Bill Text: NY A00033 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Provides a tax exemption for petroleum products that are purchased for heating purposes.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-01-05 - referred to ways and means [A00033 Detail]
Download: New_York-2009-A00033-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 33 2011-2012 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y (PREFILED) January 5, 2011 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. CAHILL, MORELLE, DESTITO, LUPARDO, GUNTHER, ROSENTHAL, PHEFFER -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. ENGLEBRIGHT -- read once and referred to the Committee on Ways and Means AN ACT to amend the tax law, in relation to eliminating the residential restriction for heating exemptions THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: 1 Section 1. Subdivision (d) of section 301-b of the tax law, as amended 2 by section 2 of part H of chapter 407 of the laws of 1999, subparagraph 3 (C) of paragraph 2 as amended by section 1 of part X of chapter 63 of 4 the laws of 2000, is amended to read as follows: 5 (d) Sales to consumers for heating purposes. [(1) Total residential 6 heating] HEATING exemption. (A) Unenhanced diesel motor fuel sold by a 7 petroleum business registered under article twelve-A of this chapter as 8 a distributor of diesel motor fuel or residual petroleum product sold by 9 a petroleum business registered under this article as a residual petro- 10 leum product business to the consumer exclusively for [residential] 11 heating purposes. 12 (B) Enhanced diesel motor fuel sold by a petroleum business registered 13 under article twelve-A of this chapter as a distributor of diesel motor 14 fuel to the consumer exclusively for [residential] heating purposes but 15 only if such enhanced diesel motor fuel is delivered into a storage tank 16 which is not equipped with a hose or other apparatus by which such fuel 17 can be dispensed into the fuel tank of a motor vehicle and such storage 18 tank is attached to the heating unit burning such fuel, provided, that 19 with respect to each delivery of such fuel over four thousand five 20 hundred gallons, to obtain this exemption there shall be required a 21 certificate signed by the purchaser stating that the product will be 22 used exclusively for [residential] heating purposes. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD01149-02-1 A. 33 2 1 [(2) Partial non-residential heating exemption. (A) Unenhanced diesel 2 motor fuel sold by a petroleum business registered under article 3 twelve-A of this chapter as a distributor of diesel motor fuel or resi- 4 dual petroleum product sold by a petroleum business registered under 5 this article as a residual petroleum product business to the consumer 6 exclusively for heating, other than residential heating purposes. 7 (B) Enhanced diesel motor fuel sold by a petroleum business registered 8 under article twelve-A of this chapter as a distributor of diesel motor 9 fuel to the consumer exclusively for heating, other than residential 10 heating purposes, but only if such enhanced diesel motor fuel is deliv- 11 ered into a storage tank which is not equipped with a hose or other 12 apparatus by which such fuel can be dispensed into the fuel tank of a 13 motor vehicle and such storage tank is attached to the heating unit 14 burning such fuel, provided, that with respect to each delivery of such 15 fuel over four thousand five hundred gallons, to obtain this exemption 16 there shall be required a certificate signed by the purchaser stating 17 that the product will be used exclusively for heating, other than resi- 18 dential heating purposes. 19 (C) Calculation of partial exemption. Notwithstanding any other 20 provision of this article, commencing April first, two thousand one and 21 ending August thirty-first, two thousand two, the amount of the partial 22 exemption under this paragraph shall be determined by multiplying the 23 quantity of diesel motor fuel and residual petroleum product eligible 24 for the exemption times the sum of the then current rate of the supple- 25 mental tax imposed by section three hundred one-j of this article and 26 twenty percent of the then current rate of the tax imposed by section 27 three hundred one-a of this article, with respect to the specific diesel 28 motor fuel or residual petroleum product rate, as the case may be, and 29 commencing September first, two thousand two, the amount of the partial 30 exemption under this paragraph shall be determined by multiplying the 31 quantity of diesel motor fuel and residual petroleum product eligible 32 for the exemption times the sum of the then current rate of the supple- 33 mental tax imposed by section three hundred one-j of this article and 34 