130th Ohio General Assembly
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Sub. H. B. No. 429  As Passed by the House
As Passed by the House

127th General Assembly
Regular Session
2007-2008
Sub. H. B. No. 429


Representative Gibbs 

Cosponsors: Representatives Schindel, Bolon, Foley, Hagan, J., Letson, Patton, Aslanides, Bacon, Batchelder, Blessing, Chandler, Collier, Combs, Domenick, Fessler, Flowers, Gardner, Hughes, McGregor, J., Raussen, Schneider, Setzer, Wachtmann, Webster 



A BILL
To amend sections 5739.033, 5739.034, and 5739.24 of the Revised Code and later to repeal sections 5739.035, 5739.213, 5739.24, and 5741.10 of the Revised Code to require vendors to utilize origin-based sourcing for intrastate sales beginning January 1, 2010, to discontinue compensation of impacted counties for sales tax losses incurred under destination-based sourcing, and to authorize the Tax Commissioner to compensate vendors required to convert from destination-based sourcing to origin-based sourcing.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:
Section 1. That sections 5739.033, 5739.034, and 5739.24 of the Revised Code be amended to read as follows:
Sec. 5739.033.  (A) Except as provided in division (B) of this section, divisions (C) to (I) of this section apply to sales made on and after January 1, 2008. Any vendor previously required to comply with divisions (C) to (I) of this section and any vendor that irrevocably elects to comply with divisions (C) to (I) of this section for all of the vendor's sales and places of business in this state shall continue to source its sales under those divisions.
The amount of tax due pursuant to sections 5739.02, 5739.021, 5739.023, and 5739.026 of the Revised Code is the sum of the taxes imposed pursuant to those sections at the sourcing location of the sale as determined under this section or, if applicable, under division (C) of section 5739.031 or section 5739.034 of the Revised Code, or at the situs of the sale as determined under section 5739.035 of the Revised Code. This section applies only to a vendor's or seller's obligation to collect and remit sales taxes under section 5739.02, 5739.021, 5739.023, or 5739.026 of the Revised Code or use taxes under section 5741.02, 5741.021, 5741.022, or 5741.023 of the Revised Code. Division (A) of this section does not apply in determining the jurisdiction for which sellers are required to collect the use tax under section 5741.05 of the Revised Code. This section does not affect the obligation of a consumer to remit use taxes on the storage, use, or other consumption of tangible personal property or on the benefit realized of any service provided, to the jurisdiction of that storage, use, or consumption, or benefit realized.
(B)(1) As used in this division:
(a) "Delivery sale" means the taxable sale of tangible personal property or a service that is received by a consumer, or a donee designated by the consumer, in a taxing jurisdiction that is not the taxing jurisdiction in which the vendor has a fixed place of business.
(b) "Agreement" has the same meaning as in section 5740.01 of the Revised Code.
(c) "Governing board" has the same meaning as in section 5740.02 of the Revised Code.
(2) If the tax commissioner does not make the certification under section 5740.10 of the Revised Code, a vendor that is not required by division (A) of this section to situs sales under divisions (C) to (I) of this section on the date of the commissioner's certification may continue after that date to situs its sales under section 5739.035 of the Revised Code unless it is required, under division (B)(5) of this section, to situs its sales under divisions (C) to (I) of this section.
(3) Except as otherwise provided in divisions (B)(4) and (5) of this section, a vendor with total delivery sales within this state in prior calendar years, beginning with calendar year 2007, of less than five hundred thousand dollars may situs its sales under section 5739.035 of the Revised Code.
(4) Once a vendor has total delivery sales in this state of five hundred thousand dollars or more for a prior calendar year, the vendor shall source its sales under divisions (C) to (I) of this section and shall continue to source its sales under those divisions regardless of the amount of the vendor's total delivery sales in future years.
