STATE OF NEW YORK
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                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    January 13, 2017
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        Introduced  by M. of A. PRETLOW -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Racing and Wagering
        AN ACT to amend the tax law, in  relation  to  requiring  lottery  sales
          agents  to  return  previously purchased lottery tickets to the person
          submitting them to such agent for verification of prizes
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1.  The  tax law is amended by adding a new section 1613-d to
     2  read as follows:
     3    § 1613-d. Prize verification by lottery sales agents.  Any  previously
     4  purchased  lottery ticket submitted to a lottery sales agent for verifi-
     5  cation of whether or not any prize was won on  account  of  such  ticket
     6  shall  be  returned by such agent to the person who submitted the ticket
     7  immediately after such verification is completed.
     8    § 2. This act shall take effect on the first  of  the  calendar  month
     9  next succeeding the ninetieth day after it shall have become a law.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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