New York S 6808: Relates to increasing the taxes imposed on distributors of beers and to directing revenue generated from such taxes be deposited to the credit of SUNY and CUNY

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S06808 Summary:

BILL NOS06808 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORJACKSON

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§424 & 171-a, Tax L

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Relates to increasing the taxes imposed on distributors of beers and to directing revenue generated from such taxes be deposited to the credit of SUNY and CUNY; increases such taxes to thirty cents per gallon.

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BILL NOS06808 

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03/24/2025REFERRED TO BUDGET AND REVENUE

01/07/2026REFERRED TO BUDGET AND REVENUE

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 6808

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 March 24, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. JACKSON -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Budget and Revenue

 AN ACT to amend the tax law, in relation to increasing the taxes imposed
 on distributors of beers and to directing revenue generated from such
 taxes to be deposited to the credit of the state university of New
 York and the city university of New York

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

 1 Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of section 424 of the tax
 2 law, as amended by section 1 of part X-1 of chapter 57 of the laws of
 3 2009, is amended to read as follows:
 4 (a) [Fourteen] Thirty cents per gallon upon beers;
 5 § 2. Section 171-a of the tax law, as separately amended by chapters
 6 481 and 484 of the laws of 1981, is amended by adding a new subdivision
 7 3 to read as follows:
 8 3. Notwithstanding subdivision one of this section or any other
 9 provision of law to the contrary, fifty percent of the taxes imposed
 10 pursuant to paragraph (a) of subdivision one of section four hundred
 11 twenty-four of this chapter, reduced by an amount for administrative
 12 costs, shall be deposited, as such taxes are received, as follows: (a)
 13 half of such revenue shall be deposited to the credit of the state
 14 university of New York; and (b) half of such revenue shall be deposited
 15 to the credit of the city university of New York. The amount for admin-
 16 istrative costs shall be determined by the commissioner to represent
 17 reasonable costs of the department of taxation and finance in adminis-
 18 tering, collecting, determining and distributing such taxes. Of the
 19 total revenue collected or received under such section of this chapter,
 20 the comptroller shall retain in their hands such amount as the commis-
 21 sioner may determine to be necessary for refunds or reimbursements under
 22 such section of this chapter out of which amount the comptroller shall
 23 pay any refunds or reimbursements to which taxpayers shall be entitled

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD11262-01-5

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 1 under provisions of such section. The commissioner and the comptroller
 2 shall maintain a system of accounts showing the amount of revenue
 3 collected or received from each of the taxes imposed by such section.
 4 § 3. This act shall take effect April 1, 2027. Effective immediately,
 5 the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation neces-
 6 sary for the implementation of this act on its effective date are
 7 authorized to be made and completed on or before such effective date.

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