Bill Text: CT SB00267 | 2012 | General Assembly | Comm Sub

Connecticut Senate Bill 267 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: An Act Concerning Clean And Alternative Fuel Vehicles.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-03-26 - Favorable Change of Reference, House to Committee on Finance, Revenue and Bonding [SB00267 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2012-SB00267-Comm_Sub.html


General Assembly		*Raised Bill No. 267*
*February Session, 2012*		LCO No. 1413
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Referred to Committee on Environment
Introduced by:
(ENV)

AN ACT CONCERNING CLEAN AND ALTERNATIVE FUEL VEHICLES.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

Section 1. Subdivisions (67) to (69), inclusive, of section 12-412 of the 2012 supplement to the general statutes are repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):

(67) Sales of and the storage, use or other consumption, prior to July 1, [2008] 2017, of a new motor vehicle which is [exclusively] powered by a clean alternative fuel. As used in this subdivision and subdivisions (68) and (69) of this section, "clean alternative fuel" shall mean natural gas, hydrogen or electricity when used as a motor vehicle fuel or propane when used as [a] an over-the-road motor vehicle fuel if such a vehicle meets the federal fleet emissions standards under the federal Clean Air Act or any emissions standards adopted by the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection as part of the state's implementation plan under said act.

(68) Sales of and the storage, use or other consumption, prior to July 1, [2008] 2017, of conversion equipment incorporated into or used in converting vehicles powered by any other fuel to either exclusive use of a clean alternative fuel or dual use of any other fuel and a clean alternative fuel, including, but not limited to, storage cylinders, cylinder brackets, regulated mixers, fill valves, pressure regulators, solenoid valves, fuel gauges, electronic ignitions and alternative fuel delivery lines.

(69) Sales of and the storage, use or other consumption, prior to July 1, [2008] 2017, of equipment incorporated into or used in a compressed natural gas or hydrogen filling or electric recharging station for vehicles powered by a clean alternative fuel, including, but not limited to, compressors, storage cylinders, associated framing, tubing and fittings, valves, fuel poles and fuel delivery lines used for clean alternative fuel storage and filling facilities.

Sec. 2. Subdivision (2) of subsection (b) of section 12-587 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):

(2) Gross earnings derived from the first sale of the following petroleum products within this state shall be exempt from tax: (A) Any petroleum products sold for exportation from this state for sale or use outside this state; (B) the product designated by the American Society for Testing and Materials as "Specification for Heating Oil D396-69", commonly known as number 2 heating oil, to be used exclusively for heating purposes or to be used in a commercial fishing vessel, which vessel qualifies for an exemption pursuant to section 12-412; (C) kerosene, commonly known as number 1 oil, to be used exclusively for heating purposes, provided delivery is of both number 1 and number 2 oil, and via a truck with a metered delivery ticket to a residential dwelling or to a centrally metered system serving a group of residential dwellings; (D) the product identified as propane gas, to be used exclusively for heating purposes; (E) bunker fuel oil, intermediate fuel, marine diesel oil and marine gas oil to be used in any vessel having a displacement exceeding four thousand dead weight tons; (F) for any first sale occurring prior to July 1, [2008] 2017, propane gas to be used as a fuel for a motor vehicle; (G) for any first sale occurring on or after July 1, 2002, grade number 6 fuel oil, as defined in regulations adopted pursuant to section 16a-22c, to be used exclusively by a company which, in accordance with census data contained in the Standard Industrial Classification Manual, United States Office of Management and Budget, 1987 edition, is included in code classifications 2000 to 3999, inclusive, or in Sector 31, 32 or 33 in the North American Industrial Classification System United States Manual, United States Office of Management and Budget, 1997 edition; (H) for any first sale occurring on or after July 1, 2002, number 2 heating oil to be used exclusively in a vessel primarily engaged in interstate commerce, which vessel qualifies for an exemption under section 12-412; (I) for any first sale occurring on or after July 1, 2000, paraffin or microcrystalline waxes; (J) for any first sale occurring prior to July 1, [2008] 2017, petroleum products to be used as a fuel for a fuel cell, as defined in subdivision (113) of section 12-412; (K) a commercial heating oil blend containing not less than ten per cent of alternative fuels derived from agricultural produce, food waste, waste vegetable oil or municipal solid waste, including, but not limited to, biodiesel or low sulfur dyed diesel fuel; or (L) for any first sale occurring on or after July 1, 2007, diesel fuel other than diesel fuel to be used in an electric generating facility to generate electricity.