(5) A vendor permitted under division (B)(3) of this section to situs its sales under section 5739.035 of the Revised Code that fails to provide, absent a clerical error, the notices required under division (I)(1) of section 5739.035 of the Revised Code shall situs all subsequent sales as required under divisions (C) to (I) of this section Beginning January 1, 2010, the situs of retail sales, excluding lease or rental, of tangible personal property or digital goods shall be sourced to the location where the vendor receives the order if:
(a) The vendor receives the order in the same state in which the consumer receives the property or goods;
(b) The location where the consumer receives the property or goods is determined under division (C)(2), (3), or (4) of this section; and
(c) The record-keeping system used by the vendor to calculate the tax imposed captures the location where the order is received at the time the order is received.
(2) A consumer has no additional liability to this state for tax, penalty, or interest on a sale for which the consumer remits tax to the vendor in the amount invoiced by the vendor if the invoice amount is calculated at either the rate applicable to the location where the consumer receives the product or digital good or at the rate applicable to the location where the order is received by the vendor. A consumer may rely on a written representation by the vendor as to the location where the order for the sale was received by the vendor. If the consumer does not have a written representation by the vendor as to the location where the order was received by the vendor, the consumer may use a location indicated by a business address for the vendor that is available from records that are maintained in the ordinary course of the consumer's business to determine the rate applicable to the location where the order was received.
(3) For the purposes of division (B) of this section, the location where an order is received by or on behalf of a vendor means the physical location of the vendor or a third party such as an established outlet, office location, or automated order receipt system operated by or on behalf of the vendor, where an order is initially received by or on behalf of the vendor, and not where the order may be subsequently accepted, completed, or fulfilled. An order is received when all necessary information to determine whether the order can be accepted has been received by or on behalf of the vendor. The location from which a product is shipped shall not be used to determine the location where the order is received by the vendor.
(4) For the purposes of division (B) of this section, if services subject to taxation under this chapter or Chapter 5741. of the Revised Code are sold with tangible personal property or digital goods pursuant to a single contract or in the same transaction, the services are billed on the same billing statement or invoice, and, because of the application of this section, the transaction would be sourced to more than one jurisdiction, the situs of the transaction shall be the location where the order is received by or on behalf of the vendor.
(C) Except for sales, other than leases, of titled motor vehicles, titled watercraft, or titled outboard motors as provided in section 5741.05 of the Revised Code, or as otherwise provided in this section and section 5739.034 of the Revised Code, all sales shall be sourced as follows:
(1) If the consumer or a donee designated by the consumer receives tangible personal property or a service at a vendor's place of business, the sale shall be sourced to that place of business.
(2) When the tangible personal property or service is not received at a vendor's place of business, the sale shall be sourced to the location known to the vendor where the consumer or the donee designated by the consumer receives the tangible personal property or service, including the location indicated by instructions for delivery to the consumer or the consumer's donee.
(3) If divisions (C)(1) and (2) of this section do not apply, the sale shall be sourced to the location indicated by an address for the consumer that is available from the vendor's business records that are maintained in the ordinary course of the vendor's business, when use of that address does not constitute bad faith.
(4) If divisions (C)(1), (2), and (3) of this section do not apply, the sale shall be sourced to the location indicated by an address for the consumer obtained during the consummation of the sale, including the address associated with the consumer's payment instrument, if no other address is available, when use of that address does not constitute bad faith.
(5) If divisions (C)(1), (2), (3), and (4) of this section do not apply, including in the circumstance where the vendor is without sufficient information to apply any of those divisions, the sale shall be sourced to the address from which tangible personal property was shipped, or from which the service was provided, disregarding any location that merely provided the electronic transfer of the property sold or service provided.
(6) As used in division (C) of this section, "receive" means taking possession of tangible personal property or making first use of a service. "Receive" does not include possession by a shipping company on behalf of a consumer.
