Bill Text: PA HB629 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: In sales and use tax, further providing for exclusions from tax.

Sponsorship: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 47-31)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-02-26 - Referred to FINANCE [HB629 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2009-HB629-Introduced.html

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PRINTER'S NO. 688
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 629 Session of2009
INTRODUCED BY MENSCH, ADOLPH, BAKER, BEAR, BEYER, BOYD, BRIGGS, BROOKS, CAUSER, CLYMER, CREIGHTON, CUTLER, DALLY, DENLINGER, EVERETT, FABRIZIO, FAIRCHILD, FLECK, FRANKEL, FREEMAN, GEIST, GEORGE, GIBBONS, GINGRICH, GOODMAN, GRELL, GROVE, GRUCELA, HARHART, HARKINS, HARPER, HENNESSEY, HORNAMAN, KAUFFMAN, W. KELLER, KESSLER, KILLION, KORTZ, KOTIK, LONGIETTI, MAHER, MANN, McGEEHAN, McILVAINE SMITH, MELIO, MILLARD, MILNE, MOUL, MURPHY, MURT, O'NEILL, PALLONE, PAYNE, PEIFER, PETRARCA, PETRI, PHILLIPS, PICKETT, PYLE, QUINN, RAPP, READSHAW, REICHLEY, SABATINA, SAINATO, SANTARSIERO, SCAVELLO, SCHRODER, SIPTROTH, K. SMITH, SOLOBAY, STERN, SWANGER, VEREB, VULAKOVICH, WANSACZ, WATSON AND YOUNGBLOOD, FEBRUARY 26, 2009
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON FINANCE, FEBRUARY 26, 2009
AN ACT
Amending the act of March 4, 1971 (P.L.6, No.2), entitled "An
act relating to tax reform and State taxation by codifying
and enumerating certain subjects of taxation and imposing
taxes thereon; providing procedures for the payment,
collection, administration and enforcement thereof; providing
for tax credits in certain cases; conferring powers and
imposing duties upon the Department of Revenue, certain
employers, fiduciaries, individuals, persons, corporations
and other entities; prescribing crimes, offenses and
penalties," in sales and use tax, further providing for
exclusions from tax.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 204 of the act of March 4, 1971 (P.L.6,
No.2), known as the Tax Reform Code of 1971, is amended by
adding a clause to read:
Section 204. Exclusions from Tax.--The tax imposed by
section 202 shall not be imposed upon any of the following:
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(67) The sale at retail or use of components related to an
in-home advanced meter infrastructure with metering technology,
capable of bidirectional communication that records and allows
customers to monitor their electricity usage and electricity
prices on an hourly basis and of supporting the automatic
control of consumption of electricity by the customer or the
customer's utility on a voluntary basis. For the purposes of
this clause, "metering technologies" shall include:
(i) Sensors, wireless or mounted in smart cords, plugs or
breaker boxes.
(ii) A base control unit, mounted in a router, built in a
separate desktop unit or added to a home computer.
(iii) Remote controls or control repeaters, including wall-
mounted dashboards that repeat the information stored in a base
controller.
(iv) A control logic Gateway which may reside in a base
control unit but may also reside in an end-user personal
Internet site to which a base control unit has access or the
meter itself.
(v) An interface with the home electric meter which allows
end use and appliance control information to be exchanged
between the meter and a base control unit either locally or via
the Internet through an exchange between the local utility's
Internet site and the end-user's personal Internet site.
(vi) A subscription to the utility's Internet-based
electricity account management site.
Section 2. The Department of Revenue shall promulgate any
regulations it deems necessary to implement the provisions of
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this act and shall cooperate with the Department of
Environmental Protection in ensuring adherence to any energy and
environmental standards or criteria associated with this act.
Section 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
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