Sec. 3. Subsection (a) of section 12-264 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):

(a) Each (1) municipality, or department or agency thereof, or district manufacturing, selling or distributing gas to be used for light, heat or power, (2) company the principal business of which is manufacturing, selling or distributing gas or steam to be used for light, heat or power, including each foreign municipal electric utility, as defined in section 12-59, and given authority to engage in business in this state pursuant to the provisions of section 16-246c, and (3) company required to register pursuant to section 16-258a shall pay a quarterly tax upon gross earnings from such operations in this state. Gross earnings from such operations under subdivisions (1) and (2) of this subsection shall include (A) all income classified as operating revenues by the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority in the uniform systems of accounts prescribed by said authority for operations within the taxable quarter and, with respect to each such company, (B) all income classified in said uniform systems of accounts as income from merchandising, jobbing and contract work, (C) income from nonutility operations, (D) revenues from lease of physical property not devoted to utility operation, and (E) receipts from the sale of residuals and other by-products obtained in connection with the production of gas, electricity or steam. Gross earnings from such operations under subdivision (3) of this subsection shall be gross income from the sales of natural gas, provided gross income shall not include income from the sale of natural gas to an existing combined cycle facility comprised of three gas turbines providing electric generation services, as defined in section 16-1, with a total capacity of seven hundred seventy-five megawatts, for use in the production of electricity. Gross earnings of a gas company, as defined in section 16-1, shall not include income earned in a taxable quarter commencing prior to June 30, [2008] 2017, from the sale of natural gas or propane as a fuel for a motor vehicle. No deductions shall be allowed from such gross earnings for any commission, rebate or other payment, except a refund resulting from an error or overcharge and those specifically mentioned in section 12-265. Gross earnings of a company as described in subdivision (2) of this subsection shall not include income earned in any taxable quarter commencing on or after July 1, 2000, from the sale of steam.

Sec. 4. Section 12-217i of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2012, and applicable to income years commencing on and after January 1, 2012):

(a) There shall be allowed a credit for any taxpayer against the tax imposed by this chapter, chapter 209, 210, 211 or 212 in any income year or calendar quarter, as the case may be, commencing prior to January 1, [2008] 2017, in an amount equal to ten per cent of the amount of expenditures paid or incurred during such income year or such quarter, as the case may be, for the incremental cost of purchasing a vehicle which is exclusively powered by a clean alternative fuel.

(b) There shall be allowed a credit for any taxpayer against the tax imposed by this chapter in any income year commencing on or after January 1, 1994, and prior to January 1, [2008] 2017, in an amount equal to fifty per cent of the amount of expenditures, other than those described in subsection (a) of this section, paid or incurred during such income year directly for (1) the construction of any filling station or improvements to any existing filling station in order to provide compressed natural gas, liquefied petroleum gas or liquefied natural gas; (2) the purchase and installation of conversion equipment incorporated into or used in converting vehicles powered by any other fuel to either exclusive use of clean alternative fuel or dual use of such other fuel and a clean alternative fuel, including, but not limited to, storage cylinders, cylinder brackets, regulated mixers, fill valves, pressure regulators, solenoid valves, fuel gauges, electronic ignitions and alternative fuel delivery lines, if such converted vehicles, after conversion, meet generally accepted standards, including, but not limited to, the standards set by the American Gas Association, the National Fire Protection Association, the American National Standards Institute, the American Society of Testing Materials or the American Society of Mechanical Engineers; or (3) the purchase and installation of equipment incorporated into or used in a compressed natural gas, liquefied petroleum gas or liquefied natural gas filling or electric recharging station for vehicles powered by a clean alternative fuel, including, but not limited to, compressors, storage cylinders, associated framing, tubing and fittings, valves and fuel poles and fuel delivery lines.

(c) If the amount of any credit provided in this section exceeds the amount of tax otherwise payable in the income year or calendar quarter, as the case may be, in which such expenditure was paid or incurred, the balance of any such credit remaining may be taken in any of the three succeeding income years or twelve succeeding calendar quarters, respectively. Any taxpayer allowed such a tax credit against the tax imposed under this chapter, chapter 209, 210, 211 or 212 shall not be allowed such credit under more than one of said chapters. As used in this section "clean alternative fuel" shall mean compressed natural gas, liquefied petroleum gas, liquefied natural gas or electricity when used as a motor vehicle fuel and "incremental cost" shall mean the difference between the purchase price of a vehicle which is exclusively powered by a clean alternative fuel and the manufacturer's suggested retail price of a comparably equipped vehicle which is not so powered.

Sec. 5. Section 12-458f of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):

On and after July 1, 1994, and until July 1, [2008] 2017, compressed natural gas, liquefied petroleum gas and liquefied natural gas shall not be subject to the tax imposed under section 12-458.


This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1	from passage	12-412(67) to (69)
Sec. 2	from passage	12-587(b)(2)
Sec. 3	from passage	12-264(a)
Sec. 4	July 1, 2012, and applicable to income years commencing on and after January 1, 2012	12-217i
Sec. 5	from passage	12-458f