S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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2009-2010 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
February 5, 2009
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Introduced by M. of A. P. LOPEZ, AMEDORE, MOLINARO, TOWNSEND, CALHOUN,
DUPREY, BURLING, RAIA, FINCH, THIELE, CROUCH, ALFANO, SPANO, KOLB --
Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. BACALLES, BARCLAY, GIGLIO, MAGEE,
McKEVITT, SCOZZAFAVA, WALKER -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Ways and Means
AN ACT to amend the tax law, in relation to eliminating state sales and
compensating use taxes on bio diesel products produced, processed
and/or distributed in New York state and authorizing localities to
eliminate such taxes at the local level
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Subdivision 1-a of section 289-c of the tax law is amended
by adding a new paragraph (e) to read as follows:
(E) (I) ANY PERSON MAY EXCLUDE THE AMOUNT OF THE TAX OR TAXES IMPOSED
BY THIS ARTICLE ON BIO DIESEL PRODUCTS PRODUCED, PROCESSED AND/OR
DISTRIBUTED IN NEW YORK STATE FROM THE SELLING PRICE THEREOF IF SUCH BIO
DIESEL PRODUCT IS DELIVERED TO A FILLING STATION AND PLACED IN A STORAGE
TANK OF SUCH FILLING STATION FOR SUCH BIO DIESEL PRODUCT TO BE DISPENSED
DIRECTLY INTO A MOTOR VEHICLE FOR USE IN THE OPERATION OF SUCH VEHICLE.
ANY PERSON MAKING A SALE OF SUCH BIO DIESEL PRODUCT UNDER THE CIRCUM-
STANCES DESCRIBED HEREIN, WHEREBY THE TAX OR TAXES OTHERWISE IMPOSED BY
THIS ARTICLE HAVE NOT BEEN PASSED THROUGH TO THE PURCHASER, SHALL BE
ALLOWED A REFUND OR CREDIT OF THE TAXES IMPOSED BY THIS ARTICLE IN THE
AMOUNT OF SUCH TAX OR TAXES PAID BY SUCH PERSON ON SUCH BIO DIESEL PROD-
UCT BEING SOLD OR INCLUDED IN THE PRICE PAID BY SUCH PERSON FOR SUCH
FUEL. CLAIMS FOR REFUNDS OR CREDITS SHALL BE PRESENTED, AND REFUNDS OR
CREDITS SHALL BE MADE, ONLY AS AUTHORIZED BY THE COMMISSIONER UNDER SUCH
RULES AND REGULATIONS AS THE COMMISSIONER MAY PRESCRIBE.
(II) ANY PERSON MAY EXCLUDE THE AMOUNT OF THE TAX OR TAXES IMPOSED BY
THIS ARTICLE FROM THE SELLING PRICE WITH RESPECT TO ANY SALE OF SUCH BIO
DIESEL PRODUCT. ANY PERSON MAKING A SALE OF SUCH BIO DIESEL PRODUCT UPON
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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WHICH SUCH PERSON DOES NOT PASS ON MORE THAN EIGHTY PERCENT OF THE TAXES
OTHERWISE IMPOSED BY THIS ARTICLE, WHERE SUCH PERSON HAS PURCHASED SUCH
BIO DIESEL PRODUCT WITH THE ENTIRE AMOUNT OF THE TAXES IMPOSED BY THIS
ARTICLE INCLUDED IN SUCH PERSON'S PURCHASE PRICE, SHALL BE ENTITLED TO A
REFUND OR CREDIT EQUAL TO THE AMOUNT OF THE TAX OR TAXES PAID UNDER THIS
ARTICLE ON SUCH BIO DIESEL PRODUCT IN EXCESS OF EIGHTY PERCENT OF THE
TAX OR TAXES IMPOSED BY THIS ARTICLE ON DIESEL MOTOR FUEL. CLAIMS FOR
REFUNDS OR CREDITS SHALL BE PRESENTED, AND REFUNDS OR CREDITS SHALL BE
MADE, ONLY AS AUTHORIZED BY THE COMMISSIONER UNDER SUCH RULES AND REGU-
LATIONS AS THE COMMISSIONER MAY PRESCRIBE.
