Bill Text: NY A02513 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Provides for exemptions from sales tax for energy-star qualified appliances and grants municipalities the option to provide such exemption.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - referred to ways and means [A02513 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A02513-Introduced.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          2513

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    January 26, 2023
                                       ___________

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

        AN ACT to amend the tax law, in relation to exempting energy star appli-
          ances from state sales and compensating use taxes and granting munici-
          palities the option to provide such exemption; and providing  for  the
          repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Subdivision (a) of section 1115 of the tax law  is  amended
     2  by adding a new paragraph 47 to read as follows:
     3    (47) Retail sales of the following products, provided that the product
     4  qualifies  as an energy star product pursuant to the United States envi-
     5  ronmental protection agency energy star program, shall  be  exempt  from
     6  the sales tax provisions of section eleven hundred five of this article:
     7  clothes  washer, dishwasher, refrigerator, room air conditioner, ceiling
     8  fan, dehumidifier, freezer, air purifier, clothes dryer and  ventilating
     9  fan.  The  exemption provided for in this subdivision shall not apply to
    10  the rental, leasing, repair or servicing of such energy star products.
    11    § 2. Subparagraph (ii) of paragraph 1 of subdivision  (a)  of  section
    12  1210  of the tax law, as amended by section 5 of part J of chapter 59 of
    13  the laws of 2021, is amended to read as follows:
    14    (ii) Any local law, ordinance or resolution enacted by any city, coun-
    15  ty or school district, imposing the taxes authorized  by  this  subdivi-
    16  sion,  shall  omit  the  residential  solar energy systems equipment and
    17  electricity exemption provided for in subdivision (ee),  the  commercial
    18  solar energy systems equipment and electricity exemption provided for in
    19  subdivision  (ii),  the  commercial  fuel  cell  electricity  generating
    20  systems equipment and electricity generated by such equipment  exemption
    21  provided for in subdivision (kk) and the clothing and footwear exemption
    22  provided  for  in  paragraph thirty of subdivision (a) of section eleven
    23  hundred fifteen of this chapter, and the energy star  product  exemption

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD03157-01-3

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     1  provided  for  in  paragraph  forty-seven  of subdivision (a) of section
     2  eleven hundred fifteen of this chapter,  unless  such  city,  county  or
     3  school  district  elects  otherwise  as to such residential solar energy
     4  systems equipment and electricity exemption, such commercial solar ener-
     5  gy  systems  equipment  and  electricity exemption, commercial fuel cell
     6  electricity generating systems equipment and  electricity  generated  by
     7  such  equipment  exemption [or], such clothing and footwear exemption or
     8  such energy star product exemption.
     9    § 3. Section 1210 of the tax law is amended by adding a  new  subdivi-
    10  sion (p) to read as follows:
    11    (p)  Notwithstanding  any other provision of state or local law, ordi-
    12  nance or resolution to the contrary:
    13    (1) Any city having a population of one million or more in  which  the
    14  taxes  imposed  by  section  eleven hundred seven of this chapter are in
    15  effect, acting through its local legislative body, is hereby  authorized
    16  and empowered to elect to provide the same exemptions from such taxes as
    17  the  energy star product exemption from state sales and compensating use
    18  taxes described in paragraph forty-seven of subdivision (a)  of  section
    19  eleven  hundred  fifteen of this chapter by enacting a resolution in the
    20  form set forth in paragraph two of  this  subdivision;  whereupon,  upon
    21  compliance  with  the  provisions  of  subdivisions  (d) and (e) of this
    22  section, such enactment of such resolution shall  be  deemed  to  be  an
    23  amendment  to  such section eleven hundred seven and such section eleven
    24  hundred seven shall be deemed to incorporate such exemptions as if  they
    25  had  been  duly  enacted  by  the  state legislature and approved by the
    26  governor.
    27    (2) Form of Resolution: Be it enacted by the (insert proper  title  of
    28  local legislative body) as follows:
    29    Section  one.  Receipts  from  sales  of  and  consideration  given or
    30  contracted to be given for, or for the use  of,  property  and  services
    31  exempt from state sales and compensating use taxes pursuant to paragraph
    32  forty-seven of subdivision (a) of section 1115 of the tax law shall also
    33  be  exempt  from sales and compensating use taxes imposed in this juris-
    34  diction.
    35    Section two. This resolution shall take effect  September  1,  (insert
    36  the  year,  but not earlier than the year 2024) and shall apply to sales
    37  made, services rendered and uses occurring on and  after  that  date  in
    38  accordance with the applicable transitional provisions in sections 1106,
    39  1216 and 1217 of the New York tax law.
    40    § 4. This act shall take effect April 1, 2024, and shall expire and be
    41  deemed repealed April 1, 2029.
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