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Centuries-old treaties have kept Reservation retailers from having to pay state
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but are supposed to collect taxes on tobacco products sold to non-Indians.
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the collection of the taxes, but they were ignored after violent protests in 1997.
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The new law will prohibit manufacturers from selling tobacco without a state tax stamp to any wholesaler who won't promise the cigarettes won't be resold tax-free by New York tribes.
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Lawmakers say the law could mean hundreds of millions of dollars a year going to the cash-strapped state. Paterson said it could be closer to $62 million. The state excise tax is $2.75 a pack.
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"The issue here is not cigarettes, but the protection of the Nation's treaty rights. We will do what it takes at the right time to protect those rights."
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