(D)(1)(a) Notwithstanding divisions (C)(1) to (5) of this section, a business consumer that is not a holder of a direct payment permit granted under section 5739.031 of the Revised Code, that purchases a digital good, computer software, except computer software received in person by a business consumer at a vendor's place of business, or a service, and that knows at the time of purchase that such digital good, software, or service will be concurrently available for use in more than one taxing jurisdiction shall deliver to the vendor in conjunction with its purchase an exemption certificate claiming multiple points of use, or shall meet the requirements of division (D)(2) of this section. On receipt of the exemption certificate claiming multiple points of use, the vendor is relieved of its obligation to collect, pay, or remit the tax due, and the business consumer must pay the tax directly to the state.
(b) A business consumer that delivers the exemption certificate claiming multiple points of use to a vendor may use any reasonable, consistent, and uniform method of apportioning the tax due on the digital good, computer software, or service that is supported by the consumer's business records as they existed at the time of the sale. The business consumer shall report and pay the appropriate tax to each jurisdiction where concurrent use occurs. The tax due shall be calculated as if the apportioned amount of the digital good, computer software, or service had been delivered to each jurisdiction to which the sale is apportioned under this division.
(c) The exemption certificate claiming multiple points of use shall remain in effect for all future sales by the vendor to the business consumer until it is revoked in writing by the business consumer, except as to the business consumer's specific apportionment of a subsequent sale under division (D)(1)(b) of this section and the facts existing at the time of the sale.
(2) When the vendor knows that a digital good, computer software, or service sold will be concurrently available for use by the business consumer in more than one jurisdiction, but the business consumer does not provide an exemption certificate claiming multiple points of use as required by division (D)(1) of this section, the vendor may work with the business consumer to produce the correct apportionment. Governed by the principles of division (D)(1)(b) of this section, the vendor and business consumer may use any reasonable, but consistent and uniform, method of apportionment that is supported by the vendor's and business consumer's books and records as they exist at the time the sale is reported for purposes of the taxes levied under this chapter. If the business consumer certifies to the accuracy of the apportionment and the vendor accepts the certification, the vendor shall collect and remit the tax accordingly. In the absence of bad faith, the vendor is relieved of any further obligation to collect tax on any transaction where the vendor has collected tax pursuant to the information certified by the business consumer.
(3) When the vendor knows that the digital good, computer software, or service will be concurrently available for use in more than one jurisdiction, and the business consumer does not have a direct pay permit and does not provide to the vendor an exemption certificate claiming multiple points of use as required in division (D)(1) of this section, or certification pursuant to division (D)(2) of this section, the vendor shall collect and remit the tax based on division (C) of this section.
(4) Nothing in this section shall limit a person's obligation for sales or use tax to any state in which a digital good, computer software, or service is concurrently available for use, nor limit a person's ability under local, state, or federal law, to claim a credit for sales or use taxes legally due and paid to other jurisdictions.
(E) A person who holds a direct payment permit issued under section 5739.031 of the Revised Code is not required to deliver an exemption certificate claiming multiple points of use to a vendor. But such permit holder shall comply with division (D)(2) of this section in apportioning the tax due on a digital good, computer software, or a service for use in business that will be concurrently available for use in more than one taxing jurisdiction.
(F)(1) Notwithstanding divisions (C)(1) to (5) of this section, the consumer of direct mail that is not a holder of a direct payment permit shall provide to the vendor in conjunction with the sale either an exemption certificate claiming direct mail prescribed by the tax commissioner, or information to show the jurisdictions to which the direct mail is delivered to recipients.
(2) Upon receipt of such exemption certificate, the vendor is relieved of all obligations to collect, pay, or remit the applicable tax and the consumer is obligated to pay that tax on a direct pay basis. An exemption certificate claiming direct mail shall remain in effect for all future sales of direct mail by the vendor to the consumer until it is revoked in writing.
(3) Upon receipt of information from the consumer showing the jurisdictions to which the direct mail is delivered to recipients, the vendor shall collect the tax according to the delivery information provided by the consumer. In the absence of bad faith, the vendor is relieved of any further obligation to collect tax on any transaction where the vendor has collected tax pursuant to the delivery information provided by the consumer.
