Bill Text: NY S00930 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Exempts domestic and imported animals harvested at a game hunting preserve from the sales and compensating use tax.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-01-09 - REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS [S00930 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-S00930-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 930 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN SENATE January 9, 2019 ___________ Introduced by Sen. YOUNG -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Govern- ment Operations AN ACT to amend the tax law, in relation to exempting domestic and imported game animals harvested at a game hunting preserve from the sales and compensating use tax The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Paragraph 1 of subdivision (a) of section 1115 of the tax 2 law, as amended by section 1 of part II of chapter 59 of the laws of 3 2014, is amended to read as follows: 4 (1) Food, food products, beverages, dietary foods and health supple- 5 ments, sold for human consumption but not including (i) candy and 6 confectionery, (ii) fruit drinks which contain less than seventy percent 7 of natural fruit juice, (iii) soft drinks, sodas and beverages such as 8 are ordinarily dispensed at soda fountains or in connection therewith 9 (other than coffee, tea and cocoa) and (iv) beer, wine or other alcohol- 10 ic beverages, all of which shall be subject to the retail sales and 11 compensating use taxes, whether or not the item is sold in liquid form. 12 The food and drink excluded from the exemption provided by this para- 13 graph under subparagraphs (i), (ii) and (iii) of this paragraph shall be 14 exempt under this paragraph when sold for one dollar and fifty cents or 15 less through any vending machine activated by the use of coin, currency, 16 credit card or debit card. With the exception of the provision in this 17 paragraph providing for an exemption for certain food or drink sold for 18 one dollar and fifty cents or less through vending machines, nothing 19 herein shall be construed as exempting food or drink from the tax 20 imposed under subdivision (d) of section eleven hundred five of this 21 article. For purposes of this paragraph, domestic and imported animals, 22 when harvested at a game hunting preserve, shall be considered food or 23 food products sold for human consumption. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD03022-01-9S. 930 2 1 § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of September next 2 succeeding the date on which it shall have become a law, and shall apply 3 to sales made, services rendered and uses occurring on and after such 4 date.