(III) ANY PERSON MAY EXCLUDE THE AMOUNT OF THE TAX OR TAXES IMPOSED BY
THIS ARTICLE ON SUCH BIO DIESEL PRODUCT FROM THE SELLING PRICE THEREOF.
ANY PERSON MAKING A SALE OF SUCH BIO DIESEL PRODUCT, WHEREBY THE TAX OR
TAXES OTHERWISE IMPOSED BY THIS ARTICLE HAVE NOT BEEN PASSED THROUGH TO
THE PURCHASER, SHALL BE ALLOWED A REFUND OR CREDIT OF ANY TAXES IMPOSED
BY THIS ARTICLE IN THE AMOUNT OF SUCH TAX OR TAXES PAID BY SUCH PERSON
ON SUCH BIO DIESEL PRODUCT BEING SOLD OR INCLUDED IN THE PRICE PAID BY
SUCH PERSON FOR SUCH BIO DIESEL PRODUCT. CLAIMS FOR REFUNDS OR CREDITS
SHALL BE PRESENTED, AND REFUNDS OR CREDITS SHALL BE MADE, ONLY AS
AUTHORIZED BY THE COMMISSIONER UNDER SUCH RULES AND REGULATIONS AS THE
COMMISSIONER MAY PRESCRIBE.
S 2. Section 300 of the tax law is amended by adding a new subdivision
(s) to read as follows:
(S) THE TERM "BIODIESEL" SHALL MEAN A DIESEL MOTOR FUEL SUBSTITUTE
PRODUCED FROM NONPETROLEUM RENEWABLE RESOURCES THAT MEETS THE REGISTRA-
TION REQUIREMENTS FOR FUELS AND FUEL ADDITIVES ESTABLISHED BY THE ENVI-
RONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY UNDER SECTION 211 OF THE CLEAN AIR ACT (42
U.S.C. 7545) AND THAT MEETS THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR TESTING AND MATERI-
ALS D6751-02A STANDARD SPECIFICATION FOR BIODIESEL FUEL (B100) BLEND
STOCK FOR DISTILLATE FUELS THAT HAS BEEN PRODUCED, PROCESSED AND/OR
DISTRIBUTED IN NEW YORK STATE.
S 3. Subdivision (a) of section 301-b of the tax law is amended by
adding a new paragraph 9 to read as follows:
(9)(I) BIO DIESEL EXEMPTION. BIO DIESEL PRODUCTS IMPORTED OR CAUSED TO
BE IMPORTED INTO THIS STATE OR PRODUCED, REFINED, MANUFACTURED OR
COMPOUNDED IN THIS STATE BY A PETROLEUM BUSINESS REGISTERED UNDER ARTI-
CLE TWELVE-A OF THIS CHAPTER, AS A DISTRIBUTOR OF DIESEL MOTOR FUEL, AND
THEN SOLD BY SUCH PETROLEUM BUSINESS.
(II) CALCULATION OF EXEMPTION. THE AMOUNT OF THE EXEMPTION UNDER THIS
PARAGRAPH SHALL BE DETERMINED BY THE APPLICABLE TAXES OTHERWISE IMPOSED
BY THIS ARTICLE ON SUCH FUEL.
S 4. Section 301-c of the tax law is amended by adding a new subdivi-
sion (p) to read as follows:
(P) REIMBURSEMENT FOR BIO DIESEL PRODUCTS. (1) BIO DIESEL PRODUCTS
PURCHASED IN THIS STATE AND SOLD BY SUCH PURCHASER IN THIS STATE WHERE
(I) THE TAX IMPOSED PURSUANT TO THIS ARTICLE HAS BEEN PAID WITH RESPECT
TO SUCH BIO DIESEL PRODUCTS AND THE ENTIRE AMOUNT OF SUCH TAX HAS BEEN
ABSORBED BY SUCH PURCHASER, AND (II) SUCH PURCHASER POSSESSES DOCUMENTA-
RY PROOF SATISFACTORY TO THE COMMISSIONER EVIDENCING THE ABSORPTION BY
IT OF THE ENTIRE AMOUNT OF THE TAX IMPOSED PURSUANT TO THIS ARTICLE.
