HLS 13RS-29 ORIGINAL
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Regular Session, 2013
HOUSE BILL NO. 139
BY REPRESENTATIVE LEOPOLD
TAX/SALES-USE, ST-EXEMPT: Creates an exemption from sales and use tax for
construction materials purchased by the Committee for Plaquemines Recovery
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 47:305.59, relative to sales and use tax exemptions; to provide2
for an exemption from the state sales and use tax for construction materials3
purchased by the Committee for Plaquemines Recovery; to authorize local governing4
authorities to grant such exemption to the entity; and to provide for related matters.5
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:6
Section 1. R.S. 47:305.59 is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows: 7
ยง305.59. Exemption; charitable residential construction8
A. The sales and use tax imposed by the state of Louisiana and all of its tax9
authorities shall not apply to the sale of construction materials to Habitat for10
Humanity affiliates, Fuller Center for Housing covenant partners located in this state,11
or the Make it Right Foundation when such materials are intended for use in12
constructing new residential dwellings in this state.13
B. The sales and use tax imposed by the state of Louisiana shall not apply14
to the sale of construction materials purchased by the Committee for Plaquemines15
Recovery. The governing authority of a political subdivision may exempt the sale16
of construction materials purchased by the committee from sales and use taxes it17
levies.18 HLS 13RS-29 ORIGINAL
HB NO. 139
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DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
Leopold HB No. 139
Abstract: Creates a state sales and use tax exemption for construction materials purchased
by the Committee for Plaquemines Recovery and authorizes local governments to
exempt such purchases from local sales and use tax.
Present law exempts the sale of construction materials to Habitat for Humanity affiliates or
Fuller Center for Housing covenant partners located in this state, or the Make It Right
Foundation from state and local sales tax when such materials are intended for use in
constructing new residential dwellings in this state.
Proposed law retains present law and creates an exemption from state sales and use tax for
the sale of construction materials to the Committee for Plaquemines Recovery.
Proposed law provides that the governing authority of a local taxing authority may exempt
purchases as provided for in proposed law from its own sales taxes.
(Amends R.S. 47:305.59)