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                                   2583
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 21, 2021
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 Introduced  by  Sen. HELMING -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Budget and Revenue
 
 AN ACT to amend the tax law, in relation to exempting computer  hardware
   and  software  and school supplies from sales and compensating use tax
   during a specified period each year
   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 46 to read as follows:
   (46) DURING THE SEVEN DAY PERIOD EACH YEAR COMMENCING ON  THE  TUESDAY
 IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING THE FIRST MONDAY IN SEPTEMBER, KNOWN AS LABOR DAY,
 AND  ENDING  ON  LABOR  DAY, SCHOOL SUPPLIES OR ITEMS COMMONLY USED BY A
 STUDENT IN A COURSE OF STUDY WHICH SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO,
 BOOK BAGS OR BACKPACKS, BOOKS,  COMPUTER  EQUIPMENT  (INCLUDING  RELATED
 SOFTWARE  AND  HARDWARE), PENS, PENCILS, HIGHLIGHTERS, CRAYONS, MARKERS,
 ERASERS, INDEX CARDS,  PAPER,  NOTEBOOKS,  BINDERS,  FOLDERS,  SCISSORS,
 RULERS AND CALCULATORS.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to taxable
 periods beginning on and after August 1, 2022.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04677-01-1