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                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 22, 2015
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Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  LUPARDO,  SCHIMMINGER,  MAGNARELLI,  LIFTON,
  MORELLE, COOK, SCARBOROUGH, TITONE, CAHILL,  LAVINE,  MILLER,  WEPRIN,
  TITUS,  BRINDISI,  ENGLEBRIGHT,  GUNTHER,  BARRETT, THIELE, DenDEKKER,
  AUBRY, SKARTADOS -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A.    ARROYO,  CAMARA,
  CERETTO, CRESPO, CROUCH, DiPIETRO, DUPREY, FINCH, FITZPATRICK, FRIEND,
  GLICK, GRAF, HAWLEY, HEASTIE, HOOPER, LOPEZ, LUPINACCI, MAGEE, MARKEY,
  McLAUGHLIN,  MONTESANO, OAKS, PALMESANO, PAULIN, PERRY, PRETLOW, RAIA,
  SALADINO, SCHIMEL, STEC, WRIGHT --  read  once  and  referred  to  the
  Committee on Ways and Means

AN  ACT  to  amend  the tax law, in relation to exempting from sales and
  compensating use taxes the purchase of general aviation aircraft;  and
  providing for the repeal of certain provisions upon expiration thereof

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may  be  cited  as
the "New York aviation jobs act".
  S  2.  Paragraph 1 of subdivision (dd) of section 1115 of the tax law,
as added by section 1 of part L of chapter 60 of the laws  of  2004,  is
amended to read as follows:
  (1)  Services  otherwise  taxable under paragraph three of subdivision
(c) of section eleven hundred five or under section eleven  hundred  ten
of  this  article,  SALES  OF  GENERAL  AVIATION  AIRCRAFT, and tangible
personal property purchased and  used  by  the  person  who  sells  such
services  in  performing  such  services,  where such property becomes a
physical component part of the property  upon  which  the  services  are
performed  or  where  such  property is a lubricant applied to aircraft,
shall be exempt from tax under this  article  where  such  services  are
performed on aircraft.
  S 3. The commissioner of taxation and finance, in conjunction with the
commissioner of transportation, shall review and analyze all statistical
data  available  for the purpose of determining the economic and revenue

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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impact of the sales and compensating use tax exemption for the  sale  of
general  aviation  aircraft  enacted  by  section  two of this act. Such
review and analysis shall include, but not be limited to, any  increases
in  aviation-related  employment,  aircraft basing, aircraft maintenance
and aircraft hangering within the state. The commissioner shall  compile
his  or  her  findings  into  a  report, which shall be submitted, on or
before November 1, 2020, to the governor, the temporary president of the
senate and the speaker of the assembly.
  S 4. This act shall take effect April 1,  2016,  and  shall  apply  to
sales  of  general aviation aircraft made and uses occurring on or after
such effective date  in  accordance  with  the  applicable  transitional
provisions of sections 1106 and 1107 of the tax law, but shall not apply
to  sales  occurring  after  March 31, 2021, and section two of this act
shall expire and be deemed repealed April 1, 2021.   Provided,  however,
that  aircraft  subject to exemption pursuant to paragraph 1 of subdivi-
sion (dd) of section 1115 of the tax law, as amended by section  two  of
this  act,  shall  remain  so  exempt after the expiration and repeal of
section two of this act,  including  instances  where  the  aircraft  is
subsequently  sold  or the ownership is transferred or assigned, for the
useful life of the aircraft. Provided, further, that the commissioner of
taxation and finance shall be immediately authorized to adopt and  amend
any   rules  or  regulations  and  to  issue  any  procedure,  forms  or
instructions necessary to implement section  two  of  this  act  on  its
effective date.