Bill Text: NY S03105 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Establishes a tax free time period for storm related products for the month of September.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-03-05 - PRINT NUMBER 3105A [S03105 Detail]
Download: New_York-2011-S03105-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 3105 2011-2012 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E February 8, 2011 ___________ Introduced by Sen. KENNEDY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Govern- ment Operations AN ACT to amend the tax law, in relation to establishing a tax free time period for storm related products for the month of September THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: 1 Section 1. Section 1115 of the tax law is amended by adding a new 2 subdivision (gg) to read as follows: 3 (GG) (1) RECEIPTS FROM THE RETAIL SALE OF STORM RELATED PRODUCTS SHALL 4 BE EXEMPT FROM TAXES IMPOSED BY THIS ARTICLE FOR THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER. 5 (2) STORM RELATED PRODUCTS SHALL INCLUDE SNOWBLOWERS, ELECTRIC SHOV- 6 ELS, SHOVELS, ROOF RAKES, ICE CHOPPERS, ROCK SALT OR CALCIUM CHLORIDE 7 PELLETS, GENERATORS, EXTENSION CORDS, POWER STRIPS, PORTABLE ELECTRIC 8 HEATERS, PORTABLE BATTERY OR SELF OPERATED RADIOS, BATTERY OR SELF 9 POWERED FLASHLIGHTS, BATTERY OR SELF POWERED LANTERNS, PORTABLE SELF 10 POWERED LIGHT SOURCES SUCH AS CHEMLIGHTS AND LIGHT STICKS, FUEL CONTAIN- 11 ERS, BATTERIES, POWER INVERTERS, BATTERY OR SELF POWERED WEATHER BAND 12 RADIOS, CELL PHONE CHARGERS, CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTORS, SMOKE DETECTORS, 13 AUXILIARY SUMP PUMPS AND FIRE EXTINGUISHERS. 14 S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after 15 it shall have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD07711-01-1