Assembly Actions -
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Mar 15, 2010 |
print number 5074a |
Mar 15, 2010 |
amend and recommit to energy and telecommunications |
Jan 06, 2010 |
referred to energy and telecommunications |
Apr 27, 2009 |
referred to energy and telecommunications |
Senate Bill S5074
2009-2010 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Energy And Telecommunications Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
Bill Amendments
2009-S5074 - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Energy And Telecommunications
- Law Section:
- Tax Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §§1115 & 1210, Tax L
- Versions Introduced in 2011-2012 Legislative Session:
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S3203
2009-S5074 - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S5074 TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the tax law, in relation to exempting the sale and installation of commercial solar energy systems equipment from state sales and compensating use taxes and granting municipalities the option to grant such exemption PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF THE BILL : exempts the sale and installation of commercial solar energy systems equipment from sales and compensating use taxes SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS : receipts from the retail sale of commercial solar energy systems equipment and the service of installing such system shall be exempt from taxes imposed by sections eleven hundred five and eleven hundred eleven of this article. For the purpose of this subdivision, commercial solar energy systems equipment shall mean an arrangement or combination of components installed upon non-residential premises that utilize solar radiation to produce energy designed to provide heating, cooling, hot water/or electricity. Such arrangement or components shall not include equipment that is part of a non-solar energy system. JUSTIFICATION : In his Annual State of the State address, Governor Patterson outlined his aggressive plan to meet 45W of New York State's electricity needs through clean renewable energy and improved energy efficiency by 2015. If we are to achieve this goal then we must
2009-S5074 - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 5074 2009-2010 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E April 27, 2009 ___________ Introduced by Sen. THOMPSON -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Energy and Telecommuni- cations AN ACT to amend the tax law, in relation to exempting the sale and installation of commercial solar energy systems equipment from state sales and compensating use taxes and granting municipalities the option to grant such exemption THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 1115 of the tax law is amended by adding a new subdivision (gg) to read as follows: (GG) RECEIPTS FROM THE RETAIL SALE OF COMMERCIAL SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEMS EQUIPMENT AND OF THE SERVICE OF INSTALLING SUCH SYSTEMS SHALL BE EXEMPT FROM TAXES IMPOSED BY SECTIONS ELEVEN HUNDRED FIVE AND ELEVEN HUNDRED ELEVEN OF THIS ARTICLE. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION, "COMMER- CIAL SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEMS EQUIPMENT" SHALL MEAN AN ARRANGEMENT OR COMBI- NATION OF COMPONENTS INSTALLED UPON NON-RESIDENTIAL PREMISES THAT UTILIZE SOLAR RADIATION TO PRODUCE ENERGY DESIGNED TO PROVIDE HEATING, COOLING, HOT WATER AND/OR ELECTRICITY. SUCH ARRANGEMENT OR COMPONENTS SHALL NOT INCLUDE EQUIPMENT THAT IS PART OF A NON-SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEM. S 2. Subparagraph (i) of paragraph 1 of subdivision (a) of section 1210 of the tax law, as amended by section 4 of part SS-1 of chapter 57 of the laws of 2008, is amended to read as follows: (i) Either, all of the taxes described in article twenty-eight of this chapter, at the same uniform rate, as to which taxes all provisions of the local laws, ordinances or resolutions imposing such taxes shall be identical, except as to rate and except as otherwise provided, with the corresponding provisions in such article twenty-eight, including the definition and exemption provisions of such article, so far as the provisions of such article twenty-eight can be made applicable to the taxes imposed by such city or county and with such limitations and EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD10375-02-9
co-Sponsors
(R, C, IP) Senate District
2009-S5074A (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Energy And Telecommunications
- Law Section:
- Tax Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §§1115 & 1210, Tax L
- Versions Introduced in 2011-2012 Legislative Session:
-
S3203
2009-S5074A (ACTIVE) - Summary
Exempts the sale and installation of commercial solar energy systems equipment, when the installer employs workers who are residents of this state, from sales and compensating use taxes; grants municipalities the option to grant such exemption from local sales and use taxes.
2009-S5074A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S5074A TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the tax law, in relation to exempting the sale and installation of commercial solar energy systems equipment from state sales and compensating use taxes and granting municipalities the option to grant such exemption PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF THE BILL : Exempts the sale and installation of commercial solar energy systems equipment from sales and compensating use taxes. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS : Receipts from the retail sale of commercial solar energy systems equipment and the service of installing such systems, provided by a retailer that has certified to the department that such systems are installed by workers who are residents of the state, shall be exempt from taxes imposed by sections eleven hundred five and eleven hundred eleven of this article. For the purposes of this subdivision, commercial solar energy systems equipment shall mean an arrangement or combination of components installed upon non-residential premises that utilize solar radiation to produce energy designed to provide heating, cooling, hot water/or electricity. Such arrangement or components shall not include equipment that is part of a non-solar energy system.
2009-S5074A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 5074--A 2009-2010 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E April 27, 2009 ___________ Introduced by Sen. THOMPSON -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Energy and Telecommuni- cations -- recommitted to the Committee on Energy and Telecommuni- cations 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 the sale and installation of commercial solar energy systems equipment from state sales and compensating use taxes and granting municipalities the option to grant such exemption THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 1115 of the tax law is amended by adding a new subdivision (gg) to read as follows: (GG) RECEIPTS FROM THE RETAIL SALE OF COMMERCIAL SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEMS EQUIPMENT AND OF THE SERVICE OF INSTALLING SUCH SYSTEMS, PROVIDED BY A RETAILER THAT HAS CERTIFIED TO THE DEPARTMENT THAT SUCH SYSTEMS ARE INSTALLED BY WORKERS WHO ARE RESIDENTS OF THIS STATE, SHALL BE EXEMPT FROM TAXES IMPOSED BY SECTIONS ELEVEN HUNDRED FIVE AND ELEVEN HUNDRED ELEVEN OF THIS ARTICLE. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION, "COMMER- CIAL SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEMS EQUIPMENT" SHALL MEAN AN ARRANGEMENT OR COMBI- NATION OF COMPONENTS INSTALLED UPON NON-RESIDENTIAL PREMISES THAT UTILIZE SOLAR RADIATION TO PRODUCE ENERGY DESIGNED TO PROVIDE HEATING, COOLING, HOT WATER AND/OR ELECTRICITY. SUCH ARRANGEMENT OR COMPONENTS SHALL NOT INCLUDE EQUIPMENT THAT IS PART OF A NON-SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEM. S 2. Subparagraph (i) of paragraph 1 of subdivision (a) of section 1210 of the tax law, as amended by section 34 of part S-1 of chapter 57 of the laws of 2009, is amended to read as follows: (i) Either, all of the taxes described in article twenty-eight of this chapter, at the same uniform rate, as to which taxes all provisions of the local laws, ordinances or resolutions imposing such taxes shall be EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD10375-05-0
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