PROVIDED, THAT THE COMMISSIONER SHALL REQUIRE SUCH DOCUMENTARY PROOF TO
QUALIFY FOR ANY REIMBURSEMENT PROVIDED HEREUNDER AS THE COMMISSIONER
DEEMS APPROPRIATE.
(2) CALCULATION OF REIMBURSEMENT. THE AMOUNT OF THE REIMBURSEMENT
UNDER THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL BE DETERMINED BY THE AMOUNT OF THE APPLICA-
BLE TAXES OTHERWISE IMPOSED BY THIS ARTICLE ON SUCH FUEL.
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S 5. Subdivision (b) of section 1101 of the tax law is amended by
adding a new paragraph 33 to read as follows:
(33) THE TERM "BIODIESEL" SHALL MEAN A DIESEL MOTOR FUEL SUBSTITUTE
PRODUCED FROM NONPETROLEUM RENEWABLE RESOURCES THAT MEETS THE REGISTRA-
TION REQUIREMENTS FOR FUELS AND FUEL ADDITIVES ESTABLISHED BY THE ENVI-
RONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY UNDER SECTION 211 OF THE CLEAN AIR ACT (42
U.S.C. 7545) AND THAT MEETS THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR TESTING AND MATERI-
ALS D6751-02A STANDARD SPECIFICATION FOR BIODIESEL FUEL (B100) BLEND
STOCK FOR DISTILLATE FUELS THAT HAS BEEN PRODUCED, PROCESSED AND/OR
DISTRIBUTED IN NEW YORK STATE.
S 6. Subdivision (a) of section 1115 of the tax law is amended by
adding a new paragraph 44 to read as follows:
(44) BIO DIESEL PRODUCTS PRODUCED, PROCESSED AND/OR DISTRIBUTED IN NEW
YORK STATE.
S 7. Subdivision (b) of section 1107 of the tax law is amended by
adding a new clause 12 to read as follows:
(12) EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED BY LAW, THE EXEMPTION PROVIDED IN
PARAGRAPH FORTY-FOUR OF SUBDIVISION (A) OF SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED
FIFTEEN OF THIS ARTICLE RELATING TO BIO DIESEL PRODUCTS PRODUCED, PROC-
ESSED AND/OR DISTRIBUTED IN NEW YORK STATE SHALL BE APPLICABLE PURSUANT
TO A LOCAL LAW, ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY A CITY SUBJECT TO THE
PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION. SUCH CITY IS EMPOWERED TO ADOPT OR REPEAL
SUCH A LOCAL LAW, ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION. SUCH ADOPTION OR REPEAL SHALL
ALSO BE DEEMED TO AMEND ANY LOCAL LAW, ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION ENACTED
BY SUCH A CITY IMPOSING TAXES PURSUANT TO THE AUTHORITY OF SUBDIVISION
(A) OF SECTION TWELVE HUNDRED TEN OF THIS CHAPTER.
