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Senate bill to extend sales-tax exemption held for language clarifications after fiscal concerns
Summary
Sen. Vickers’ bill to extend an existing sales-and-use tax exemption for alternative energy inputs was held by the committee to clarify whether technical language change to "base-load dispatchable" would expand coverage (potentially to fossil dispatchable resources) and trigger a large fiscal note. The sponsor agreed to work with staff and stakeholders.
Senate Bill 223 — a proposal to extend a sales-and-use tax exemption for inputs used in alternative-energy production — was put on hold by the committee after lawmakers raised concerns that a proposed change to the statutory language could broaden the exemption and create a substantial fiscal impact.
Senator Vickers said the bill’s substitute removed an in-line definition…
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