NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
BILL NUMBER: A9603
SPONSOR: Pretlow TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the tax law, in relation to prohibiting the removal,
confiscation or destruction of lottery tickets prior to such game's
expiration date
PURPOSE:
This bill would prohibit the confiscation of lottery tickets from.
retailers which negates the sale to potential consumers and would allow
for tickets to be sold up until the end of the game.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section 1. Subdivision A of section 1609 of the tax law, as amended by
chapter 254 of the laws of 2008, is amended to state that the division
shall not remove, confiscate or destroy any lottery ticket from any
vendor prior to such game's expiration date.
JUSTIFICATION:
There have been instances where Lottery Tickets were taken from distrib-
utors, with little or no justification. Confiscating tickets deprives a
customer of buying a potential winning ticket. There has been no
adequate reasoning for the recall of these tickets, and the demand has
been so high that customers seek other retailers that may have tickets.
This bill is to ensure that every person who wants to buy a lottery
ticket isn't limited to or deterred because tickets were recalled from a
distributor.
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
None to the State
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
03/24/16 referred to racing and wagering
05/25/16 reported referred to ways and means
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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9603
IN ASSEMBLY
March 25, 2022
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Introduced by M. of A. PRETLOW -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Racing and Wagering
AN ACT to amend the tax law, in relation to prohibiting the removal,
confiscation or destruction of lottery tickets prior to such game's
expiration date
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 1609 of the tax law, as amended by
2 chapter 254 of the laws of 2008, is amended to read as follows:
3 a. 1. Lottery tickets shall be in such form as the division may
4 prescribe. No ticket shall be sold at a price greater than that fixed by
5 the division nor shall a sale be made by any person other than a
6 licensed lottery sales agent, and a violation of these provisions shall
7 be a misdemeanor, but this shall not be deemed to prevent any person
8 from giving lottery tickets as premiums to customers, employees or other
9 dealing with him.
10 2. The division shall not remove, confiscate or destroy any lottery
11 ticket from any vendor prior to such game's expiration date.
12 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD15194-01-2
