Bill Text: NY S05122 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Relates to exempting dyed Diesel motor fuel used in farming or manufacturing.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-01-06 - REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS [S05122 Detail]

Download: New_York-2009-S05122-Introduced.html
                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         5122
                              2009-2010 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                    April 27, 2009
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       Introduced  by  Sen. VALESKY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Govern-
         ment Operations
       AN ACT to amend the tax law, in relation to exempting dyed Diesel  motor
         fuel used in farming or manufacturing
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Paragraph (c) of subdivision 3 of section 282-a of the  tax
    2  law,  as added by chapter 302 of the laws of 2006, is amended to read as
    3  follows:
    4    (c) Limited exemptions for dyed Diesel motor fuel. (i) The tax imposed
    5  by this section shall not apply to: (A) the sale of  dyed  Diesel  motor
    6  fuel  by the importer to a purchaser under the circumstances and subject
    7  to the terms and conditions as follows: (1) the importer  and  purchaser
    8  are  each  registered  under  this  article  as a full Diesel motor fuel
    9  distributor; (2) such importer has imported the  enhanced  Diesel  motor
   10  fuel, which is the subject of the sale, into the state and has dyed such
   11  fuel  to  comply  with  the provisions of 26 USC S 4082(a) and the regu-
   12  lations thereunder, as may  be  amended  from  time  to  time;  (3)  the
   13  purchaser  is a holder of a currently valid direct payment permit issued
   14  pursuant to section two hundred  eighty-three-d  of  this  article;  and
   15  (4)(I)  such  purchaser  is  primarily engaged in the retail heating oil
   16  business and such dyed Diesel motor fuel will be sold by such  purchaser
   17  in  a  retail  sale  to  a consumer for use [solely as] BY THAT CONSUMER
   18  DIRECTLY AND EXCLUSIVELY FOR residential or commercial heating [oil], OR
   19  (II) SUCH DYED DIESEL MOTOR FUEL WILL BE SOLD BY  SUCH  PURCHASER  IN  A
   20  RETAIL  SALE  TO A CONSUMER FOR USE BY THAT CONSUMER DIRECTLY AND EXCLU-
   21  SIVELY IN THE PRODUCTION OF TANGIBLE PERSONAL PROPERTY FOR SALE BY FARM-
   22  ING, BUT ONLY IF ALL OF THAT FUEL IS DELIVERED ON THE FARMING  SITE  AND
   23  IS  CONSUMED OTHER THAN ON THE HIGHWAYS OF THIS STATE (EXCEPT FOR USE OF
   24  THE HIGHWAY TO REACH ADJACENT  FARMLANDS);  PROVIDED,  HOWEVER,  THAT  A
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD11459-01-9
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    1  FARMER  MAY  PURCHASE NO MORE THAN FOUR THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED GALLONS OF
    2  DIESEL MOTOR FUEL AND DYED DIESEL MOTOR FUEL COMBINED  IN  A  THIRTY-DAY
    3  PERIOD  FOR  SUCH  USE OR CONSUMPTION EXEMPT FROM THE MEASURE OF THE TAX
    4  IMPOSED BY THIS SECTION, EXCEPT IN ACCORDANCE WITH PRIOR CLEARANCE GIVEN
    5  BY  THE  COMMISSIONER, OR (III) SUCH DYED DIESEL MOTOR FUEL WILL BE SOLD
    6  BY SUCH PURCHASER IN A RETAIL SALE TO A CONSUMER FOR USE BY THAT CONSUM-
    7  ER DIRECTLY AND EXCLUSIVELY IN THE PRODUCTION OF TANGIBLE PERSONAL PROP-
    8  ERTY FOR SALE BY MANUFACTURING, PROCESSING, OR ASSEMBLY, BUT ONLY IF ALL
    9  OF THAT FUEL IS DELIVERED ON THE  MANUFACTURING  SITE  AND  IS  CONSUMED
   10  OTHER  THAN  ON THE HIGHWAYS OF THIS STATE; (B) a first sale of the dyed
   11  Diesel motor fuel,  which  [as]  WAS  the  subject  of  an  exempt  sale
   12  described in clause (A) of this subparagraph, by the purchaser described
