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HB 129 Public service companies; increases max. allowable rates of special reg. taxes that can be imposed.
Introduced by: Mark D. Sickles | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Maximum allowable rates of special regulatory taxes; public service companies. Increases the maximum allowable rates of several taxes, known as special regulatory taxes, that apply to public service companies such as those that provide water, heat, light, or power. The bill increases the maximum allowable rate of the gross receipts tax from 0.2 percent to 0.26 percent, increases the maximum allowable rates of three electricity consumption taxes that are measured per kilowatt hour, and increases the maximum allowable rate of the natural gas consumption tax from $0.0020 per cubic foot to $0.0026 per cubic foot.
FULL TEXT
- 12/16/19 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102148D pdf | impact statement
- 03/02/20 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB129ER) pdf | impact statement
- 04/06/20 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0697) pdf
HISTORY
- 12/16/19 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102148D
- 12/16/19 House: Referred to Committee on Finance
- 01/29/20 House: Assigned Finance sub: Subcommittee #1
- 02/03/20 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 2-N)
- 02/05/20 House: Reported from Finance (16-Y 6-N)
- 02/06/20 House: Read first time
- 02/07/20 House: Read second time and engrossed
- 02/10/20 House: Read third time and passed House (58-Y 41-N)
- 02/10/20 House: VOTE: Passage (58-Y 41-N)
- 02/11/20 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/11/20 Senate: Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations
- 02/25/20 Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N 1-A)
- 02/26/20 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- 02/26/20 Senate: Read third time
- 02/26/20 Senate: Passed Senate (33-Y 6-N 1-A)
- 02/26/20 Senate: Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/26/20 Senate: Passed Senate (25-Y 14-N 1-A)
- 03/02/20 House: Enrolled
- 03/02/20 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB129ER)
- 03/02/20 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/03/20 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/12/20 House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
- 03/12/20 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
- 04/06/20 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 697 (effective 7/1/20)
- 04/06/20 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0697)