Bill Text: NY A08266 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Authorizes the county of Suffolk to elect to be exempt from certain taxes related to the sale or purchase of energy saving, fluorescent lightbulbs.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-04 - referred to ways and means [A08266 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-A08266-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         8266
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                     June 9, 2011
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       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 authorizing the county of
         Suffolk to elect to be exempt from certain taxes related to any energy
         saving, fluorescent lightbulb
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  The  tax law is amended by adding a new section 1115-a to
    2  read as follows:
    3    S 1115-A. COUNTY OF SUFFOLK OPTIONAL  EXEMPTION  FROM  SALES  AND  USE
    4  TAXES  FOR THE SALE OR PURCHASE OF ANY ENERGY SAVING, FLUORESCENT LIGHT-
    5  BULB. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW TO  THE  CONTRARY,  THE
    6  COUNTY  OF  SUFFOLK  MAY  ELECT BY LOCAL LAW, FOR A PERIOD OF TIME TO BE
    7  ESTABLISHED BY SUCH COUNTY, FOR RECEIPTS FOR ANY  SALE  OR  PURCHASE  OF
    8  ENERGY SAVING, FLUORESCENT LIGHTBULB TO BE EXEMPT FROM THE TAX ON RETAIL
    9  SALES  IMPOSED  UNDER  SUBDIVISION (A) OF SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED FIVE OF
   10  THIS ARTICLE AND THE COMPENSATING USE TAX IMPOSED UNDER  SECTION  ELEVEN
   11  HUNDRED TEN OF THIS ARTICLE.
   12    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately; provided that the Suffolk
   13  county legislature shall notify the legislative bill drafting commission
   14  upon  adopting  a  local  law as authorized by section 1115-a of the tax
   15  law, as added by section one of this act, in order that such  commission
   16  may  maintain an accurate and timely effective data base of the official
   17  text of the laws of the state of New York in  furtherance  of  effecting
   18  the  provisions of section 44 of the legislative law and section 70-b of
   19  the public officers law.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD11658-01-1