Retail Sales and Use Tax; lowers job threshold to receive exemption for certain computer equipment. (HB1298)

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Progress

√	Introduced
√	Passed Committee
√	Passed House
√	Passed Senate
☐	Signed by Governor
√	Became Law

Description

Sales and use tax exemption; certain computer equipment used in large data centers. Lowers the new job threshold to receive the sales and use tax exemption from 50 new employees to 25 for a data center located in either a locality with an unemployment rate at least 0.5 percent higher than the state average or located in an enterprise zone. View Full Text »

Outcome

Bill Has Passed

View Bill's History

01/21/2010 Committee
01/21/2010 Unanimous consent to introduce
01/21/2010 Presented and ordered printed 10104253D
01/21/2010 Referred to Committee on Finance
01/25/2010 Assigned Finance sub: #1
02/02/2010 Impact statement from TAX (HB1298)
02/03/2010 Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (7-Y 0-N)
02/10/2010 Reported from Finance with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
02/10/2010 Reported from Finance with amendment (22-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/12/2010 Read first time
02/15/2010 Read second time
02/15/2010 Committee amendment agreed to
02/15/2010 Engrossed by House as amended HB1298E
02/15/2010 Printed as engrossed 10104253D-E
02/16/2010 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
02/16/2010 VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (99-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/17/2010 Constitutional reading dispensed
02/17/2010 Referred to Committee on Finance
02/19/2010 Impact statement from TAX (HB1298E)
03/02/2010 Reported from Finance (15-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
03/03/2010 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
03/03/2010 Read third time
03/03/2010 Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
03/03/2010 Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
03/03/2010 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
03/05/2010 Impact statement from TAX (HB1298ER)
03/10/2010 Enrolled
03/10/2010 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1298ER)
03/11/2010 Signed by Speaker
03/13/2010 Signed by President
04/13/2010 Governor's recommendation received by House
04/20/2010 Placed on Calendar
04/21/2010 House concurred in Governor's recommendation (94-Y 0-N)
04/21/2010 VOTE: --- ADOPTION (94-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
04/21/2010 Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (39-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
04/21/2010 G Governor's recommendation adopted
04/21/2010 Reenrolled
04/21/2010 Reenrolled bill text (HB1298ER2)
04/21/2010 Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
04/21/2010 Signed by President as reenrolled
04/21/2010 Enacted, Chapter 866 (effective 7/1/10)
04/21/2010 G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0866)

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