A09603 Summary:
BILL NO | A09603 |
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SAME AS | No Same As |
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SPONSOR | Pretlow |
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Amd §1609, Tax L | |
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Relates to prohibiting the removal, confiscation or destruction of lottery tickets prior to such game's expiration date. |
A09603 Memo:
Go to topNEW 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.
A09603 Text:
Go to top STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 9603 IN ASSEMBLY March 25, 2022 ___________ 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