forty-six percent of the then current rate of the tax imposed by section 35 three hundred one-a of this article, with respect to the specific diesel 36 motor fuel or residual petroleum product rate, as the case may be.] 37 S 2. Subdivision (a) of section 301-c of the tax law, as amended by 38 section 4 of part H of chapter 407 of the laws of 1999 and subparagraph 39 (B) of paragraph 2 as amended by section 2 of part X of chapter 63 of 40 the laws of 2000, is amended to read as follows: 41 (a) Diesel motor fuel used for heating purposes. [(1) Total residen- 42 tial heating] HEATING reimbursement. Diesel motor fuel purchased in this 43 state and sold by such purchaser to a consumer for use exclusively for 44 [residential] heating purposes but only where (i) such diesel motor fuel 45 is delivered into a storage tank which is not equipped with a hose or 46 other apparatus by which such fuel can be dispensed into the fuel tank 47 of a motor vehicle and such storage tank is attached to the heating unit 48 burning such fuel, (ii) the tax imposed pursuant to this article has 49 been paid with respect to such diesel motor fuel and the entire amount 50 of such tax has been absorbed by such purchaser, and (iii) such purchas- 51 er possesses documentary proof satisfactory to the commissioner evidenc- 52 ing the absorption by it of the entire amount of the tax imposed pursu- 53 ant to this article. Provided, however, that the commissioner is 54 authorized, in the event that the commissioner determines that it would 55 not threaten the integrity of the administration and enforcement of the 56 tax imposed by this article, to provide a reimbursement with respect to A. 33 3 1 a retail sale to a consumer for [residential] heating purposes of less 2 than ten gallons of diesel motor fuel provided such fuel is not 3 dispensed into the tank of a motor vehicle. Provided, further, that with 4 respect to each delivery of enhanced diesel motor fuel of over four 5 thousand five hundred gallons, to obtain this reimbursement there shall 6 be required a certificate signed by the consumer stating that the prod- 7 uct will be used exclusively for [residential] heating purposes. 8 [(2) Partial non-residential heating reimbursement. (A) Diesel motor 9 fuel purchased in this state and sold by such purchaser to a consumer 10 for use exclusively for heating, other than for residential heating 11 purposes, but only where (i) such diesel motor fuel is delivered into a 12 storage tank which is not equipped with a hose or other apparatus by 13 which such fuel can be dispensed into the fuel tank of a motor vehicle 14 and such storage tank is attached to the heating unit burning such fuel, 15 (ii) the tax imposed pursuant to this article has been paid with respect 16 to such diesel motor fuel and the entire amount of such tax has been 17 absorbed by such purchaser, and (iii) such purchaser possesses documen- 18 tary proof satisfactory to the commissioner evidencing the absorption by 19 it of the entire amount of the tax imposed pursuant to this article. 20 Provided, however, that with respect to each delivery of enhanced diesel 21 motor fuel of over four thousand five hundred gallons, to obtain this 22 reimbursement there shall be required a certificate signed by the 23 consumer stating that the product will be used exclusively for heating, 24 other than for residential heating purposes. 25 (B) Calculation of partial reimbursement. Notwithstanding any other 26 provision of this article, commencing April first, two thousand one and 27 ending August thirty-first, two thousand two, the amount of the 28 reimbursement under this paragraph shall be determined by multiplying 29 the quantity of diesel motor fuel eligible for the reimbursement times 30 the sum of the then current rate of the supplemental tax imposed by 31 section three hundred one-j of this article and twenty percent of the 32 then current rate of the tax imposed by section three hundred one-a of 33 this article, with respect to the specific diesel motor fuel rate, as 34 the case may be, and commencing September first, two thousand two, the 35 amount of the reimbursement under this paragraph shall be determined by 36 multiplying the quantity of diesel motor fuel eligible for the 37 reimbursement times the sum of the then current rate of the supplemental 38 tax imposed by section three hundred one-j of this article and forty-six 39 percent of the then current rate of the tax imposed by section three 40 hundred one-a of this article, with respect to the specific diesel motor 41 fuel rate, as the case may be.] 42 S 3. This act shall take effect April 1, 2011; provided, however, if 43 this act shall become a law after such date it shall be deemed to have 44 been in full force and effect on and after April 1, 2011.