Bill Text: NY A00110 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Establishes a tax credit for the installation of electrical outlets for charging electric cars in certain parking garages owned by condominium management associations or cooperative housing corporations.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-06 - referred to ways and means [A00110 Detail]
Download: New_York-2015-A00110-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 110 2015-2016 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y (PREFILED) January 7, 2015 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. DINOWITZ -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Ways and Means AN ACT to amend the tax law, in relation to establishing a tax credit for condominium and cooperative apartment owners that install elec- trical outlets for charging electric cars in certain parking garages THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: 1 Section 1. Section 210-B of the tax law is amended by adding a new 2 subdivision 49 to read as follows: 3 49. CREDIT FOR ELECTRICAL OUTLETS FOR CHARGING ELECTRIC CARS IN 4 CERTAIN PARKING GARAGES. (A) A TAXPAYER SHALL BE ALLOWED A CREDIT FOR 5 TAXABLE YEARS BEGINNING ON OR AFTER JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND SIXTEEN 6 AND ENDING BEFORE DECEMBER THIRTY-FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY AGAINST THE 7 TAX IMPOSED BY THIS ARTICLE FOR THE PURCHASE AND INSTALLATION OF ELEC- 8 TRICAL OUTLETS FOR CHARGING ELECTRIC CARS IN THE PARKING GARAGE OWNED BY 9 A CONDOMINIUM MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION OR A COOPERATIVE HOUSING CORPO- 10 RATION, IF SUCH CONDOMINIUM OR COOPERATIVE HOUSING IS LOCATED WITHIN 11 THIS STATE. ANY TAXPAYER WHO IS A MEMBER OF THE CONDOMINIUM MANAGEMENT 12 ASSOCIATION OR WHO IS A TENANT-STOCKHOLDER IN THE COOPERATIVE HOUSING 13 CORPORATION MAY FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS SUBDIVISION CLAIM A PROPOR- 14 TIONATE SHARE OF THE TOTAL EXPENSE AS THE EXPENDITURE FOR THE PURPOSES 15 OF THE CREDIT ATTRIBUTABLE TO HIS PRINCIPAL RESIDENCE, IF SUCH RESIDENCE 16 IS LOCATED WITHIN THE STATE. THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF THE CREDIT SHALL BE 17 FIFTY-FIVE PERCENT OF THE EXPENDITURE INCURRED IN PURCHASING AND 18 INSTALLING ANY SUCH SYSTEM OR COMBINATION THEREOF, BUT NOT TO EXCEED THE 19 MAXIMUM CREDIT OF FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS. 20 (B) FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION, THE FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL 21 HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS: 22 (I) "ELECTRIC CARS" SHALL MEAN MOTOR VEHICLES, AS DEFINED BY SECTION 23 ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-FIVE OF THE VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAW, WHICH ARE EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD01428-01-5 A. 110 2 1 PROPELLED BY ELECTRIC MOTORS USING ELECTRIC ENERGY STORED IN BATTERIES 2 OR OTHER ENERGY STORAGE DEVICES. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION, 3 "ELECTRIC CARS" SHALL NOT INCLUDE ELECTRIC PERSONAL ASSISTIVE MOBILITY 4 DEVICES AS DEFINED BY SECTION ONE HUNDRED FOURTEEN-D OF THE VEHICLE AND 5 TRAFFIC LAW. 6 (II) "ELECTRICAL OUTLETS FOR CHARGING ELECTRIC CARS" SHALL INCLUDE ANY 7 ELECTRICAL OUTLETS INTENDED TO BE USED FOR CHARGING ELECTRIC CARS, 8 INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO 120-VOLT OUTLETS, 240-VOLT OUTLETS AND 9 CHARGING STATIONS SPECIFICALLY MANUFACTURED FOR CHARGING ELECTRIC CARS. 10 (C) TO THE EXTENT THAT A FEDERAL INCOME TAX CREDIT SHALL APPLY TO 11 EXPENDITURES ELIGIBLE FOR A CREDIT UNDER THIS SUBDIVISION, THE CREDIT 12 PROVIDED IN THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL BE REDUCED SO THAT THE COMBINED CRED- 13 IT SHALL NOT EXCEED FIFTY-FIVE PERCENT OF SUCH EXPENDITURES OR SEVEN 14 THOUSAND DOLLARS, WHICHEVER IS LESS. 15 (D) IF THE AMOUNT OF CREDIT ALLOWABLE UNDER THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL 16 EXCEED THE TAXPAYER'S TAX FOR SUCH YEAR, THE EXCESS MAY BE CARRIED OVER 17 TO THE FOLLOWING YEAR OR YEARS AND MAY BE DEDUCTED FROM THE TAXPAYER'S 18 TAX FOR SUCH YEAR OR YEARS. 