PRINTER'S NO. 650
No. 588 Session of 2003
INTRODUCED BY KUKOVICH, RHOADES, MELLOW, O'PAKE, KASUNIC, STOUT,
WAGNER, MUSTO, SCHWARTZ, KITCHEN, LAVALLE, BOSCOLA, LOGAN,
COSTA AND TARTAGLIONE, APRIL 11, 2003
REFERRED TO FINANCE, APRIL 11, 2003
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), entitled
2 "An act providing for and reorganizing the conduct of the
3 executive and administrative work of the Commonwealth by the
4 Executive Department thereof and the administrative
5 departments, boards, commissions, and officers thereof,
6 including the boards of trustees of State Normal Schools, or
7 Teachers Colleges; abolishing, creating, reorganizing or
8 authorizing the reorganization of certain administrative
9 departments, boards, and commissions; defining the powers and
10 duties of the Governor and other executive and administrative
11 officers, and of the several administrative departments,
12 boards, commissions, and officers; fixing the salaries of the
13 Governor, Lieutenant Governor, and certain other executive
14 and administrative officers; providing for the appointment of
15 certain administrative officers, and of all deputies and
16 other assistants and employes in certain departments, boards,
17 and commissions; and prescribing the manner in which the
18 number and compensation of the deputies and all other
19 assistants and employes of certain departments, boards and
20 commissions shall be determined," providing for Department of
21 Revenue recommendations relating to certain sales tax and tax
22 credit issues.
23 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
24 hereby enacts as follows:
25 Section 1. The act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), known
26 as The Administrative Code of 1929, is amended by adding a
27 section to read:
1 Section 2509. Sale and Business Tax Recommendations.--(a)
2 The Department of Revenue shall make recommendations to the
3 General Assembly that prescribe:
4 (1) Sales tax free time periods for products that are
5 certified as energy efficient.
6 (2) Business tax credits for commercial entities that are
7 certified as energy efficient.
8 (b) Recommendations under subsection (a) shall be reported
9 to the General Assembly no later than ninety days following the
10 effective date of this section.
11 Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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