SF 1366

as introduced - 80th Legislature (1997 - 1998) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

  1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to taxation; limiting the exemption from the 
  1.3             sales tax on motor vehicles to ambulances owned by 
  1.4             public or nonprofit entities; amending Minnesota 
  1.5             Statutes 1996, section 297B.03. 
  1.6   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.7      Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 297B.03, is 
  1.8   amended to read: 
  1.9      297B.03 [EXEMPTIONS.] 
  1.10     There is specifically exempted from the provisions of this 
  1.11  chapter and from computation of the amount of tax imposed by it 
  1.12  the following:  
  1.13     (1) Purchase or use, including use under a lease purchase 
  1.14  agreement or installment sales contract made pursuant to section 
  1.15  465.71, of any motor vehicle by the United States and its 
  1.16  agencies and instrumentalities and by any person described in 
  1.17  and subject to the conditions provided in section 297A.25, 
  1.18  subdivision 18.  
  1.19     (2) Purchase or use of any motor vehicle by any person who 
  1.20  was a resident of another state at the time of the purchase and 
  1.21  who subsequently becomes a resident of Minnesota, provided the 
  1.22  purchase occurred more than 60 days prior to the date such 
  1.23  person began residing in the state of Minnesota.  
  1.24     (3) Purchase or use of any motor vehicle by any person 
  1.25  making a valid election to be taxed under the provisions of 
  2.1   section 297A.211.  
  2.2      (4) Purchase or use of any motor vehicle previously 
  2.3   registered in the state of Minnesota by any corporation or 
  2.4   partnership when such transfer constitutes a transfer within the 
  2.5   meaning of section 351 or 721 of the Internal Revenue Code of 
  2.6   1986, as amended through December 31, 1988.  
  2.7      (5) Purchase or use of any vehicle owned by a resident of 
  2.8   another state and leased to a Minnesota based private or for 
  2.9   hire carrier for regular use in the transportation of persons or 
  2.10  property in interstate commerce provided the vehicle is titled 
  2.11  in the state of the owner or secured party, and that state does 
  2.12  not impose a sales tax or sales tax on motor vehicles used in 
  2.13  interstate commerce.  
  2.14     (6) Purchase or use of a motor vehicle by a private 
  2.15  nonprofit or public educational institution for use as an 
  2.16  instructional aid in automotive training programs operated by 
  2.17  the institution.  "Automotive training programs" includes motor 
  2.18  vehicle body and mechanical repair courses but does not include 
  2.19  driver education programs.  
  2.20     (7) Purchase of a motor vehicle for use as an ambulance 
  2.21  by an a nonprofit or public ambulance service licensed under 
  2.22  section 144.802. 
  2.23     (8) Purchase of a motor vehicle by or for a public library, 
  2.24  as defined in section 134.001, subdivision 2, as a bookmobile or 
  2.25  library delivery vehicle. 
  2.26     Sec. 2.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
  2.27     Section 1 is effective for purchases after June 30, 1997.