Bill Text: NY S05897 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Exempts computer hardware and software and school supplies from sales tax during two specified one week periods.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 0000-00-00 - [S05897 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-S05897-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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            S. 5897--A                                            A. 8170--A
                               2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                SENATE - ASSEMBLY
                                      June 10, 2015
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        IN SENATE -- Introduced by Sen. CROCI -- read twice and ordered printed,
          and  when  printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules -- recom-
          mitted to the Committee on Investigations and Government Operations in
          accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 --  committee  discharged,  bill
          amended,  ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
          tee
        IN ASSEMBLY -- Introduced by M. of A. PALUMBO -- read once and  referred
          to  the Committee on Ways and Means -- recommitted to the Committee on
          Ways and Means in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee
          discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
          to said committee
        AN ACT to amend the tax law, in relation to exempting computer  hardware
          and  software  and school supplies from sales and compensating use tax
          during two one-week periods each year
          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 44 to read as follows:
     3    (44) During the seven-day periods each year  commencing  on  the  last
     4  Monday  of  January,  and  ending  on  the  first Sunday in February and
     5  commencing on the Tuesday immediately  preceding  the  first  Monday  in
     6  September,  known  as Labor Day, and ending on Labor Day, computer hard-
     7  ware and software and tangible personal property for use or  consumption
     8  predominantly as school supplies.
     9    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to taxable
    10  periods beginning on and after August 1, 2016.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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