Tampon Easter Sunday's equality

Fair is fair with respect to tampons and Easter and taxation  and by const art 1 sec 3
Nassau otb a public benefit corporation cannot close on one Easter Sunday in preference to another.
What do you expect from lawyers, liars, pricks and vote collectors?

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A07651 Summary:

BILL NO    A07651 

SAME AS    No Same as 

SPONSOR    Weprin

COSPNSR    Galef

MLTSPNSR   

Amd S1115, Tax L

Exempts feminine hygiene products from sales and compensating use taxes.

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A07651 Actions:

BILL NO    A07651 

05/21/2015 referred to ways and means
01/06/2016 referred to ways and means
02/11/2016 enacting clause stricken

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A07651 Votes:

There are no votes for this bill in this legislative session.

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A07651 Memo:

NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY
MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION
 submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)

 
BILL NUMBER: A7651
 
SPONSOR: Weprin

 
TITLE OF BILL:  An act to amend the tax law, in relation to granting a
sales and compensating use tax exemption for feminine hygiene products
 
 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:
 
This bill exempts feminine hygiene products from sales and use tax.
 
 
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:
 
Section 1. Adds a new paragraph to subdivision (a) of section 1115 of
the tax law. This section excludes feminine hygiene products from sales
and use taxes.
 
Section 2. Effective Date.
 
 
JUSTIFICATION:
 

Tangible products and services are subject to taxation in New York State
unless specifically excluded. Demands for hygiene products such as femi-
nine hygiene products are very inelastic and therefore it typically puts
a greater burden on the economically disadvantaged.  Since feminine
hygiene products are not optional products it should not be subject to
taxation.
 
There have been many tax exclusions for other goods such as certain
foods and medications that are considered to be necessities.  According
to the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance's Tax Bulletin
Sales and Use Tax TBST-193, other medicinal products used internally or
externally by humans for the preservation of health and products that
are intended to affect the structure or a function of the human body,
are also exempt from sales tax. Products which were not originally
considered drugs or medications but are now tax exempt include items
such as sunscreen, lip balm, and acne preparations.
 

Feminine hygiene products are vital products that help maintain personal
hygiene and health and should be included on this list.  Removing sales
tax from feminine hygiene products would alleviate a tax burden that
most women in New York face and makes it easier to afford a necessary
product that is fundamental to personal hygiene and health.
 
 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
 
New Bill.
 
 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
 
To be determined.



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11:29 am August 13, 2013
Freeport wrote: 



perhaps this attorney might want to represent a Greek horse betting dancer who believes in NY Const. Art. 1, Sec 3 and that the OTB s of NY may not close based upon Andrew Cuomo's religious preference. NY PML Sec 109 does not pass the laugh test
HI-

Thanks for the help. The item’s below. I’d be happy to mail you a copy, if you give me a mailing address.

Claude Solnik

(631) 913-4244

Long Island Business News

2150 Smithtown Ave.

Ronkonkoma, NY 11779-7348

Home > LI Confidential > Stop scratching on holidays
Stop scratching on holidays
Published: June 1, 2012

Off Track Betting in New York State has been racing into a crisis called shrinking revenue. Some people have spitballed a solution: Don’t close on holidays.

New York State Racing Law bars racing on Christmas, Easter and Palm Sunday, and the state has ruled OTBs can’t handle action on those days, even though they could easily broadcast races from out of state.

“You should be able to bet whenever you want,” said Jackson Leeds, a Nassau OTB employee who makes an occasional bet. He added some irrefutable logic: “How is the business going to make money if you’re not open to take people’s bets?”

Elias Tsekerides, president of the Federation of Hellenic Societies of Greater New York, said OTB is open on Greek Orthodox Easter and Palm Sunday.

“I don’t want discrimination,” Tsekerides said. “They close for the Catholics, but open for the Greek Orthodox? It’s either open for all or not open.”

OTB officials have said they lose millions by closing on Palm Sunday alone, with tracks such as Gulfstream, Santa Anita, Turf Paradise and Hawthorne running.

One option: OTBs could just stay open and face the consequences. New York City OTB did just that back in 2003. The handle was about $1.5 million – and OTB was fined $5,000.

Easy money.








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EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect on the first of January on the next succeed-
ing the date on which it shall have become law.

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A07651 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          7651
 
                               2015-2016 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                      May 21, 2015
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced by M. of A. WEPRIN -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Ways and Means
 
        AN ACT to amend the tax law, in relation to granting a sales and compen-
          sating use tax exemption for feminine hygiene products
 
          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 1115 of the tax law  is  amended
     2  by adding a new paragraph 44 to read as follows:
     3    (44) Feminine hygiene products.
     4    §  2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed-
     5  ing the date on which it shall have become a law.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD11232-01-5

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