Bill Text: NY S02441 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Establishes a tax free time period for storm related products for the month of September.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-01-06 - REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS [S02441 Detail]

Download: New_York-2009-S02441-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         2441
                              2009-2010 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                   February 20, 2009
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       Introduced  by  Sen.  STACHOWSKI  -- read twice and ordered printed, and
         when printed to be committed to the Committee  on  Investigations  and
         Government Operations
       AN ACT to amend the tax law, in relation to establishing a tax free time
         period for storm related products for the month of September
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Section 1115 of the tax law is  amended  by  adding  a  new
    2  subdivision (gg) to read as follows:
    3    (GG) (1) RECEIPTS FROM THE RETAIL SALE OF STORM RELATED PRODUCTS SHALL
    4  BE EXEMPT FROM TAXES IMPOSED BY THIS ARTICLE FOR THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER.
    5    (2)  STORM  RELATED PRODUCTS SHALL INCLUDE SNOWBLOWERS, ELECTRIC SHOV-
    6  ELS, SHOVELS, ROOF RAKES, ICE CHOPPERS, ROCK SALT  OR  CALCIUM  CHLORIDE
    7  PELLETS,  GENERATORS,  EXTENSION  CORDS, POWER STRIPS, PORTABLE ELECTRIC
    8  HEATERS, PORTABLE BATTERY OR  SELF  OPERATED  RADIOS,  BATTERY  OR  SELF
    9  POWERED  FLASHLIGHTS,  BATTERY  OR  SELF POWERED LANTERNS, PORTABLE SELF
   10  POWERED LIGHT SOURCES SUCH AS CHEMLIGHTS AND LIGHT STICKS, FUEL CONTAIN-
   11  ERS, BATTERIES, POWER INVERTERS, BATTERY OR SELF  POWERED  WEATHER  BAND
   12  RADIOS, CELL PHONE CHARGERS, CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTORS, SMOKE DETECTORS,
   13  AUXILIARY SUMP PUMPS AND FIRE EXTINGUISHERS.
   14    S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
   15  it shall have become a law.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD07909-01-9