Assembly Bill A758A

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Provides an exemption from state sales tax for energy-star appliances and grants municipalities the option to provide such exemption

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2013-A758 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S3854
Current Committee:
Assembly Ways And Means
Law Section:
Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§1115 & 1210, Tax L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S1161
2011-2012: A10572, S3674
2015-2016: A332, A7355, S1804
2017-2018: A5290, A5999, S2153
2019-2020: A2931, S5380
2021-2022: A2177, S3709
2023-2024: A2513, S1420

2013-A758 - Summary

Provides for exemptions from sales tax for energy-star qualified appliances and grants municipalities the option to provide such exemption.

2013-A758 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                   758

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 9, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  ROSENTHAL  --  read once and referred to the
  Committee on Ways and Means

AN ACT to amend the tax law, in relation to exempting energy-star appli-
  ances from state sales and compensating use taxes and granting munici-
  palities the option to provide such exemption; and providing  for  the
  repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Subdivision (a) of section 1115 of the tax law  is  amended
by adding a new paragraph 44 to read as follows:
  (44) RETAIL SALES OF THE FOLLOWING PRODUCTS, PROVIDED THAT THE PRODUCT
QUALIFIES  AS AN ENERGY-STAR PRODUCT PURSUANT TO THE UNITED STATES ENVI-
RONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY ENERGY-STAR PROGRAM, SHALL  BE  EXEMPT  FROM
THE SALES TAX PROVISIONS OF SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED FIVE OF THIS ARTICLE:
CLOTHES  WASHER, DISHWASHER, REFRIGERATOR, ROOM AIR CONDITIONER, CEILING
FAN, DEHUMIDIFIER, FREEZER,  PROGRAMMABLE  THERMOSTAT,  AND  VENTILATING
FAN.  THE  EXEMPTION PROVIDED FOR IN THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL NOT APPLY TO
THE RENTAL, LEASING, REPAIR OR SERVICING OF SUCH ENERGY-STAR PRODUCTS.
  S 2. Paragraph 1 of subdivision (a) of section 1210 of the tax law, as
amended by chapter 406 of the laws  of  2012,  is  amended  to  read  as
follows:
  (1) Either, all of the taxes described in article twenty-eight of this
chapter,  at  the same uniform rate, as to which taxes all provisions of
the local laws, ordinances or resolutions imposing such taxes  shall  be
identical,  except as to rate and except as otherwise provided, with the
corresponding provisions in such  article  twenty-eight,  including  the
definition  and  exemption  provisions  of  such  article, so far as the
provisions of such article twenty-eight can be made  applicable  to  the
taxes  imposed  by  such  city  or  county and with such limitations and
special provisions as are set forth in this article. The  taxes  author-

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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2013-A758A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S3854
Current Committee:
Assembly Ways And Means
Law Section:
Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§1115 & 1210, Tax L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S1161
2011-2012: A10572, S3674
2015-2016: A332, A7355, S1804
2017-2018: A5290, A5999, S2153
2019-2020: A2931, S5380
2021-2022: A2177, S3709
2023-2024: A2513, S1420

2013-A758A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides for exemptions from sales tax for energy-star qualified appliances and grants municipalities the option to provide such exemption.

2013-A758A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                 758--A

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 9, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  ROSENTHAL  --  read once and referred to the
  Committee on Ways and Means -- recommitted to the  Committee  on  Ways
  and  Means  in  accordance  with  Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee
  discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
  to said committee

AN ACT to amend the tax law, in relation to exempting energy-star appli-
  ances from state sales and compensating use taxes and granting munici-
  palities the option to provide such exemption; and providing  for  the
  repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Subdivision (a) of section 1115 of the tax law  is  amended
by adding a new paragraph 44 to read as follows:
  (44) RETAIL SALES OF THE FOLLOWING PRODUCTS, PROVIDED THAT THE PRODUCT
QUALIFIES  AS AN ENERGY-STAR PRODUCT PURSUANT TO THE UNITED STATES ENVI-
RONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY ENERGY-STAR PROGRAM, SHALL  BE  EXEMPT  FROM
THE SALES TAX PROVISIONS OF SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED FIVE OF THIS ARTICLE:
CLOTHES  WASHER, DISHWASHER, REFRIGERATOR, ROOM AIR CONDITIONER, CEILING
FAN, DEHUMIDIFIER, FREEZER,  PROGRAMMABLE  THERMOSTAT,  AND  VENTILATING
FAN.  THE  EXEMPTION PROVIDED FOR IN THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL NOT APPLY TO
THE RENTAL, LEASING, REPAIR OR SERVICING OF SUCH ENERGY-STAR PRODUCTS.
  S 2. Paragraph 1 of subdivision (a) of section 1210 of the tax law, as
amended by chapter 13 of the  laws  of  2013,  is  amended  to  read  as
follows:
  (1) Either, all of the taxes described in article twenty-eight of this
chapter,  at  the same uniform rate, as to which taxes all provisions of
the local laws, ordinances or resolutions imposing such taxes  shall  be
identical,  except as to rate and except as otherwise provided, with the
corresponding provisions in such  article  twenty-eight,  including  the
definition  and  exemption  provisions  of  such  article, so far as the

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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