   13  therein  to  a  purchaser  likewise holding a currently valid direct pay
   14  permit under the circumstances and subject to the terms  and  conditions
   15  as  follows:  (1)  the  sale [of] TO such second purchaser by such first
   16  purchaser is the first and only sale of such dyed Diesel motor  fuel  by
   17  such first purchaser; (2) (I) such second purchaser is primarily engaged
   18  in  the retail heating oil business and such dyed Diesel motor fuel will
   19  be sold by such second purchaser in a retail sale to a consumer for  use
   20  [solely as] BY THAT CONSUMER DIRECTLY AND EXCLUSIVELY FOR residential or
   21  commercial  heating  [oil],  OR (II) SUCH DYED DIESEL MOTOR FUEL WILL BE
   22  SOLD BY SUCH SECOND PURCHASER IN A RETAIL SALE TO A CONSUMER FOR USE  BY
   23  THAT  CONSUMER  DIRECTLY  AND  EXCLUSIVELY IN THE PRODUCTION OF TANGIBLE
   24  PERSONAL PROPERTY FOR SALE BY FARMING, BUT ONLY IF ALL OF THAT  FUEL  IS
   25  DELIVERED ON THE FARMING SITE AND IS CONSUMED OTHER THAN ON THE HIGHWAYS
   26  OF  THIS  STATE  (EXCEPT  FOR USE OF THE HIGHWAY TO REACH ADJACENT FARM-
   27  LANDS); PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT A FARMER MAY PURCHASE NO MORE THAN  FOUR
   28  THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED GALLONS OF DIESEL MOTOR FUEL AND DYED DIESEL MOTOR
   29  FUEL  COMBINED IN A THIRTY-DAY PERIOD FOR SUCH USE OR CONSUMPTION EXEMPT
   30  FROM THE MEASURE OF THE TAX IMPOSED BY THIS SECTION, EXCEPT  IN  ACCORD-
   31  ANCE  WITH PRIOR CLEARANCE GIVEN BY THE COMMISSIONER, OR (III) SUCH DYED
   32  DIESEL MOTOR FUEL WILL BE SOLD BY SUCH SECOND PURCHASER IN A RETAIL SALE
   33  TO A CONSUMER FOR USE BY THAT CONSUMER DIRECTLY AND EXCLUSIVELY  IN  THE
   34  PRODUCTION  OF  TANGIBLE  PERSONAL  PROPERTY  FOR SALE BY MANUFACTURING,
   35  PROCESSING, OR ASSEMBLY, BUT ONLY IF ALL OF THAT FUEL  IS  DELIVERED  ON
   36  THE  MANUFACTURING  SITE  AND  IS CONSUMED OTHER THAN ON THE HIGHWAYS OF
   37  THIS STATE; (3) on the sale to the second purchaser, such first purchas-
   38  er described in such clause (A) attaches to the invoice a  copy  of  the
   39  invoice  given  by  the  importer  on  the exempt sale described in such
   40  clause (A), so as to identify the origin of the dyed Diesel fuel [which]
   41  THAT is the subject of the sale to such second purchaser; and  (4)  such
   42  second  purchaser  certifies  that  such dyed Diesel motor fuel is to be
   43  sold by it only to a consumer for  use  [solely  as]  BY  THAT  CONSUMER
   44  DIRECTLY  AND  EXCLUSIVELY  (I)  FOR  residential  or commercial heating
   45  [oil], (II) IN THE PRODUCTION OF TANGIBLE PERSONAL PROPERTY FOR SALE  BY
   46  FARMING,  BUT  ONLY IF ALL OF THAT FUEL IS DELIVERED ON THE FARMING SITE
   47  AND IS CONSUMED OTHER THAN ON THE HIGHWAYS OF THIS STATE (EXCEPT FOR USE
   48  OF THE HIGHWAY TO REACH ADJACENT FARMLANDS); PROVIDED, HOWEVER,  THAT  A
   49  FARMER  MAY  PURCHASE NO MORE THAN FOUR THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED GALLONS OF
   50  DIESEL MOTOR FUEL AND DYED DIESEL MOTOR FUEL COMBINED  IN  A  THIRTY-DAY
   51  PERIOD  FOR  SUCH  USE OR CONSUMPTION EXEMPT FROM THE MEASURE OF THE TAX
   52  IMPOSED BY THIS SECTION, EXCEPT IN ACCORDANCE WITH PRIOR CLEARANCE GIVEN
   53  BY THE COMMISSIONER, OR (III) IN THE  PRODUCTION  OF  TANGIBLE  PERSONAL
   54  PROPERTY FOR SALE BY MANUFACTURING, PROCESSING, OR ASSEMBLY, BUT ONLY IF
   55  ALL  OF THAT FUEL IS DELIVERED ON THE MANUFACTURING SITE AND IS CONSUMED
   56  OTHER THAN ON THE HIGHWAYS OF THIS STATE.  (ii) Prior to, or at the time
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    1  of, such sale of such dyed Diesel motor fuel described in clause (A)  or
