Do you support this bill?

Senate Bill S2134

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Reimposes energy business tax which expired on September 1, 1991

download bill text pdf

Sponsored By

Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Energy And Telecommunications Committee

Please enter your contact information

Home address is used to determine the senate district in which you reside. Your support or opposition to this bill is then shared immediately with the senator who represents you.

Optional services from the NY State Senate:

Create an account. An account allows you to officially support or oppose key legislation, sign petitions with a single click, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.

Include a custom message for your Senator? (Optional)

Enter a message to your senator. Many New Yorkers use this to share the reasoning behind their support or opposition to the bill. Others might share a personal anecdote about how the bill would affect them or people they care about.

Actions

2009-S2134 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Energy And Telecommunications
Law Section:
Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง301-i, Tax L

2009-S2134 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Reimposes the natural gas company tax which expired on September 1, 1991 for privilege of engaging in business, doing business, employing capital, owning or leasing property, or maintaining an office in this state; applies to natural gas companies; provides for exemptions including for residential purposes and for utility credit or reimbursement.

2009-S2134 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S2134 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  2134

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            February 11, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  KRUGER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on  Energy  and  Telecommuni-
  cations

AN  ACT to amend the tax law, in relation to reimposing the energy busi-
  ness tax which expired on September 1, 1991

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

  Section  1.    Subdivision  (a)  of  section  301-i of the tax law, as
amended by chapter 410 of the laws  of  1991,  is  amended  to  read  as
follows:
  (a) Imposition of tax. For taxable months commencing on and after July
first,  [nineteen  hundred ninety-one and ending before September first,
nineteen hundred ninety-one] TWO THOUSAND NINE, there is hereby  imposed
on  every  energy  business  for  the privilege of engaging in business,
doing business, employing capital, owning or leasing property, or  main-
taining an office in this state, a monthly tax for each or any part of a
taxable month equal to the energy business component determined pursuant
to subdivision (b) of this section. In no event shall the tax imposed by
this  section be less than twenty-five dollars for each or any part of a
taxable month.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.




 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD08809-01-9

Comments

Open Legislation is a forum for New York State legislation. All comments are subject to review and community moderation is encouraged.

Comments deemed off-topic, commercial, campaign-related, self-promotional; or that contain profanity, hate or toxic speech; or that link to sites outside of the nysenate.gov domain are not permitted, and will not be published. Attempts to intimidate and silence contributors or deliberately deceive the public, including excessive or extraneous posting/posts, or coordinated activity, are prohibited and may result in the temporary or permanent banning of the user. Comment moderation is generally performed Monday through Friday. By contributing or voting you agree to the Terms of Participation and verify you are over 13.

Create an account. An account allows you to sign petitions with a single click, officially support or oppose key legislation, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.