 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          8860
 
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                    December 22, 2017
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced by M. of A. JAFFEE -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Judiciary
 
        AN ACT to amend the Indian law and the tax law, in relation to the Rama-
          pough Lenape Nation
 
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Section 2 of the Indian law, as added by chapter 174 of the
     2  laws of 2013, is amended to read as follows:
     3    § 2. New York state Indian nations and tribes. The term "Indian nation
     4  or tribe" means one of the following New York state  Indian  nations  or
     5  tribes: Cayuga Nation, Oneida Nation of New York, Onondaga Nation, Poos-
     6  patuck  or Unkechauge Nation, Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe, Seneca Nation of
     7  Indians, Shinnecock Indian  Nation,  Tonawanda  Band  of  Seneca  [and],
     8  Tuscarora Nation and Ramapough Lenape Nation.
     9    § 2. Subdivision 18 of section 282 of the tax law, as amended by chap-
    10  ter 174 of the laws of 2013, is amended to read as follows:
    11    18. "Indian nation or tribe" means one of the following New York state
    12  Indian  nations  or  tribes:  Cayuga  Nation, Oneida Nation of New York,
    13  Onondaga Nation, Poospatuck or Unkechauge  Nation,  Saint  Regis  Mohawk
    14  Tribe,  Seneca  Nation  of  Indians, Shinnecock Indian Nation, Tonawanda
    15  Band of Seneca [and], Tuscarora Nation and Ramapough Lenape Nation.
    16    § 3. Subdivision 14 of section 470 of the tax law, as amended by chap-
    17  ter 174 of the laws of 2013, is amended to read as follows:
    18    14. "Indian nation or tribe." One of  the  following  New  York  state
    19  Indian  nations  or  tribes:  Cayuga  Nation, Oneida Nation of New York,
    20  Onondaga Nation, Poospatuck or Unkechauge  Nation,  Saint  Regis  Mohawk
    21  Tribe,  Seneca  Nation  of  Indians, Shinnecock Indian Nation, Tonawanda
    22  Band of Seneca [and], Tuscarora Nation and Ramapough Lenape Nation.
    23    § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD13804-02-7
Relates to the Ramapough Lenape Nation

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