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Senate Bill S2547

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Provides that the use tax on heating fuels shall be suspended during winter months for certain low income senior citizens

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2009-S2547 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A5266
Current Committee:
Senate Energy And Telecommunications
Law Section:
Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §1115, Tax L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: S1082, A6924
2013-2014: S622, A278
2015-2016: S1230, A2875
2017-2018: S3254, A1799
2019-2020: S3603, A2038
2021-2022: S2930, A3229
2023-2024: S4851
2025-2026: S2174

2009-S2547 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that the use tax on heating fuels shall be suspended during winter months for certain low income senior citizens.

2009-S2547 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S2547 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  2547

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            February 23, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sens.  PARKER,  DIAZ, DILAN, DUANE, MONTGOMERY, ONORATO,
  SAMPSON, SAVINO,  SERRANO,  STACHOWSKI,  VALESKY  --  read  twice  and
  ordered  printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on
  Energy and Telecommunications

AN ACT to amend the tax law, in relation to suspending imposition of the
  compensating use tax on heating fuels for certain senior citizens

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

  Section  1.  Section  1115  of  the tax law is amended by adding a new
subdivision (gg) to read as follows:
  (GG) RECEIPTS FROM THE SALE OF HEATING FUELS SOLD DURING THE MONTHS OF
DECEMBER, JANUARY, AND FEBRUARY, WHICH ARE SOLD FOR HOME USE BY  PERSONS
SIXTY-FIVE YEARS OLD OR OLDER WHO DO NOT QUALIFY FOR THE LOW INCOME HOME
ENERGY  ASSISTANCE  PROGRAM  ESTABLISHED  BY SECTION NINETY-SEVEN OF THE
SOCIAL SERVICES LAW, BUT WHOSE INCOME IS NOT ABOVE FIVE HUNDRED  DOLLARS
MORE  THAN  THE QUALIFYING INCOME FOR SUCH PROGRAM, SHALL BE EXEMPT FROM
THE TAX ON RETAIL SALES IMPOSED UNDER SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED TEN OF THIS
ARTICLE.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.





 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD02363-01-9

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