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                                 2303--A

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            January 15, 2013
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Introduced  by  Sen.  LANZA  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Govern-
  ment Operations -- recommitted to the Committee on Investigations  and
  Government  Operations  in  accordance  with  Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 --
  committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as  amended  and
  recommitted to said committee

AN  ACT  to  amend  the  tax law, in relation to taxpayer relief on cell
  phone taxes

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

  Section  1.  Section  1109  of  the tax law is amended by adding a new
subdivision (i) to read as follows:
  (I) THE EXEMPTION CONTAINED IN  SUBDIVISION  (CC)  OF  SECTION  ELEVEN
HUNDRED FIFTEEN OF THIS ARTICLE SHALL NOT APPLY.
  S  2.  Subdivision  (cc)  of  section 1115 of the tax law, as added by
section 11 of part S of chapter 85 of the laws of 2002,  is  amended  to
read as follows:
  (cc)  Notwithstanding  any  other  provision  of  law to the contrary,
receipts from the sale of mobile telecommunications service [by  a  home
service provider] shall be exempt from the taxes imposed by subparagraph
(B)  of  paragraph  one  and paragraph two of subdivision (b) of section
eleven hundred five of this article [if  the  mobile  telecommunications
customer's  place of primary use is within a taxing jurisdiction outside
this state].
  S 3. 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

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD05459-02-4
              

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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-
ized  under  this  subdivision  may  not  be imposed by a city or county
unless the local law, ordinance or resolution imposes such taxes  so  as
to  include  all  portions  and all types of receipts, charges or rents,
subject to state tax under  sections  eleven  hundred  five  and  eleven
hundred ten of this chapter, except as otherwise provided. (i) Any local
law,  ordinance  or  resolution  enacted  by  any  city of less than one
million or by any county or school district, imposing the taxes  author-
ized by this subdivision, shall, notwithstanding any provision of law to
the  contrary,  exclude from the operation of such local taxes all sales
of tangible personal  property  for  use  or  consumption  directly  and
predominantly  in  the  production  of  tangible personal property, gas,
electricity, refrigeration or steam, for sale, by  manufacturing,  proc-
essing,  generating,  assembly,  refining, mining or extracting; and all
sales of tangible personal property for use or consumption predominantly
either in the production of tangible personal  property,  for  sale,  by
farming  or  in  a commercial horse boarding operation, or in both; and,
unless such city, county or school district elects otherwise, shall omit
the provision for credit or refund contained in clause six  of  subdivi-
sion  (a)  or subdivision (d) of section eleven hundred nineteen of this
chapter. (ii) Any local law, ordinance  or  resolution  enacted  by  any
city,  county  or school district, imposing the taxes authorized by this
subdivision, shall omit the residential solar energy  systems  equipment
exemption  provided for in subdivision (ee), the commercial solar energy
systems equipment exemption provided for in subdivision (ii) [and],  the
clothing  and  footwear  exemption  provided  for in paragraph thirty of
subdivision (a) AND  THE  MOBILE  TELECOMMUNICATIONS  SERVICE  EXEMPTION
PROVIDED  FOR  IN  SUBDIVISION (CC) of section eleven hundred fifteen of
this chapter, unless such city, county or school district elects  other-
wise  as  to  either  such  residential  solar  energy systems equipment
exemption, such commercial  solar  energy  systems  equipment  exemption
[or],  such  clothing  and footwear exemption OR SUCH TELECOMMUNICATIONS
SERVICE EXEMPTION.
  S 4. Section 1210 of the tax law is amended by adding a  new  subdivi-
sion (q) to read as follows:
  (Q)  NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY OTHER PROVISION OF STATE OR LOCAL LAW, ORDI-
NANCE OR RESOLUTION TO THE CONTRARY:
  (1) ANY CITY, COUNTY OR SCHOOL DISTRICT, ACTING THROUGH ITS  GOVERNING
BODY,  IS  HEREBY  AUTHORIZED AND EMPOWERED TO ELECT TO PROVIDE THE SAME
EXEMPTIONS FROM SUCH TAXES  AS  THE  MOBILE  TELECOMMUNICATIONS  SERVICE
EXEMPTION  FROM  STATE  SALES  AND  COMPENSATING  USE TAXES DESCRIBED IN
SUBDIVISION (CC) OF SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED FIFTEEN OF  THIS  CHAPTER  BY
ENACTING  A  RESOLUTION  IN  THE FORM SET FORTH IN PARAGRAPH TWO OF THIS
SUBDIVISION; ANY CITY HAVING A POPULATION OF ONE MILLION OR MORE  WHERE-
UPON, UPON COMPLIANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF SUBDIVISIONS (D) AND (E) OF
THIS SECTION, SUCH ENACTMENT OF SUCH RESOLUTION SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE AN
AMENDMENT  TO  SUCH SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED SEVEN AND SUCH SECTION ELEVEN
HUNDRED SEVEN SHALL BE DEEMED TO INCORPORATE SUCH EXEMPTIONS AS IF  THEY
HAD  BEEN  DULY  ENACTED  BY  THE  STATE LEGISLATURE AND APPROVED BY THE
GOVERNOR.
  (2) FORM OF RESOLUTION: BE IT ENACTED BY THE (INSERT PROPER  TITLE  OF
LOCAL LEGISLATIVE BODY) AS FOLLOWS:

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  SECTION  ONE.  RECEIPTS  FROM  SALES  OF  AND  CONSIDERATION  GIVEN OR
CONTRACTED TO BE GIVEN FOR, OR FOR THE USE OF, MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS
SERVICE EXEMPT FROM STATE SALES AND COMPENSATING USE TAXES  PURSUANT  TO
SUBDIVISION  (CC)  OF  SECTION  1115 OF THE TAX LAW SHALL ALSO BE EXEMPT
FROM SALES AND COMPENSATING USE TAXES IMPOSED IN THIS JURISDICTION.
  SECTION  TWO.  THIS  RESOLUTION SHALL TAKE EFFECT MARCH 1, (INSERT THE
YEAR, BUT NOT EARLIER THAN THE YEAR 2015) AND SHALL APPLY TO SALES MADE,
SERVICES RENDERED AND USES OCCURRING ON AND AFTER THAT DATE  IN  ACCORD-
ANCE  WITH THE APPLICABLE TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS IN SECTIONS 1106, 1216
AND 1217 OF THE NEW YORK TAX LAW.
  S 5. This act shall take effect immediately; provided,  however,  that
sections one and two of this act shall take effect March 1, 2015.