New York S 8375: Creates a sales and use tax exemption for school buses and related items

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S08375 Summary:

BILL NOS08375A

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SAME ASSAME AS A08811

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SPONSORHINCHEY

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COSPNSRRYAN C

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §68-c, Cannabis L

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Establishes the "small cannabis farmer relief act" to allow certain cultivators to expand their canopy.

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BILL NOS08375A

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06/06/2025REFERRED TO RULES

06/09/2025AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO RULES

06/09/2025PRINT NUMBER 8375A

01/07/2026REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 8375--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 June 6, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. HINCHEY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules -- committee
 discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
 to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the cannabis law, in relation to establishing the "small
 cannabis farmer relief act"; and providing for the repeal of such
 provisions upon expiration thereof

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "small
 2 cannabis farmer relief act".
 3 § 2. The cannabis law is amended by adding a new section 68-c to read
 4 as follows:
 5 § 68-c. Limited canopy expansion. 1. (a) Notwithstanding any
 6 provision of law to the contrary, any licensee who qualifies as a
 7 distressed farmer and legally cultivated cannabis during the two thou-
 8 sand twenty-two or two thousand twenty-three calendar year shall be
 9 eligible to expand their canopy as provided in this subdivision.
 10 (b) Licensees shall be eligible to expand their cultivation canopy to
 11 up to twice the maximum square footage cultivated in two thousand twen-
 12 ty-two or two thousand twenty-three, provided that the expanded area
 13 shall not exceed the maximum limits established by the corresponding
 14 cultivation tier.
 15 (c) Verification of canopy cultivated in two thousand twenty-two or
 16 two thousand twenty-three shall be submitted to the office in a form
 17 prescribed by the office. Denials of applications under this subdivision
 18 may be appealed to the cannabis control board.
 19 (d) No additional fees shall be assessed for canopy expansions author-
 20 ized pursuant to this subdivision, including standard license renewal
 21 fees.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD13242-03-5

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 1 (e) Microbusiness licensees who previously held an adult-use condi-
 2 tional cultivator license shall also be eligible for canopy expansion
 3 under this section.
 4 2. Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, no licensee shall
 5 be authorized to expand their canopy beyond the maximum cultivation
 6 canopy size currently permitted under this chapter and any rules or
 7 regulations promulgated thereunder.
 8 3. Any canopy expansion pursuant to this section shall remain subject
 9 to compliance with all applicable environmental, security, and testing
 10 regulations.
 11 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately and shall expire December
 12 31, 2028 when upon such date the provisions of this act shall be deemed
 13 repealed.

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