AB378: Bill Text

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1999 - 2000 LEGISLATURE

1999 Assembly BILL 378

June 10, 1999 - Introduced by Representatives F. Lasee, La Fave, Black, Musser, Plouff, J. Lehman, Schneider, Miller, Hasenohrl, Meyer, Pettis, Meyerhofer, Owens, Bock, Wasserman, Powers, Lassa, Gronemus, Vrakas, Gunderson, Sherman and Huebsch, cosponsored by Senators Baumgart, Schultz and Wirch. Referred to Joint survey committee on Tax Exemptions.

AB378,1,2 An Act to create 77.54 (44) of the statutes; relating to: exempting from the sales tax and the use tax certain products that are solar powered or wind powered.

Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau

This bill creates a sales tax and a use tax exemption for a product, other than an uninterruptible power source for computers, whose power source is wind energy or direct radiant energy received from the sun if the product produces at least 200 watts of alternating current.

This bill will be referred to the joint survey committee on tax exemptions for a detailed analysis, which will be printed as an appendix to this bill.

For further information see the state and local fiscal estimate, which will be printed as an appendix to this bill.

The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:

AB378, s. 1 Section 1. 77.54 (44) of the statutes is created to read:

AB378,2,2 77.54 (44) The gross receipts from the sale of and the storage, use or other consumption of a product whose power source is wind energy or direct radiant energy received from the sun, if the product produces at least 200 watts of alternating current, except that the exemption under this subsection does not apply to an uninterrruptible power source that is designed primarily for computers.

AB378, s. 2 Section 2. Effective date.

AB378,2,5 (1) This act takes effect on the first day of the 2nd month beginning after publication.

AB378,2,6 (End)