Guv gets power to talk cigarette taxes with tribes
Quick ReadThe legislature gave Gov. Paterson the power to negotiate agreements to collect cigarette taxes from individual Indian tribes.
Photo credit: John Dunn | Cigarettes are on display behind a counter at a smoke shop. (June 21, 2010)
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ALBANY - The Legislature on Monday gave Gov. David A. Paterson the power to negotiate agreements to collect cigarette taxes from individual Indian tribes that have refused to pay for more than 20 years.
The agreements, which lawmakers or a federal judge must approve, could clear a path for the state to collect at least $200 million a year, state officials said. Some estimates put the lost...
