Regional Transportation Authority Sales & Use Tax Exemption

The bill establishes a sales tax exemption for contractors and subcontractors that purchase construction and building materials for use in the building, erection, alteration, or repair of structures owned and used by a regional transportation authority (authority) to house authority employees or contractors. The bill also establishes a use tax exemption for the storage, use, or consumption by a contractor or subcontractor of construction and building materials for use in the building, erection, alteration, or repair of such structures. The bill authorizes an authority or an authority's board to build, erect, alter, or repair such structures for the purpose of housing employees or contractors of a regional transportation authority.
(Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.)