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Senator · Senate District 40
1 Co-sponsor
History
- Print number 3878b
- Amend (t) and recommit to investigations and government operations
- Referred to investigations and government operations
- Returned to senate
- Died in assembly
- Referred to ways and means
- Delivered to assembly
- Passed senateVote 63–0
- Advanced to third reading
- 2nd report cal.
- 1st report cal.579
- Print number 3878a
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- Amend (t) and recommit to investigations and government operations
- Referred to investigations and government operations
Companion bill
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Authorizes the county of Putnam to grant exemption from county sales and use taxes during the period August 15-24, 2014 for certain clothing and footwear
In Assembly Committee · Ways And Means · Sponsor Sandy Galef
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Sponsor's memo
BILL NUMBER:S3878B
Title of bill
An act to amend the tax law, in relation to authorizing the county of Putnam to exempt from county sales and compensating use taxes certain clothing and footwear, during the period commencing on August fifteenth and through August twenty-fourth, two thousand fourteen
Purposes
The purpose of this legislation is to authorize the County of Putnam to grant exemption from all county sales and use taxes from August 16th - 25th for clothing and footwear under $110.
Summary of provisions
Section One - amends the tax law by adding a new subdivision (q) to section 1210 to read as follows:
Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, the county of Putnam may elect to exempt purchases of clothing and footwear for which the receipt of consideration given or contracted to be given is less than one hundred ten dollars per article of clothing, per pair of shoes or other articles of footwear or per item used or consumed to make or repair such clothing and which becomes a physical component part of such clothing, sold within the county from any sales and compensating use taxes imposed pursuant to part one of this article during the period commencing August sixteenth, two thousand thirteen through August twenty-fifth, two thousand fourteen.
Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
Justification
Many States provide taxpayers with tax free events ranging from a weekend to one week. Such tax free events are popular with taxpayers, and to local retailers who welcome the additional business. In Tennessee, the increase in retail sales has been so high that many stores have extended their hours, States such as Maryland, Tennessee, South Carolina, Florida and Alabama empower their counties to exempt county sales tax from certain items.
This legislation provides the County of Putnam with the legal authority to exempt taxes as described in the summary above. The timing is designed to provide sorely needed financial relief for parents of school-aged children who are purchasing clothing and footwear for the approaching school year.
Legislative history
06/20/12 Referred to ways and means
Fiscal implications
See Local Fiscal Impact Note.
Effective date
This act shall take effect immediately.
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