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
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                                         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
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