(a) Effective July 1, 2001, the rate of the tax imposed under:
(1) Sections five, six, twelve, thirteen, fourteen, seventeen, eighteen and nineteen of this article is reduced to one and five hundred seventy-five thousandths percent; and
(a) Effective July 1, 2001, the rate of the tax imposed under:
(1) Sections five, six, twelve, thirteen, fourteen, seventeen, eighteen and nineteen of this article is reduced to one and five hundred seventy-five thousandths percent; and