S 8. Subparagraph (i) of paragraph 1 of subdivision (a) of section
1210 of the tax law, as amended by section 4 of part SS-1 of chapter 57
of the laws of 2008, is amended to read as follows:
(i) Either, all of the taxes described in article twenty-eight of this
chapter, at the same uniform rate, as to which taxes all provisions of
the local laws, ordinances or resolutions imposing such taxes shall be
identical, except as to rate and except as otherwise provided, with the
corresponding provisions in such article twenty-eight, including the
definition and exemption provisions of such article, so far as the
provisions of such article twenty-eight can be made applicable to the
taxes imposed by such city or county and with such limitations and
special provisions as are set forth in this article. The taxes author-
ized under this subdivision may not be imposed by a city or county
unless the local law, ordinance or resolution imposes such taxes so as
to include all portions and all types of receipts, charges or rents,
subject to state tax under sections eleven hundred five and eleven
hundred ten of this chapter, except as otherwise provided. Any local
law, ordinance or resolution enacted by any city of less than one
million or by any county or school district, imposing the taxes author-
ized by this subdivision, shall, notwithstanding any provision of law to
the contrary, exclude from the operation of such local taxes all sales
of tangible personal property for use or consumption directly and
predominantly in the production of tangible personal property, gas,
electricity, refrigeration or steam, for sale, by manufacturing, proc-
essing, generating, assembly, refining, mining or extracting; and all
sales of tangible personal property for use or consumption predominantly
either in the production of tangible personal property, for sale, by
farming or in a commercial horse boarding operation, or in both; and,
unless such city, county or school district elects otherwise, shall omit
the provision for credit or refund contained in clause six of subdivi-
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sion (a) of section eleven hundred nineteen of this chapter. Any local
law, ordinance or resolution enacted by any city, county or school
district, imposing the taxes authorized by this subdivision, shall omit
the residential solar energy systems equipment exemption provided for in
subdivision (ee), the clothing and footwear exemption provided for in
paragraph thirty of subdivision (a) and the qualified empire zone enter-
prise exemptions provided for in subdivision (z) of section eleven
hundred fifteen of this chapter, unless such city, county or school
district elects otherwise as to either such residential solar energy
systems equipment exemption or such clothing and footwear exemption or
such qualified empire zone enterprise exemptions; provided that if such
a city having a population of one million or more in which the taxes
imposed by section eleven hundred seven of this chapter are in effect
enacts the resolution described in subdivision (k) of this section or
repeals such resolution or enacts the resolution described in subdivi-
sion (l) of this section or repeals such resolution or enacts the resol-
ution described in subdivision (n) of this section or repeals such
resolution, such resolution or repeal shall also be deemed to amend any
local law, ordinance or resolution enacted by such a city imposing such
taxes pursuant to the authority of this subdivision, whether or not such
taxes are suspended at the time such city enacts its resolution pursuant
to subdivision (k), (l) or (n) of this section or at the time of any
such repeal; provided, further, that any such local law, ordinance or
resolution and section eleven hundred seven of this chapter, as deemed
to be amended in the event a city of one million or more enacts a resol-
ution pursuant to the authority of subdivision (k), (l) or (n) of this
section, shall be further amended, as provided in section twelve hundred
eighteen of this subpart, so that the residential solar energy systems
equipment exemption or the clothing and footwear exemption or the quali-
fied empire zone enterprise exemptions in any such local law, ordinance
or resolution or in such section eleven hundred seven are the same, as
the case may be, as the residential solar energy systems equipment
exemption provided for in subdivision (ee), the clothing and footwear
exemption in paragraph thirty of subdivision (a) or the qualified empire
zone enterprise exemptions in subdivision (z) of section eleven hundred
fifteen of this chapter.
