STATE OF NEW YORK
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7555--A
R. R. 3
2015-2016 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
May 19, 2015
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Introduced by M. of A. ROSENTHAL, ARROYO, FAHY, HOOPER, PICHARDO,
SEAWRIGHT, RODRIGUEZ, WEPRIN, SIMON, BARRETT, TITUS, ROBINSON,
GUNTHER, DAVILA, JOYNER, JEAN-PIERRE, WOERNER, SOLAGES, WEINSTEIN,
ROZIC, WALKER, COOK, RICHARDSON, HUNTER, JAFFEE, GALEF, LAVINE, HYND-
MAN, MURRAY, DUPREY, SIMOTAS, MAYER, SALADINO, ORTIZ, THIELE, ABINAN-
TI, SKOUFIS -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. ENGLEBRIGHT, GLICK,
LUPARDO, LUPINACCI, MARKEY, McDONOUGH, RUSSELL -- read once and
referred to the Committee on Ways and Means -- recommitted to the
Committee on Ways and Means in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2
-- reported and referred to the Committee on Rules -- passed by Assem-
bly and delivered to the Senate, recalled from the Senate, vote recon-
sidered, bill amended, ordered reprinted, retaining its place on the
special order of third reading
AN ACT to amend the tax law, in relation to exempting certain basic
necessities from sales and use taxes
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subdivision (a) of section 1115 of the tax law is amended
2 by adding a new paragraph 3-a to read as follows:
3 (3-a) Feminine hygiene products, including, but not limited to, sani-
4 tary napkins, tampons and panty liners.
5 § 2. This act shall take effect on the first day of a sales tax quar-
6 terly period, as described in subdivision (b) of section 1136 of the tax
7 law, next commencing at least thirty days after this act shall have
8 become law and shall apply in accordance with the applicable transi-
9 tional provisions of sections 1106 and 1217 of the tax law; provided,
10 further, that the commissioner of taxation and finance shall be author-
11 ized on and after the date this act shall have become a law to take
12 steps necessary to implement the provisions of this act on its effective
13 date.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD11242-04-6
