11-R280
2011 -- S 0976
Enacted 05/17/11
S E N A T E R E
S O L U T I O N
URGING MEMBERS
OF THE
SUPPORT THE
Introduced By: Senators Ruggerio, Paiva Weed, Goodwin, DaPonte, and Miller
Date Introduced: May 17, 2011
WHEREAS, The 1967 Bellas Hess and the 1992 Quill U.S. Supreme Court decisions
denied states the authority to require collection of sales
and use taxes by out-of-state sellers that
have no physical presence in the taxing state; and
WHEREAS, The combined weight of the inability to collect sales and
use taxes on
remote sales through traditional carriers and the tax
erosion due to electronic commerce threatens
the future viability of the sales tax as a stable revenue
source for state and local governments; and
WHEREAS, According to
the National Conference of State Legislatures, states lost an
estimated $8.6 billion in 2010, and total revenue loss is
projected to balloon to $37 billion from
2009 to 2012; and
WHEREAS, According to
the National Conference of State Legislatures,
will lose an estimated $70.4 million in Fiscal Year 2012
because of this inability to require
remote sellers to collect our state’s sales and use taxes;
and
WHEREAS,
Sales and Use Tax Agreement; and
WHEREAS, The Main Street
Fairness Act has been introduced in the 112th Congress to
grant those states that comply with the agreement the
authority to require all sellers, regardless of
nexus, to collect those states’ sales and use taxes; now,
therefore be it
RESOLVED,
That this Senate of the State of
calls upon the members of our Congressional Delegation to
join as cosponsors of the
Fairness Act to support its
swift adoption by the Congress of the
RESOLVED,
That this Senate urges President Barack
Obama to sign the
Fairness Act into law, upon
its passage by the Congress; and be it further
RESOLVED,
That the Secretary of State be and he hereby is
authorized and directed to
transmit duly certified copies of this resolution to the President
of the
and Secretary of the United States Senate, the Speaker
and the Clerk of the
of Representatives, the Chair of the Senate Committee on
Finance, the Chair of the House
Committee
on Ways and Means, and
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