    2  (B)  of  subparagraph  (i) of this paragraph, the purchaser shall give a
    3  certificate to the seller setting forth the intended  use  of  the  dyed
    4  Diesel  motor  fuel [which] THAT is sought to be qualified for exemption
    5  under this paragraph, that  the  purchaser  has  been  issued  a  direct
    6  payment  permit  which is currently valid, that such permit has not been
    7  suspended or revoked and that the purchaser otherwise meets  the  quali-
    8  fications  of this paragraph. (iii) The limited exemptions allowed under
    9  this paragraph, EXCEPT THE EXEMPTIONS FOR SALES  OF  DYED  DIESEL  MOTOR
   10  FUEL TO CONSUMERS FOR USE BY THOSE CONSUMERS IN THE PRODUCTION OF TANGI-
   11  BLE  PERSONAL  PROPERTY  FOR SALE BY FARMING, shall in no event apply to
   12  any dyed Diesel motor fuel [which] THAT is delivered into  a  repository
   13  equipped  with hose or other apparatus capable of being used to dispense
   14  fuel into the fuel tank of a motor vehicle,  or  where  the  purchaser's
   15  direct payment permit has been suspended or revoked and the commissioner
   16  has  made generally available the identity of those persons whose direct
   17  payment permits have been suspended or revoked.
   18    S 2. The section heading and subdivision 1 of section 283-d of the tax
   19  law, as added by chapter 302 of the laws of 2006, is amended to read  as
   20  follows:
   21    Direct  payment permit with respect to dyed Diesel motor fuel [used as
   22  residential or commercial heating oil].  1. The commissioner,  upon  the
   23  application  of  a person registered under this article as a distributor
   24  of Diesel motor fuel, may issue a direct payment permit to  such  person
   25  for the payment of tax liability under this article with respect to dyed
   26  Diesel motor fuel [which] THAT is certified to be used [solely] DIRECTLY
   27  AND  EXCLUSIVELY  for  ONE  OF  THE  FOLLOWING  PURPOSES: residential or
   28  commercial heating [oil], PRODUCTION OF TANGIBLE PERSONAL  PROPERTY  FOR
   29  SALE BY FARMING, OR PRODUCTION OF TANGIBLE PERSONAL PROPERTY FOR SALE BY
   30  MANUFACTURING,  PROCESSING, OR ASSEMBLY if: (a) such person, at the time
   31  of application, meets all the  requirements  described  in  section  two
   32  hundred  eighty-two-a  of  this article and any other requirements under
   33  this article relating to Diesel motor fuel distributors, (b)  there  has
   34  been  timely  filing  and payment of tax liability with respect to taxes
   35  under this chapter (excluding those taxes  timely  protested),  by  such
   36  person,  any  officer,  director  or partner of such person, shareholder
   37  directly or indirectly owning more than ten percent  of  the  number  of
   38  shares  of stock of such person entitling the holder thereof to vote for
   39  the election of directors or trustees, or any shareholder or employee of
   40  such person under a duty to file a  return  under  or  pursuant  to  the
   41  authority of this article or pay the taxes imposed by or pursuant to the
   42  authority  of  this  article on behalf of such person (the provisions of
   43  subdivision ten of section two  hundred  eighty-three  of  this  article
   44  shall  apply  to the provisions of this paragraph), AND (c) [such person
   45  is engaged primarily in the retail sale  of  residential  or  commercial
   46  heating oil and does not make wholesale sales of Diesel motor fuel other
   47  than in the circumstances described in clause (B) of subparagraph (i) of
   48  paragraph  (c)  of subdivision three of section two hundred eighty-two-a
   49  of this article, and (d)] such person files a  bond  or  other  security
   50  covering potential tax liability under this chapter with respect to such
   51  dyed Diesel motor fuel.