(4) If the consumer of direct mail does not have a direct payment permit and does not provide the vendor with either an exemption certificate claiming direct mail or delivery information as required by division (F)(1) of this section, the vendor shall collect the tax according to division (C)(5) of this section. Nothing in division (F)(4) of this section shall limit a consumer's obligation to pay sales or use tax to any state to which the direct mail is delivered.
(5) If a consumer of direct mail provides the vendor with documentation of direct payment authority, the consumer shall not be required to provide an exemption certificate claiming direct mail or delivery information to the vendor.
(G) If the vendor provides lodging to transient guests as specified in division (B)(2) of section 5739.01 of the Revised Code, the sale shall be sourced to the location where the lodging is located.
(H)(1) As used in this division and division (I) of this section, "transportation equipment" means any of the following:
(a) Locomotives and railcars that are utilized for the carriage of persons or property in interstate commerce.
(b) Trucks and truck-tractors with a gross vehicle weight rating of greater than ten thousand pounds, trailers, semi-trailers, or passenger buses that are registered through the international registration plan and are operated under authority of a carrier authorized and certificated by the United States department of transportation or another federal authority to engage in the carriage of persons or property in interstate commerce.
(c) Aircraft that are operated by air carriers authorized and certificated by the United States department of transportation or another federal authority to engage in the carriage of persons or property in interstate or foreign commerce.
(d) Containers designed for use on and component parts attached to or secured on the items set forth in division (H)(1)(a), (b), or (c) of this section.
(2) A sale, lease, or rental of transportation equipment shall be sourced pursuant to division (C) of this section.
(I)(1) A lease or rental of tangible personal property that does not require recurring periodic payments shall be sourced pursuant to division (C) of this section.
(2) A lease or rental of tangible personal property that requires recurring periodic payments shall be sourced as follows:
(a) In the case of a motor vehicle, other than a motor vehicle that is transportation equipment, or an aircraft, other than an aircraft that is transportation equipment, such lease or rental shall be sourced as follows:
(i) An accelerated tax payment on a lease or rental taxed pursuant to division (A)(2) of section 5739.02 of the Revised Code shall be sourced to the primary property location at the time the lease or rental is consummated. Any subsequent taxable charges on the lease or rental shall be sourced to the primary property location for the period in which the charges are incurred.
(ii) For a lease or rental taxed pursuant to division (A)(3) of section 5739.02 of the Revised Code, each lease or rental installment shall be sourced to the primary property location for the period covered by the installment.
(b) In the case of a lease or rental of all other tangible personal property, other than transportation equipment, such lease or rental shall be sourced as follows:
(i) An accelerated tax payment on a lease or rental that is taxed pursuant to division (A)(2) of section 5739.02 of the Revised Code shall be sourced pursuant to division (C) of this section at the time the lease or rental is consummated. Any subsequent taxable charges on the lease or rental shall be sourced to the primary property location for the period in which the charges are incurred.
(ii) For a lease or rental that is taxed pursuant to division (A)(3) of section 5739.02 of the Revised Code, the initial lease or rental installment shall be sourced pursuant to division (C) of this section. Each subsequent installment shall be sourced to the primary property location for the period covered by the installment.
(3) As used in division (I) of this section, "primary property location" means an address for tangible personal property provided by the lessee or renter that is available to the lessor or owner from its records maintained in the ordinary course of business, when use of that address does not constitute bad faith.
Sec. 5739.034. (A) As used in this section:
(1) "Air-to-ground radiotelephone service" means a radio service, as defined in 47 C.F.R. 22.99, in which common carriers are authorized to offer and provide radio telecommunications service for hire to subscribers in aircraft.
(2) "Call-by-call basis" means any method of charging for telecommunications services where the price is measured by individual calls.
