STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 5456--A 2017-2018 Regular Sessions IN SENATE March 29, 2017 ___________ Introduced by Sens. GOLDEN, AVELLA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Government Operations -- recommitted to the Committee on Investi- gations and Government Operations in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the tax law, in relation to exempting certain dry clean- ing equipment or machinery certified by the department of environ- mental conservation from sales and use taxes 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 45 to read as follows: 3 (45) Equipment or machinery certified by the department of environ- 4 mental conservation, pursuant to regulations promulgated by such depart- 5 ment, for pollution prevention or control which, for purposes of this 6 paragraph, shall mean any process, facility, device, fixture, equipment 7 or machinery used primarily for the control, prevention or abatement of 8 pollution or contaminants from the operation of a dry cleaning plant, 9 including any structure, machinery or equipment installed in the recon- 10 struction or replacement of such process, facility, device, fixture, 11 equipment or machinery. This paragraph shall apply only to professional 12 cleaning systems that do not rely on EPA Classified Hazardous Air Pollu- 13 tants and qualify for or are exempt from air facility registration with 14 the department of environmental conservation. 15 § 2. This act shall take effect on the first day of the sales tax 16 quarterly period, as designated in subdivision (b) of section 1136 of 17 the tax law, next commencing after this act shall have become a law and 18 shall apply to sales made on or after the effective date of this act; 19 provided, however that effective immediately, the addition, amendment 20 and/or repeal of any rules or regulations necessary for the implementa- EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD10411-04-8S. 5456--A 2 1 tion of the foregoing provisions of this act on its effective date are 2 authorized and directed to be made and completed on or before such 3 effective date.