SLS 13RS-63 ENGROSSED Page 1 of 3 Coding: Words which are struck through are deletions from existing law; words in boldface type and underscored are additions. Regular Session, 2013 SENATE BILL NO. 78 BY SENATOR MARTINY TAX/SALES. Provides for certain tax authorities to grant an exclusion from sales tax for repairs to certain property which is delivered out of state. (7/1/13) AN ACT1 To amend and reenact R.S. 47:301(14)(g)(i)(bb) and 337.10(F), relative to sales and use tax;2 to provide for an exclusion from the sales and use tax of the state and of political3 subdivisions which is levied upon certain sales of services; and to provide for related4 matters.5 Notice of intention to introduce this Act has been published.6 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:7 Section 1. R.S. 47:301(14)(g)(i)(bb) and 337.10(F) are hereby amended and8 reenacted to read as follows: 9 §301. Definitions10 As used in this Chapter the following words, terms, and phrases have the11 meaning ascribed to them in this Section, unless the context clearly indicates a12 different meaning:13 * * *14 (14) "Sales of services" means and includes the following:15 * * *16 (g)(i)(aa)17 SB NO. 78 SLS 13RS-63 ENGROSSED Page 2 of 3 Coding: Words which are struck through are deletions from existing law; words in boldface type and underscored are additions. * * *1 (bb) For purposes of the sales and use tax levied by the state and by tax2 authorities in East Feliciana Parish, charges for the furnishing of repairs to tangible3 personal property may shall be excluded from sales of services, as defined in this4 Subparagraph, when the repaired property is (1) delivered to the customer in another5 state either by common carrier or the repair dealer's own vehicle a common carrier6 or to the United States Post Office for transportation outside the state, or (2)7 delivered outside the state by use of the repair dealer's own vehicle or by use of8 an independent trucker,. However, as to aircraft, delivery may be by the best9 available means. This exclusion shall not apply to sales and use taxes levied by any10 other parish, municipality or, school board, or any other tax authority other than11 a political subdivision in East Feliciana Parish. However, any such other parish,12 municipality or, school board, or other tax authority may apply the exclusion as13 defined in this Subparagraph to sales or use taxes levied by any such parish,14 municipality, or school board them. Offshore areas shall not be considered another15 state for the purpose of this Subparagraph.16 * * *17 §337.10. Optional exclusions and exemptions18 * * *19 F. As provided for in R.S. 47:301(14)(g)(i)(bb), any political subdivision,20 other than a tax authority in East Feliciana Parish to which the exclusion21 already applies, may apply the exclusion as defined in R.S. 47:301(14)(g)(i)(bb) to22 sales or use taxes levied by any such political subdivision, so that a charge for the23 furnishing of repairs to tangible personal property shall be excluded from sales of24 services, as defined in R.S. 47:301(14)(g)(i), when the repaired property is (1)25 delivered to the customer in another state either by common carrier or the repair26 dealer's own vehicle a common carrier or to the United States Post Office for27 transportation outside the state, or (2) delivered outside the state by use of the28 repair dealer's own vehicle or by use of an independent trucker,. However, as29 SB NO. 78 SLS 13RS-63 ENGROSSED Page 3 of 3 Coding: Words which are struck through are deletions from existing law; words in boldface type and underscored are additions. to aircraft, delivery may be by the best available means. Offshore areas shall not be1 considered another state for the purpose of this Subsection and R.S. 47:301(14)(g)(i).2 * * *3 Section 2. This Act shall become effective on July 1, 2013; if vetoed by the governor4 and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become effective on July 1,5 2013, or on the day following such approval by the legislature, whichever is later.6 The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Riley Boudreaux. DIGEST Martiny (SB 78) Present law provides an exclusion against state sales tax and sales tax levied by tax authorities in East Feliciana Parish for charges for the furnishing of repairs to tangible personal property when the repaired property is delivered to the customer in another state either by common carrier or the repair dealer's own vehicle. However, as to aircraft, the delivery may be by the best available means. Offshore areas are not considered another state for the purpose of present law. Present law provides that the exclusion does not apply to sales and use taxes levied by any "other" parish, municipality or school board, but authorizes any "other" parish, municipality or school board to apply the exclusion as defined in the present law to their sales taxes. Proposed law specifies that the option to exclude such repairs to out-of-state property is not available to tax authorities in East Feliciana. Proposed law authorizes other tax authorities besides parishes, municipalities and school boards to exclude such repairs. Proposed law specifically includes in the tax exclusion repairs to property (1) delivered to the United States Post Office for transportation outside the state and (2) delivered outside the state by use of an independent trucker. Effective July 1, 2013. (Amends R.S. 47:301(14)(g)(i)(bb) and R.S. 47:337.10(F))