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2006 SESSION
065112304Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 58.1-609.1 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted and that the Code of Virginia is amended by adding in Article 3 of Chapter 3 of Title 58.1 a section numbered 58.1-339.11 and by adding a section numbered 58.1-608.1:1 as follows:
§ 58.1-339.11. Credit for solar energy devices or systems.
A. For all taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2005, any individual shall be allowed a credit against the tax imposed pursuant to § 58.1-320 of an amount equal to 60% of the expenses paid for materials and labor of installing solar energy devices or systems on the property of the taxpayer. In determining such expenses, the labor of the taxpayer shall not be included.
For purposes of this section, "solar energy devices or systems" means those items designed and used primarily for the purpose of providing for the collection and use of incident solar energy for water heating, space heating or cooling, or other application that would otherwise require a conventional source of energy such as petroleum products, natural gas, or electricity and that meet standards with respect to technical sufficiency as established by the Director of the Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy.
B. The amount of the credit shall not exceed $8,000 or the total amount of tax imposed pursuant to § 58.1-320, whichever is less, in the year the expenses were paid. If the amount of the credit exceeds the taxpayer's tax liability for such tax year, the amount that exceeds such liability may be carried over for credit by the taxpayer in the next five taxable years until the total amount of the tax credit has been taken.
§ 58.1-609.1. Governmental and commodities exemptions.
The tax imposed by this chapter or pursuant to the authority granted in §§ 58.1-605 and 58.1-606 shall not apply to the following:
1. Fuels which are subject to the tax imposed by Chapter 22 (§ 58.1-2200 et seq.) of this title. Persons who are refunded any such fuel tax shall, however, be subject to the tax imposed by this chapter, unless such taxes would be specifically exempted pursuant to any provision of this section.
2. Motor vehicles, trailers, semitrailers, mobile homes and travel trailers.
3. Gas, electricity, or water when delivered to consumers through mains, lines, or pipes.
4. Tangible personal property for use or consumption by the Commonwealth, any political subdivision of the Commonwealth, or the United States. This exclusion shall not apply to sales and leases to privately owned financial and other privately owned corporations chartered by the United States. Further, this exemption shall not apply to tangible personal property which is acquired by the Commonwealth or any of its political subdivisions and then transferred to private businesses for their use in a facility or real property improvement to be used by a private entity or for nongovernmental purposes other than tangible personal property acquired by the Herbert H. Bateman Advanced Shipbuilding and Carrier Integration Center and transferred to a Qualified Shipbuilder as defined in the third enactment of Chapter 790 of the 1998 Acts of the General Assembly.
5. Aircraft subject to tax under Chapter 15 (§ 58.1-1500 et seq.) of this title.
6. Motor fuels and alternative fuels for use in a commercial watercraft upon which a fuel tax is refunded pursuant to § 58.1-2259.
7. Sales by a government agency of the official flags of the United States, the Commonwealth of Virginia, or of any county, city or town.
8. Materials furnished by the State Board of Elections pursuant to §§ 24.2-404 through 24.2-407.
9. Watercraft as defined in § 58.1-1401.
10. Tangible personal property used in and about a marine terminal under the supervision of the Virginia Port Authority for handling cargo, merchandise, freight and equipment. This exemption shall apply to agents, lessees, sublessees or users of tangible personal property owned by or leased to the Virginia Port Authority and to property acquired or used by the Authority or by a nonstock, nonprofit corporation that operates a marine terminal or terminals on behalf of the Authority.
11. Sales by prisoners confined in state correctional facilities of artistic products personally made by the prisoners as authorized by § 53.1-46.
12. Tangible personal property for use or consumption by the Virginia Department for the Blind and Vision Impaired or any nominee, as defined in § 51.5-60, of such Department.
13. [Expired.]
14. Tangible personal property sold to residents and patients of the Virginia Veterans Care Center at a canteen operated by the Department of Veterans Services.
15. Tangible personal property for use or consumption by any nonprofit organization whose members include the Commonwealth and other states and which is organized for the purpose of fostering interstate cooperation and excellence in government.
16. Tangible personal property purchased for use or consumption by any soil and conservation district which is organized in accordance with the provisions of Article 3 (§ 10.1-506 et seq.) of Chapter 5 of Title 10.1.
17. Beginning September 1, 2004, (i) tangible personal property sold or leased to Alexandria Transit Company, Greater Lynchburg Transit Company, GRTC Transit System, or Greater Roanoke Transit Company that is owned, operated, or controlled by any county, city, or town, or any combination thereof, that provides public transportation services, and/or (ii) tangible personal property sold or leased to any county, city, or town, or any combination thereof, that is transferred to any of the companies set forth in clause (i) owned, operated, or controlled by any county, city, or town, or any combination thereof, that provides public transportation services.
18. Solar energy devices or systems designed and used primarily for the purpose of providing for the collection and use of incident solar energy for water heating, space heating or cooling, or other application that would otherwise require a conventional source of energy such as petroleum products, natural gas, or electricity and that meet standards with respect to technical sufficiency as established by the Director of the Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy.
19. Tangible personal property that meets or exceeds the energy star efficiency requirements developed by the United States Department of Energy and the Environmental Protection Agency.
§ 58.1-608.1:1. Refund authorized for certain energy-efficient property.
A. Any individual may apply to the Department of Taxation for a refund of a portion of the taxes imposed by this chapter or pursuant to the authority granted in § 58.1-605 or § 58.1-606 that are paid by such individual on or after January 1, 2005, but prior to July 1, 2006, on any tangible personal property that is described in subsections 18 or 19 of § 58.1-609.1, and is used solely on property owned or leased by the individual.
B. The Department of Taxation may require that such individual submit sales tax receipts along with the refund application to qualify for the refund authorized pursuant to this section. The refund application shall be filed with the Department of Taxation on or before October 1, 2006.
2. That the income tax credit provided by this act for taxable year 2005 shall be taken on the taxpayer's income tax return for taxable year 2006.