Amends Notification No. 12/2017- State Tax (Rate) dated 29.06.2017 - Exempts the hiring of Electric buses by local authorities from GST

RNI No. MAHBIL/2009/37831 Wifhe ST (9T T, THh-3 AT Th-of TAEA WGF deied (747 7 A9 Aieaiag) fam o smem. FINANCE DEPARTMENT Madam Cama Marg, Hutatma Rajguru Chowk, Mantralaya, Mumbai 400 032, dated the 31st July 2019 NOTIFICATION Notification No. 13/2019—State Tax (Rate) MAHARASHTRA GOODS AND SERVICES TAX ACT, 2017. No. GST.1019/C.R.86/Taxation-1.—In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (7) of section 11 of the Maharashtra Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (Mah. XLIIl of 2017), the Government of Maharashtra, on the recommendations of the Council, hereby makes the following further amendments in the Government Notification of the finance department, Notification No. MGST. 1017/C.R. 103 (11)/Taxation-1 [Notification No. 12/2017- State Tax (Rate)], dated the 29th June, 2017, published in the Maharashtra Government Gazette, Extra-ordinary, Part IV-B, No.182, dated the In the said notification, in the Table, against serial number 22, in the entries in column (3), after clause (a), the following clause shall be inserted, namely :— (aa) to a local authority, an electrically operated vehicle meant to carry more than twelve passengers; or Explanation : For the purposes of this entry, “Electrically operated vehicles” means vehicles falling under Chapter 87 in the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975) which are run solely on electrical energy derived from an external source or from one or more electrical batteries fitted to such road vehicles. 2. This notification shall come into force with effect from 1st of August, 2019. By order and in the name of the Governor of Maharashtra, Deputy Secretary to Government. Note :—The principal Notification No. MGST.1017/C.R. 103 (11)/Taxation-1 [Notification No-12/2017- State Tax (Rate)], dated the 29th June, 2017, published in the Maharashtra Government Gazette, Extra-ordinary, Part IV-B, No. 182, dated the 29th June, 2017 and was last amended by Notification No. MGST.1019/C.R.51/Taxation-1 [Notification No-4/2019- State Tax (Rate)], dated the 30th March, 2019, published in the Maharashtra Govemment Gazette, Extra-ordinary, Part IV-B, No.111, dated the 30th March 2019. ON BEHALF OF GOVERNMENT PRINTING, STATIONERY AND PUBLICATION, PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY DIRECTOR DR. NAMDEO KONDAJI BHOSALE, PRINTED AT GOVERNMENT CENTRAL PRESS, 21-A, NETAJI SUBHASH ROAD, CHARNI ROAD, MUMBAI 400 004 AND PUBLISHED AT DIRECTORATE OF GOVERNMENT PRINTING, STATIONERY AND PUBLICATIONS, 21-A, NETAJI SUBHASH ROAD, CHARNI ROAD, MUMBAI 400 004 EDITOR : DIRECTOR DR. NAMDEO KONDAJI BHOSALE.