(3) "Customer" means the person or entity that contracts with a seller of telecommunications service. If the end user of telecommunications service is not the contracting party, the end user of the telecommunications service is the customer of the telecommunications service. "Customer" does not include a reseller of telecommunications service or of mobile telecommunications service of a serving carrier under an agreement to serve the customer outside the home service provider's licensed service area.
(4) "End user" means the person who utilizes the telecommunications service. In the case of a person other than an individual, "end user" means the individual who utilizes the service on behalf of the person.
(5) "Home service provider" has the same meaning as in the "Mobile Telecommunications Sourcing Act," Pub. L. No. 106-252, 114 Stat. 631 (2000), 4 U.S.C. 124(5), as amended.
(6) "Place of primary use" means the street address representative of where the customer's use of the telecommunications service primarily occurs, which must be the residential street address or the primary business street address of the customer. In the case of mobile telecommunications services, "place of primary use" must be within the licensed service area of the home service provider.
(7) "Post-paid calling service" means the telecommunications service obtained by making a payment on a call-by-call basis either through the use of a credit card or payment mechanism such as a bank card, travel card, credit card, or debit card, or by charge made to a telephone number that is not associated with the origination or termination of the telecommunications service. "Post-paid calling service" includes a telecommunications service, except a prepaid wireless calling service, that would be a prepaid calling service, but for the fact that it is not exclusively a telecommunications service.
(8) "Prepaid calling service" and "prepaid wireless calling service" have the same meanings as in section 5739.01 of the Revised Code.
(9) "Service address" means:
(a) The location of the telecommunications equipment to which a customer's call is charged and from which the call originates or terminates, regardless of where the call is billed or paid.
(b) If the location in division (A)(9)(a) of this section is not known, "service address" means the origination point of the signal of the telecommunications service first identified by either the seller's telecommunications system or in information received by the seller from its service provider, where the system used to transport such signals is not that of the seller.
(c) If the locations in divisions (A)(9)(a) and (b) of this section are not known, "service address" means the location of the customer's place of primary use.
(10) "Private communication service" means a telecommunications service that entitles a customer to exclusive or priority use of a communications channel or group of channels between or among termination points, regardless of the manner in which the channel or channels are connected, and includes switching capacity, extension lines, stations, and any other associated services that are provided in connection with the use of such channel or channels.
(B) The amount of tax due pursuant to sections 5739.02, 5739.021, 5739.023, and 5739.026 of the Revised Code on sales of telecommunications service, information service, or mobile telecommunications service, is the sum of the taxes imposed pursuant to those sections at the sourcing location of the sale as determined under this section.
(C) Except for the telecommunications services described in division (E) of this section, the sale of telecommunications service sold on a call-by-call basis shall be sourced to each level of taxing jurisdiction where the call originates and terminates in that jurisdiction, or each level of taxing jurisdiction where the call either originates or terminates and in which the service address also is located.
(D) Except for the telecommunications services described in division (E) of this section, a sale of telecommunications services sold on a basis other than a call-by-call basis shall be sourced to the customer's place of primary use.
(E) The sale of the following telecommunications services shall be sourced to each level of taxing jurisdiction, as follows:
(1) A sale of mobile telecommunications service, other than air-to-ground radiotelephone service and prepaid calling service, shall be sourced to the customer's place of primary use as required by the Mobile Telecommunications Sourcing Act.
(2) A sale of post-paid calling service shall be sourced to the origination point of the telecommunications signal as first identified by the service provider's telecommunications system, or information received by the seller from its service provider, where the system used to transport such signals is not that of the seller.
(3) A sale of prepaid calling service or prepaid wireless calling service shall be sourced under division (C) of section 5739.033 of the Revised Code or, if permitted by division (B) of that section, shall be sitused under section 5739.035 of the Revised Code. But in the case of prepaid wireless calling service, in lieu of sourcing the sale of the service under division (C)(5) of section 5739.033 of the Revised Code, the service provider may elect to source the sale to the location associated with the mobile telephone number.