   52    S  3. Clause (i) of subparagraph (C) of paragraph 1 of subdivision (c)
   53  of section 300 of the tax law, as added by chapter 190 of  the  laws  of
   54  1990, is amended to read as follows:
   55    (i)  ["nonautomotive  type  diesel]  "NONAUTOMOTIVE-TYPE  DIESEL motor
   56  fuel" as used in relation to the rates of the  tax  imposed  by  section
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    1  three  hundred  one-a  of  this  article means any diesel motor fuel, as
    2  described in subparagraph (A) of this paragraph, which would be excluded
    3  from the diesel motor fuel excise tax imposed  by  section  two  hundred
    4  eighty-two-a  of  this chapter solely by reason of the enumerated exclu-
    5  sions based on ultimate use of the product set forth in paragraph (b) of
    6  subdivision three of such section, AND ANY DYED DIESEL  MOTOR  FUEL,  AS
    7  DESCRIBED  IN  SUBDIVISION EIGHTEEN OF SECTION TWO HUNDRED EIGHTY-TWO OF
    8  THIS CHAPTER, WHICH WOULD BE EXCLUDED FROM THE DIESEL MOTOR FUEL  EXCISE
    9  TAX  IMPOSED  BY SECTION TWO HUNDRED EIGHTY-TWO-A OF THIS CHAPTER SOLELY
   10  BY REASON OF THE ENUMERATED EXCLUSIONS BASED  ON  ULTIMATE  USE  OF  THE
   11  PRODUCT SET FORTH IN PARAGRAPH (C) OF SUBDIVISION THREE OF THAT SECTION,
   12  and  (ii) "automotive-type diesel motor fuel" as used in relation to the
   13  rates of tax imposed by such section three hundred  one-a  means  diesel
   14  motor fuel [which] THAT is not nonautomotive-type diesel motor fuel.
   15    S  4. Subdivision (m) of section 300 of the tax law, as added by chap-
   16  ter 309 of the laws of 1996, is amended to read as follows:
   17    (m) "Manufacturing gallonage" means residual petroleum  product,  DYED
   18  DIESEL  MOTOR  FUEL,  or diesel motor fuel (which is not enhanced diesel
   19  motor fuel) THAT IS used and consumed directly and  exclusively  in  the
   20  production  of  tangible  personal  property  for sale by manufacturing,
   21  processing or assembly, but only if all  of  such  fuel  or  product  is
   22  delivered  on  the  manufacturing site and is consumed other than on the
   23  highways of this state. "Manufacturing  gallonage"  shall  in  no  event
   24  include diesel motor fuel OR DYED DIESEL MOTOR FUEL delivered at a fill-
   25  ing station or into a repository [which] THAT is equipped with a hose or
   26  other  apparatus  by which such fuel can be dispensed into the fuel tank
   27  of a motor vehicle. The  commissioner  shall  require  such  documentary
   28  proof  to  substantiate  the classification of product as "manufacturing
   29  gallonage" as the commissioner deems appropriate.
   30    S 5. Subdivision (j) of section 301-c of the  tax  law,  as  added  by
   31  chapter 309 of the laws of 1996, is amended to read as follows:
   32    (j)  Reimbursement  for  manufacturing  gallonage.  Commencing January
   33  first, nineteen hundred ninety-eight, a subsequent  purchaser  shall  be
   34  eligible  for reimbursement of any taxes imposed under this article with
   35  respect to gallonage of residual petroleum product,  DYED  DIESEL  MOTOR
   36  FUEL,  and  diesel motor fuel (which is not enhanced diesel motor fuel),
   37  subsequently sold by such purchaser  to  a  consumer  as  "manufacturing
   38  gallonage."  This  reimbursement  may  be claimed only where (1) any tax
   39  imposed pursuant to this article has been  paid  with  respect  to  such
   40  gallonage  and  the  entire amount of such tax has been absorbed by such
   41  purchaser, and (2) such purchaser possesses documentary proof  satisfac-
   42  tory  to  the commissioner evidencing the absorption by it of the entire
   43  amount of such tax.  Provided,  however,  that  the  commissioner  shall
   44  require  such  documentary proof to qualify for any reimbursement of tax
   45  provided by this  subdivision  as  the  commissioner  deems  appropriate
   46  including  a certificate by the consumer that such product is to be used
   47  and consumed exclusively as "manufacturing gallonage".
   48    S 6. This act shall take effect on the first  day  of  the  sales  tax
   49  quarterly period, as described in subdivision (b) of section 1136 of the
   50  tax  law,  next commencing at least ninety days after this act becomes a
   51  law; provided, however, that registered  distributors  of  Diesel  motor
   52  fuel  may  apply  for  direct payment permits thirty days after this act
   53  becomes a law.
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