Senate Bill S7145

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Provides motor fuel tax exemption for sales of diesel motor fuel used in vessels used directly in a business providing sport fishing opportunities

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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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2011-S7145 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A9999
Current Committee:
Senate Finance
Law Section:
Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยงยง300, 301-a, 301-c, 1115 & 1210, Tax L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: S1766, A1218
2015-2016: S330, A151
2017-2018: S4820, A6328
2019-2020: S3719, A5512
2021-2022: S5166, A5812
2023-2024: S2261, A3853

2011-S7145 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides motor fuel tax exemption for sales of diesel motor fuel used in vessels used directly in a business providing sport fishing opportunities for hire to the general public from the tax on petroleum businesses and from sales and compensating use taxes.

2011-S7145 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2011-S7145 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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    S. 7145                                                  A. 9999

                      S E N A T E - A S S E M B L Y

                               May 1, 2012
                               ___________

IN SENATE -- Introduced by Sen. LAVALLE -- read twice and ordered print-
  ed,  and  when  printed  to  be committed to the Committee on Investi-
  gations and Government Operations

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

AN  ACT  to  amend  the  tax  law, in relation to exempting fuel used in
  vessels used directly and predominantly in a business providing  sport
  fishing  opportunities  for hire to the general public from the tax on
  petroleum businesses and from sales and compensating use taxes

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

  Section  1.    Section  300  of the tax law is amended by adding a new
subdivision (j-1) to read as follows:
  (J-1) "COMMERCIAL SPORT FISHING VESSEL" MEANS  A  VESSEL  OWNED  BY  A
PERSON  DOMICILED  IN THIS STATE, WHO HAS BEEN ISSUED AND HOLDS A MARINE
AND COASTAL DISTRICT PARTY AND CHARTER BOAT LICENSE PURSUANT TO  SECTION
13-0336 OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION LAW.
  S  2.  Paragraph 2 of subdivision (b) of section 301-a of the tax law,
as added by section 154 of part A of chapter 389 of the laws of 1997, is
amended to read as follows:
  (2) Motor fuel brought into this state in  the  fuel  tank  connecting
with  the  engine  of  a  vessel propelled by the use of such motor fuel
shall be deemed to constitute a  taxable  use  of  motor  fuel  for  the
purposes  of this subdivision to the extent that the fuel is consumed in
the operation of the vessel in this state. Provided, however, that  this
paragraph  shall  not  apply  to  (i)  a recreational motor boat or (ii)
subsequent to  August  thirty-first,  nineteen  hundred  ninety-four,  a
commercial  fishing  vessel  (as  defined  in subdivision (j) of section
three hundred of this article) if the motor fuel imported  and  consumed
in  this state is used to operate such vessel while it is engaged in the
harvesting of fish for sale OR (III) A COMMERCIAL SPORT FISHING  VESSEL,
IF  SUCH VESSEL PROVIDES ITS OWNER WITH AT LEAST FIFTY PERCENT OF HIS OR
HER TOTAL ANNUAL INCOME.   Provided, further,  that  tax  liability  for

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

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