SLS 17RS-41 ORIGINAL 2017 Regular Session SENATE BILL NO. 21 BY SENATOR PEACOCK TAX/TAXATION. Provides for the reinstatement of the tax exemption on manufacturing machinery. (7/1/17) 1 AN ACT 2 To repeal R.S. 47:321(O), relative to state sales tax; to eliminate the partial suspension of 3 the sales tax exemption on manufacturing machinery and equipment; to provide for 4 an effective date; and to provide for related matters. 5 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana: 6 Section 1. R.S. 47:321(O) is hereby repealed. 7 Section 2. This Act shall become effective on July 1, 2017. The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Leonore F. Heavey. DIGEST SB 21 Original 2017 Regular Session Peacock Present law partially suspends the state sales tax exemption for purchases and leases of manufacturing machinery and equipment subjecting these purchases to a state sales tax at the rate of one percent until July 1, 2018. Proposed law repeals present law. Effective July 1, 2017. (Repeals R.S. 47:321(O)) Page 1 of 1 Coding: Words which are struck through are deletions from existing law; words in boldface type and underscored are additions.