ANY LOCAL LAW, ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION ENACTED BY ANY CITY, COUNTY OR
SCHOOL DISTRICT, IMPOSING THE TAXES AUTHORIZED BY THIS SUBDIVISION,
SHALL OMIT THE BIO DIESEL PRODUCTS PRODUCED, PROCESSED AND/OR DISTRIB-
UTED IN NEW YORK STATE EXEMPTION PROVIDED FOR IN PARAGRAPH FORTY-FOUR OF
SUBDIVISION (A) OF SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED FIFTEEN OF THIS CHAPTER,
UNLESS SUCH CITY, COUNTY OR SCHOOL DISTRICT ELECTS OTHERWISE; PROVIDED
THAT IF SUCH A CITY HAVING A POPULATION OF ONE MILLION OR MORE ENACTS
THE RESOLUTION DESCRIBED IN SUBDIVISION (P) OF THIS SECTION OR REPEALS
SUCH RESOLUTION, SUCH RESOLUTION OR REPEAL SHALL ALSO BE DEEMED TO
AMEND ANY LOCAL LAW, ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION ENACTED BY SUCH A CITY
IMPOSING SUCH TAXES PURSUANT TO THE AUTHORITY OF THIS SUBDIVISION,
WHETHER OR NOT SUCH TAXES ARE SUSPENDED AT THE TIME SUCH CITY ENACTS ITS
RESOLUTION PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION (P) OF THIS SECTION OR AT THE TIME
OF ANY SUCH REPEAL; PROVIDED, FURTHER, THAT ANY SUCH LOCAL LAW, ORDI-
NANCE OR RESOLUTION AND SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED SEVEN, AS DEEMED TO BE
AMENDED IN THE EVENT A CITY OF ONE MILLION OR MORE ENACTS A RESOLUTION
PURSUANT TO THE AUTHORITY OF SUBDIVISION (P) OF THIS SECTION, SHALL BE
FURTHER AMENDED, AS PROVIDED IN SECTION TWELVE HUNDRED EIGHTEEN, SO THAT
THE BIO DIESEL PRODUCTS PRODUCED, PROCESSED AND/OR DISTRIBUTED IN NEW
YORK STATE EXEMPTION IN ANY SUCH LOCAL LAW, ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION OR
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IN SUCH SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED SEVEN IS THE SAME AS THE BIO DIESEL
PRODUCTS PRODUCED, PROCESSED AND/OR DISTRIBUTED IN NEW YORK STATE
EXEMPTION IN PARAGRAPH FORTY-FOUR OF SUBDIVISION (A) OF SECTION ELEVEN
HUNDRED FIFTEEN.
S 9. Subdivision (d) of section 1210 of the tax law, as amended by
section 12 of part GG of chapter 63 of the laws of 2000, is amended to
read as follows:
(d) A local law, ordinance or resolution imposing any tax pursuant to
this section, increasing or decreasing the rate of such tax, repealing
or suspending such tax, exempting from such tax the energy sources and
services described in paragraph three of subdivision (a) or of subdivi-
sion (b) of this section or changing the rate of tax imposed on such
energy sources and services or providing for the credit or refund
described in clause six of subdivision (a) of section eleven hundred
nineteen of this chapter must go into effect only on one of the follow-
ing dates: March first, June first, September first or December first;
provided, that a local law, ordinance or resolution providing for the
exemption described in paragraph thirty of subdivision (a) or providing
for the exemptions described in subdivision (z) of section eleven
hundred fifteen of this chapter or repealing any such exemption so
provided and a resolution enacted pursuant to the authority of subdivi-
sion (k) of this section providing such exemption or subdivision (l) of
this section providing such exemptions or repealing such exemption or
exemptions so provided must go into effect only on March first;
PROVIDED, FURTHER, THAT A LOCAL LAW, ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION PROVIDING
FOR THE EXEMPTION DESCRIBED IN PARAGRAPH FORTY-FOUR OF SUBDIVISION (A)
OF SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED FIFTEEN OF THIS CHAPTER OR REPEALING ANY SUCH
EXEMPTION SO PROVIDED AND A RESOLUTION ENACTED PURSUANT TO THE AUTHORITY
OF SUBDIVISION (P) OF THIS SECTION PROVIDING SUCH EXEMPTION OR REPEALING
SUCH EXEMPTION SO PROVIDED MAY GO INTO EFFECT IMMEDIATELY. No such
local law, ordinance or resolution shall be effective unless a certified
copy of such law, ordinance or resolution is mailed by registered or
certified mail to the commissioner at the commissioner's office in Alba-
ny at least ninety days prior to the date it is to become effective.
