Bill Text: NY A02686 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 2686 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: 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

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 20-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-01-06 - referred to ways and means [A02686 Detail]

Download: New_York-2009-A02686-Introduced.html

                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         2686
                              2009-2010 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   January 21, 2009
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       Introduced  by  M.  of A. REILICH, FINCH, HAYES, OAKS, QUINN, RABBITT --
         Multi-Sponsored by -- M.  of  A.  ALFANO,  BACALLES,  BARCLAY,  BARRA,
         BURLING,  BUTLER, CALHOUN, CONTE, CROUCH, ERRIGO, FITZPATRICK, SCOZZA-
         FAVA, TEDISCO, THIELE, TOWNSEND --  read  once  and  referred  to  the
         Committee on Ways and Means
       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    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to taxable
   10  periods beginning on and after August 1, 2011.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD04367-01-9