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SB 867 Retail Sales and Use Tax; exemptions include Energy Star qualified products.
Introduced by: John C. Watkins | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE: (all summaries)
Sales tax exemption; energy-efficient products. Provides a sales tax exemption for purchases of certain Energy Star qualified products with a sales price of $2,500 or less made during a four-day period each year in mid-October. The bill also authorizes dealers to absorb the sales and use tax on all other items sold during the same time period and thereby relieve the purchasers of the obligation to pay such tax. Dealers who absorb such taxes are liable for payment of the same to the Tax Commissioner. The sales tax holiday would expire in July of 2012.
FULL TEXT
- 01/08/07 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/07 077424840 pdf | impact statement
- 02/06/07 Senate: Printed as engrossed 077424840-E pdf | impact statement
- 02/20/07 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB867ER) pdf | impact statement
- 04/10/07 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0817) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/08/07 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/07 077424840
- 01/08/07 Senate: Referred to Committee on Finance
- 02/01/07 Senate: Reported from Finance with amendments (13-Y 1-N 1-A)
- 02/05/07 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/05/07 Senate: VOTE: (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/06/07 Senate: Read second time
- 02/06/07 Senate: Passed by temporarily
- 02/06/07 Senate: Reading of amendments waived
- 02/06/07 Senate: Committee amendments agreed to
- 02/06/07 Senate: Reading of amendment waived
- 02/06/07 Senate: Amendment by Senator Saslaw agreed to
- 02/06/07 Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended SB867E
- 02/06/07 Senate: Printed as engrossed 077424840-E
- 02/06/07 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/06/07 Senate: VOTE: (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/06/07 Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/06/07 Senate: VOTE: (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/06/07 Senate: Communicated to House
- 02/07/07 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/07/07 House: Read first time
- 02/07/07 House: Referred to Committee on Finance
- 02/12/07 House: Reported from Finance (21-Y 0-N)
- 02/13/07 House: Read second time
- 02/14/07 House: Read third time
- 02/14/07 House: Passed House BLOCK VOTE (95-Y 0-N)
- 02/14/07 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (95-Y 0-N)
- 02/20/07 Senate: Enrolled
- 02/20/07 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB867ER)
- 02/21/07 House: Signed by Speaker
- 02/22/07 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/23/07 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 817 (effective 7/1/07)
- 04/10/07 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0817)