However, the commissioner may waive and reduce such ninety-day minimum
notice requirement to a mailing of such certified copy by registered or
certified mail within a period of not less than thirty days prior to
such effective date if the commissioner deems such action to be consist-
ent with the commissioner's duties under section twelve hundred fifty of
this article and the commissioner acts by resolution. Where the
restriction provided for in section twelve hundred twenty-three of this
article as to the effective date of a tax and the notice requirement
provided for therein are applicable and have not been waived, the
restriction and notice requirement in section twelve hundred twenty-
three of this article shall also apply.
S 10. Section 1210 of the tax law is amended by adding a new subdivi-
sion (p) to read as follows:
(P) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF STATE OR LOCAL LAW, ORDI-
NANCE OR RESOLUTION TO THE CONTRARY:
(1) ANY CITY HAVING A POPULATION OF ONE MILLION OR MORE IN WHICH THE
TAXES IMPOSED BY SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED SEVEN OF THIS CHAPTER ARE IN
EFFECT, ACTING THROUGH ITS LOCAL LEGISLATIVE BODY, IS HEREBY AUTHORIZED
AND EMPOWERED TO ELECT TO PROVIDE THE EXEMPTION FROM SUCH TAXES FOR THE
SAME BIO DIESEL PRODUCTS PRODUCED, PROCESSED AND/OR DISTRIBUTED IN NEW
YORK STATE EXEMPT FROM STATE SALES AND COMPENSATING USE TAXES DESCRIBED
IN PARAGRAPH FORTY-FOUR OF SUBDIVISION (A) OF SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED
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FIFTEEN OF THIS CHAPTER BY ENACTING A RESOLUTION IN THE FORM SET FORTH
IN PARAGRAPH TWO OF THIS SUBDIVISION; WHEREUPON, UPON COMPLIANCE WITH
THE PROVISIONS OF SUBDIVISIONS (D) AND (E) OF THIS SECTION, SUCH ENACT-
MENT OF SUCH RESOLUTION SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE AN AMENDMENT TO SUCH
SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED SEVEN AND SUCH SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED SEVEN SHALL
BE DEEMED TO INCORPORATE SUCH EXEMPTION AS IF IT HAD BEEN DULY ENACTED
BY THE STATE LEGISLATURE AND APPROVED BY THE GOVERNOR.
(2) FORM OF RESOLUTION: BE IT ENACTED BY THE (INSERT PROPER TITLE OF
LOCAL LEGISLATIVE BODY) AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION ONE. RECEIPTS FROM SALES OF AND CONSIDERATION GIVEN OR
CONTRACTED TO BE GIVEN FOR PURCHASES OF BIO DIESEL PRODUCTS PRODUCED,
PROCESSED AND/OR DISTRIBUTED IN NEW YORK STATE EXEMPT FROM STATE SALES
AND COMPENSATING USE TAXES PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH FORTY-FOUR OF SUBDIVI-
SION (A) OF SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED FIFTEEN OF THE TAX LAW SHALL ALSO BE
EXEMPT FROM SALES AND COMPENSATING USE TAXES IMPOSED IN THIS JURISDIC-
TION.
SECTION TWO. THIS RESOLUTION SHALL TAKE EFFECT, (INSERT THE DATE) AND
SHALL APPLY TO SALES MADE AND USES OCCURRING ON AND AFTER THAT DATE
ALTHOUGH MADE OR OCCURRING UNDER A PRIOR CONTRACT.
S 11. The commissioner of taxation and finance is hereby authorized to
implement the provisions of this act with respect to the elimination of
the imposition of sales tax, additional taxes, and supplemental taxes on
bio diesel products produced, processed and/or distributed in New York
state and all other taxes so addressed by this act.
S 12. This act shall take effect April 1, 2010; provided, however,
that the amendments to subparagraph (i) of paragraph 1 of subdivision
(a) of section 1210 of the tax law made by section eight of this act
shall take effect on the same date and in the same manner as section 4
of part SS-1 of chapter 57 of the laws of 2008, takes effect.