE ADDICTION PREVENTION AND RECOVERY. AS USED IN THIS SECTION, "ALCO-
 HOL AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE ADDICTION PREVENTION AND RECOVERY" SHALL INCLUDE
 EDUCATIONAL PROJECTS, INCLUDING GRANTS FOR ALCOHOL AND  SUBSTANCE  ABUSE
 ADDICTION  EDUCATION  AND PREVENTION PROGRAMS, AND ALCOHOL AND SUBSTANCE
 ABUSE ADDICTION RECOVERY SERVICES AND PROGRAMS WHICH ARE APPROVED BY THE
 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH.
   4. MONIES SHALL BE PAYABLE FROM THE FUND ON THE AUDIT AND  WARRANT  OF
 THE  COMPTROLLER  ON VOUCHERS APPROVED AND CERTIFIED BY THE COMMISSIONER
 OF THE OFFICE OF ADDICTION SERVICES AND SUPPORTS, PROVIDED HOWEVER  THAT
 FIFTY  PERCENT  OF  THE FUNDS SHALL BE EXPENDED ON ALCOHOL AND SUBSTANCE
 ABUSE ADDICTION PREVENTION AND FIFTY  PERCENT  OF  THE  FUNDS  SHALL  BE
 EXPENDED  ON ALCOHOL AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE ADDICTION RECOVERY SERVICES AND
 PROGRAMS.
   5. TO THE EXTENT  PRACTICABLE,  THE  COMMISSIONER  OF  THE  OFFICE  OF
 ADDICTION  SERVICES  AND  SUPPORTS SHALL ENSURE THAT ALL MONIES RECEIVED
 DURING A FISCAL YEAR ARE EXPENDED PRIOR TO THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR.
   6. ON OR BEFORE THE FIRST DAY OF FEBRUARY EACH YEAR, THE  COMMISSIONER
 OF THE OFFICE OF ADDICTION SERVICES AND SUPPORTS SHALL PROVIDE A WRITTEN
 REPORT  TO  THE TEMPORARY PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE, SPEAKER OF THE ASSEM-
 BLY, CHAIR OF THE SENATE FINANCE COMMITTEE, CHAIR OF THE  ASSEMBLY  WAYS
 AND  MEANS  COMMITTEE, CHAIR OF THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON HEALTH, CHAIR OF
 THE ASSEMBLY HEALTH COMMITTEE, THE STATE  COMPTROLLER  AND  THE  PUBLIC.
 SUCH  REPORT  SHALL  INCLUDE  HOW  THE  MONIES OF THE FUND WERE UTILIZED
 DURING THE PRECEDING CALENDAR YEAR, AND SHALL INCLUDE:
   (A) THE AMOUNT OF MONEY DISBURSED FROM THE FUND AND THE AWARD  PROCESS
 USED FOR SUCH DISBURSEMENTS;
   (B) RECIPIENTS OF AWARDS FROM THE FUND;
   (C) THE AMOUNT AWARDED TO EACH;
   (D) THE PURPOSES FOR WHICH SUCH AWARDS WERE GRANTED; AND
   (E) A SUMMARY FINANCIAL PLAN FOR SUCH MONIES WHICH SHALL INCLUDE ESTI-
 MATES OF ALL RECEIPTS AND ALL DISBURSEMENTS FOR THE CURRENT AND SUCCEED-
 ING  FISCAL  YEARS,  ALONG WITH THE ACTUAL RESULTS FROM THE PRIOR FISCAL
 YEAR.
   § 4. This act shall take effect on the first of April next  succeeding
 the  date  on  which it shall have become a law.  Effective immediately,
 the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or  regulation  neces-
 sary  for  the  implementation  of  this  act  on its effective date are
 authorized to be made and completed on or before such effective date.