(4) A sale of a private communication service shall be sourced as follows:
(a) Service for a separate charge related to a customer channel termination point shall be sourced to each level of jurisdiction in which the customer channel termination point is located;
(b) Service where all customer channel termination points are located entirely within one jurisdiction or level of jurisdiction shall be sourced in the jurisdiction in which the customer channel termination points are located;
(c) Service for segments of a channel between two customer channel termination points located in different jurisdictions and which segments of a channel are separately charged shall be sourced fifty per cent in each level of jurisdiction in which the customer channel termination points are located;
(d) Service for segments of a channel located in more than one jurisdiction or level of jurisdiction and which segments are not separately billed shall be sourced in each jurisdiction based on the percentage determined by dividing the number of customer channel termination points in the jurisdiction by the total number of customer channel termination points.
Sec. 5739.24.  (A) As used in this section:
(1) "Destination-based sourcing requirements" has the same meaning as in section 5739.123 of the Revised Code.
(2) "Impacted county" means a county having a population of less than seventy-five thousand as of the decennial census of 2000 taken by the United States census bureau.
(3) "Master account holder" means a person that holds more than one vendor's license under division (A) of section 5739.17 of the Revised Code, operates in multiple tax jurisdictions under the same ownership, and files or is required to file a consolidated return under section 5739.12 of the Revised Code.
(4) "Tax jurisdiction" means a county or, if applicable, the portion of a county in which a transit authority has territory.
(B)(1) Beginning in 2006 and ending January 31, 2009, within thirty days after the thirtieth day of June and the thirty-first day of December of each year, a master account holder that makes a sale that is subject to the destination-based sourcing requirements shall file with the tax commissioner a report that details the total taxable sales it made for the prior six-month period in each tax jurisdiction and at each fixed place of business for which the master account holder holds or should hold a license, irrespective of where those sales were sourced under those requirements. The commissioner may extend the time for filing the report under this section.
(2) If the report required by division (B)(1) of this section is not timely filed by a master account holder, the tax commissioner shall mail notice of a delinquent report to the holder. In addition to any other penalties or additional charges imposed under this chapter, the commissioner may impose a penalty of up to fifty dollars for each fixed place of business of the master account holder. If the report is filed within fifteen days after the commissioner mails the delinquency notice, the penalty may be remitted in full or in part by the commissioner. But if the master account holder fails to file the report within fifteen days after the commissioner mails the notice, the commissioner shall impose a penalty of up to one hundred dollars for each fixed place of business of the master account holder. This penalty may not be remitted in full by the commissioner. A penalty imposed under this division is subject to collection and assessment in the same manner as any tax levied under this chapter.
(C)(1) Beginning in 2006 and ending April 17, 2009, within seventy-five days after the thirty-first day of July each year and the thirty-first day of January of the following year, the tax commissioner shall determine for each county both of the following:
(a) The amount of taxes reported on returns filed by all vendors licensed under division (A) of section 5739.17 of the Revised Code that were levied by sections 5739.021 and 5739.026 of the Revised Code and were reported as due in accordance with the destination-based sourcing requirements;
(b) The amount of taxes levied by those sections that would have been paid to the county by vendors licensed under division (A) of section 5739.17 of the Revised Code if the taxes had been collected in accordance with section 5739.035 of the Revised Code, as that section exists when the determination is made.
The commissioner may make any adjustments that are necessary to account for delinquent tax returns or reports.
(2) In making the determination required by division (C)(1) of this section, the commissioner shall use the lesser of the county's tax rate in effect as of January 1, 2006, or the actual tax rate in effect for the six-month period for which the compensation was calculated.
(3) The commissioner also shall calculate the percentage difference between the amounts determined under divisions (C)(1)(a) and (b) of this section by using a fraction, with the amount determined under division (C)(1)(a) of this section in the numerator, and the amount determined under division (C)(1)(b) of this section in the denominator.
