Stricken language would be deleted from and underlined language would be added to present law. *JLL210* 02/27/2023 9:43:12 AM JLL210 State of Arkansas 1 94th General Assembly A Bill 2 Regular Session, 2023 HOUSE BILL 1506 3 4 By: Representative Beaty Jr. 5 By: Senator Gilmore 6 7 For An Act To Be Entitled 8 AN ACT TO CREATE A S ALES AND USE TAX EXE MPTION FOR 9 PARTS PURCHASED TO R EPAIR AGRICULTURAL E QUIPMENT AND 10 MACHINERY AND TIMBER EQUIPMENT AND MACHIN ERY; AND FOR 11 OTHER PURPOSES. 12 13 14 Subtitle 15 TO CREATE A SALES AND USE TAX EXEMPTION 16 FOR PARTS PURCHASED TO REPAIR 17 AGRICULTURAL EQUIPMENT AND MACHINERY AND 18 TIMBER EQUIPMENT AND MACHINERY. 19 20 21 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS: 22 23 SECTION 1. Arkansas Code Title 26, Chapter 52, Subchapter 4, is 24 amended to add an additional section to read as follows: 25 26-52-455. Parts to repair agricultural equipment and machinery or 26 timber equipment and machinery. 27 (a) As used in this section: 28 (1) "Agricultural equipment and machinery" means implements used 29 exclusively and directly in a commercial agricultural production in this 30 state; and 31 (2) "Timber equipment and machinery" means implements used 32 exclusively in the commercial production, harvesting, or processing of timber 33 in this state. 34 (b) The gross receipts or gross proceeds derived from the sale of 35 parts purchased to repair, either in whole or in part, existing agricultural 36 HB1506 2 02/27/2023 9:43:12 AM JLL210 equipment and machinery or timber equipment and machinery are exempt from the 1 gross receipts tax levied by this chapter and the compensating use tax levied 2 by the Arkansas Compensating Tax Act of 1949, ยง 26 -53-101 et seq. 3 4 SECTION 2. EFFECTIVE DATE. Section 1 of this act is effective on and 5 after January 1, 2024. 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36