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BILL NUMBER:S1687
Title of bill
An act to amend the correction law, in relation to charging taxes on sales of commissaries and canteens
Purpose
This legislation would authorize the head of any correctional institution to charge taxes on sales of commissaries and canteens.
Summary of provisions
Amends Section 26 of the Correction Law, as amended by chapter 487 of the laws of 1994.
Justification
Current law, which exempts these transactions from sales taxation, prevents localities in which correctional institutes are located from receiving their local share of sales tax which would be forthcoming were these sales to occur in non-institutional setting. These sales taxes are estimated at $23 million statewide, with $13 million subject to the sales taxes. This represents a significant loss of revenue for those localities with prison facilities. Further it is not appropriate that prisoners are exempted from sales and compensating use tax on goods that are taxable simply because they are bought in prison commissaries.
Legislative history
S. 2818 of 1995/1996; S. 2799 of 1997/1998; S. 640 of 1999/2000; S. 2670 of 2001/2002 S. 437-A of 2003/2004 S. 1325 of 2005/2006; S. 1454 of 2007/2008; S. 4894 of 2009/2010; S. 470 of 2011/2012 - Passed Senate; S. 1903 of 2013/2014.
Fiscal implications
Some procedural and collection costs may be incurred by the Department of Correctional Services in implementation of this provision. These costs will be offset by the increased revenue to the State of New York.
Effective date
This act shall take effect immediately.
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