(D)(1) If the percentage difference calculated under division (C)(3) of this section for a county is ninety-six per cent or less, and the county is an impacted county under this section, the county shall receive compensation. Beginning in 2006 and ending May 1, 2009, within ninety days after the thirty-first day of July each year and the thirty-first day of January of the following year, the tax commissioner, in the next ensuing payment to be made under division (B)(1) of section 5739.21 of the Revised Code, shall in addition provide from the general revenue fund to such county compensation in the amount of ninety-eight per cent of the denominator calculated under division (C)(3) of this section, minus the numerator calculated under division (C)(3) of this section.
(2) A county that is entitled to compensation under division (D)(1) of this section may request an advance payment of that compensation. The commissioner shall adopt rules that establish the manner by which such county may make the request and the method the commissioner will use to determine the amount of the advance payment to be made to the county. Compensation provided under division (D)(1) of this section shall be adjusted accordingly to account for advance payments made under division (D)(2) of this section.
(E) If, under division (C)(1) of this section, the tax commissioner determines that a county received more taxes under the destination-based sourcing requirements than it would have received if taxes had been paid in accordance with section 5739.035 of the Revised Code, as that section existed when the determination was made, the county is a windfall county under this division. Beginning in 2006, within ninety days after the thirty-first day of July each year and the thirty-first day of January of the following year, the commissioner, in the next ensuing payment to be made under division (B)(1) of section 5739.21 of the Revised Code, shall reduce the amount to be returned to each windfall county by the total amount of excess taxes that would have been received by all windfall counties in proportion to the total amount needed to compensate counties under division (D) of this section.
(F) The commissioner shall make available to the public the determinations made under division (C) of this section, but any data obtained from taxpayers under this section or that would identify those taxpayers shall remain confidential.
(G) There is hereby created the county compensation tax study committee. The committee shall consist of the following seven members: the tax commissioner, three members of the senate appointed by the president of the senate, and three members of the house of representatives appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives. The appointments shall be made not later than January 31, 2007. The tax commissioner shall be the chairperson of the committee and the department of taxation shall provide any information and assistance that is required by the committee to carry out its duties. The committee shall study the extent to which each county has been impacted by the destination-based sourcing requirements. Not later than June 30, 2007, the committee shall issue a report of its findings and shall make recommendations to the president of the senate and the speaker of the house of representatives, at which time the committee shall cease to exist.
Section 2. That existing sections 5739.033, 5739.034, and 5739.24 of the Revised Code are hereby repealed.
Section 3. That section 5739.24 of the Revised Code is hereby repealed effective May 1, 2009. No payments or reductions in payments required by division (D) of section 5739.24 of the Revised Code shall be effected after May 1, 2009. No request for an advance of the payment that, but for this act, would have been made after May 1, 2009, shall be honored.
Section 4.  That the amendment by this act of sections 5739.033 and 5739.034 of the Revised Code shall take effect January 1, 2010.
Section 5. The Tax Commissioner is hereby authorized to devise and implement, not later than January 1, 2010, a plan to compensate vendors that are required to convert from destination-based sourcing to origin-based sourcing for transactions occurring within this state as provided under division (B) of section 5739.033 of the Revised Code, as amended by this act.
Section 6. That a vendor may source sales in the manner prescribed by division (B)(1) of section 5739.033 of the Revised Code, as amended by this act, before the effective date specified in Section 4 of this act. Once a vendor sources sales in the manner so prescribed the vendor shall continue to source all sales described in that division as so prescribed.
Section 7. That sections 5739.035, 5739.213, and 5741.10 of the Revised Code are hereby repealed effective January 1, 2010.
Section 8.  Section 5739.034 of the Revised Code is presented in this act as a composite of the section as amended by both Am. Sub. H.B. 66 and Am. Sub. S.B. 26 of the 126th General Assembly. The General Assembly, applying the principle stated in division (B) of section 1.52 of the Revised Code that amendments are to be harmonized if reasonably capable of simultaneous operation, finds that the composite is the resulting version of the section in effect prior to the effective date of the section as presented in this act.
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