Senate File 2026

                                       SENATE FILE       
                                       BY  COMMITTEE ON
                                           WAYS AND MEANS


                                       (SUCCESSOR TO SSB 3006)

    Passed Senate, Date                Passed House,  Date             
    Vote:  Ayes        Nays           Vote:  Ayes        Nays         
                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to the phaseout of the sales and use taxes on the
  2    sale and furnishing of gas, electricity, and fuel to
  3    residential customers.
  4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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PAG LIN

  1  1    Section 1.  Section 423.3, as enacted by 2003 Iowa Acts,
  1  2 First Extraordinary Session, chapter 2, section 96, is amended
  1  3 by adding the following new subsection:
  1  4    NEW SUBSECTION.  84.  a.  Subject to paragraph "b", the
  1  5 sales price from the sale or furnishing of metered gas,
  1  6 electricity, and fuel, including propane and heating oil, to
  1  7 residential customers which is used to provide energy for
  1  8 residential dwellings and units of apartment and condominium
  1  9 complexes used for human occupancy.
  1 10    b.  The exemption in this subsection shall be phased in by
  1 11 means of a reduction in the tax rate as follows:
  1 12    (1)  If the date of the utility billing or meter reading
  1 13 cycle of the residential customer for the sale or furnishing
  1 14 of metered gas and electricity is on or after January 1, 2004,
  1 15 through December 31, 2004, or if the sale or furnishing of
  1 16 fuel for purposes of residential energy and the delivery of
  1 17 the fuel occurs on or after January 1, 2004, through December
  1 18 31, 2004, the rate of tax is two percent of the sales price.
  1 19    (2)  If the date of the utility billing or meter reading
  1 20 cycle of the residential customer for the sale or furnishing
  1 21 of metered gas and electricity is on or after January 1, 2005,
  1 22 through December 31, 2005, or if the sale or furnishing of
  1 23 fuel for purposes of residential energy and the delivery of
  1 24 the fuel occurs on or after January 1, 2005, through December
  1 25 31, 2005, the rate of tax is one percent of the sales price.
  1 26    (3)  If the date of the utility billing or meter reading
  1 27 cycle of the residential customer for the sale or furnishing
  1 28 of metered gas and electricity is on or after January 1, 2006,
  1 29 or if the sale, furnishing, or service of fuel for purposes of
  1 30 residential energy and the delivery of the fuel occurs on or
  1 31 after January 1, 2006, the rate of tax is zero percent of the
  1 32 sales price.
  1 33    c.  The exemption in this subsection does not apply to
  1 34 local option sales and services tax imposed pursuant to
  1 35 chapters 423B and 423E.
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