19 (E) IF ALL OR ANY PART OF THE CREDIT PROVIDED FOR UNDER THIS SUBDIVI- 20 SION WAS ALLOWED OR CARRIED OVER FROM A PRIOR TAXABLE YEAR OR YEARS, A 21 TAXPAYER SHALL REDUCE THE ALLOWABLE CREDIT FOR ADDITIONAL QUALIFYING 22 EXPENDITURES IN A SUBSEQUENT TAX YEAR BY THE AMOUNT OF THE CREDIT PREVI- 23 OUSLY ALLOWED OR CARRIED OVER; PROVIDED HOWEVER THAT A CREDIT PREVIOUSLY 24 ALLOWED OR CARRIED OVER FROM A PRIOR TAXABLE YEAR OR YEARS SHALL NOT BE 25 TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT IN DETERMINING THE ALLOWABLE CREDIT FOR THE PURCHASE 26 AND INSTALLATION OF ELECTRICAL OUTLETS FOR CHARGING ELECTRIC CARS IN A 27 SUBSEQUENT PRINCIPAL RESIDENCE. 28 (F) FOR THE PURPOSE OF DETERMINING THE AMOUNT OF THE ACTUAL EXPENDI- 29 TURE INCURRED IN PURCHASING AND INSTALLING ELECTRICAL OUTLETS FOR CHARG- 30 ING ELECTRIC CARS, THE AMOUNT OF ANY FEDERAL, STATE OR LOCAL GRANT 31 RECEIVED BY THE TAXPAYER, WHICH WAS USED FOR THE PURCHASE AND/OR INSTAL- 32 LATION OF SUCH SYSTEM AND WHICH WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE GROSS INCOME OF 33 THE TAXPAYER, SHALL NOT BE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT. 34 S 2. Section 606 of the tax law is amended by adding a new subsection 35 (g-3) to read as follows: 36 (G-3) CREDIT FOR ELECTRICAL OUTLETS FOR CHARGING ELECTRIC CARS IN 37 CERTAIN PARKING GARAGES. (1) A TAXPAYER SHALL BE ALLOWED A CREDIT FOR 38 TAXABLE YEARS BEGINNING ON OR AFTER JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND SIXTEEN 39 AND ENDING BEFORE DECEMBER THIRTY-FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY AGAINST THE 40 TAX IMPOSED BY THIS ARTICLE FOR THE PURCHASE AND INSTALLATION OF ELEC- 41 TRICAL OUTLETS FOR CHARGING ELECTRIC CARS IN THE PARKING GARAGE OWNED BY 42 A CONDOMINIUM MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION OR A COOPERATIVE HOUSING CORPO- 43 RATION, IF SUCH CONDOMINIUM OR COOPERATIVE HOUSING IS LOCATED WITHIN 44 THIS STATE. ANY TAXPAYER WHO IS A MEMBER OF THE CONDOMINIUM MANAGEMENT 45 ASSOCIATION OR WHO IS A TENANT-STOCKHOLDER IN THE COOPERATIVE HOUSING 46 CORPORATION MAY FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS SUBSECTION CLAIM A PROPORTIONATE 47 SHARE OF THE TOTAL EXPENSE AS THE EXPENDITURE FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE 48 CREDIT ATTRIBUTABLE TO HIS PRINCIPAL RESIDENCE, IF SUCH RESIDENCE IS 49 LOCATED WITHIN THE STATE. THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF THE CREDIT SHALL BE 50 FIFTY-FIVE PERCENT OF THE EXPENDITURE INCURRED IN PURCHASING AND 51 INSTALLING ANY SUCH SYSTEM OR COMBINATION THEREOF, BUT NOT TO EXCEED THE 52 MAXIMUM CREDIT OF FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS. 53 (2) FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SUBSECTION, THE FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL 54 HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS: 55 (I) "ELECTRIC CARS" SHALL MEAN MOTOR VEHICLES, AS DEFINED BY SECTION 56 ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-FIVE OF THE VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAW, WHICH ARE A. 110 3 1 PROPELLED BY ELECTRIC MOTORS USING ELECTRIC ENERGY STORED IN BATTERIES 2 OR OTHER ENERGY STORAGE DEVICES. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION, 3 "ELECTRIC CARS" SHALL NOT INCLUDE ELECTRIC PERSONAL ASSISTIVE MOBILITY 4 DEVICES AS DEFINED BY SECTION ONE HUNDRED FOURTEEN-D OF THE VEHICLE AND 5 TRAFFIC LAW, 6 (II) "ELECTRICAL OUTLETS FOR CHARGING ELECTRIC CARS" SHALL INCLUDE ANY 7 ELECTRICAL OUTLETS INTENDED TO BE USED FOR CHARGING ELECTRIC CARS, 8 INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO 120-VOLT OUTLETS, 240-VOLT OUTLETS AND 9 CHARGING STATIONS SPECIFICALLY MANUFACTURED FOR CHARGING ELECTRIC CARS. 10 (3) TO THE EXTENT THAT A FEDERAL INCOME TAX CREDIT SHALL APPLY TO 11 EXPENDITURES ELIGIBLE FOR A CREDIT UNDER THIS SUBSECTION, THE CREDIT 12 PROVIDED IN THIS SUBSECTION SHALL BE REDUCED SO THAT THE COMBINED CREDIT 13 SHALL NOT EXCEED FIFTY-FIVE PERCENT OF SUCH EXPENDITURES OR SEVEN THOU- 14 SAND DOLLARS, WHICHEVER IS LESS. 15 (4) IF THE AMOUNT OF CREDIT ALLOWABLE UNDER THIS SUBSECTION SHALL 16 EXCEED THE TAXPAYER'S TAX FOR SUCH YEAR, THE EXCESS MAY BE CARRIED OVER 17 TO THE FOLLOWING YEAR OR YEARS AND MAY BE DEDUCTED FROM THE TAXPAYER'S 18 TAX FOR SUCH YEAR OR YEARS. 19 (5) IF ALL OR ANY PART OF THE CREDIT PROVIDED FOR UNDER THIS 20 SUBSECTION WAS ALLOWED OR CARRIED OVER FROM A PRIOR TAXABLE YEAR OR 21 YEARS, A TAXPAYER SHALL REDUCE THE ALLOWABLE CREDIT FOR ADDITIONAL QUAL- 22 IFYING EXPENDITURES IN A SUBSEQUENT TAX YEAR BY THE AMOUNT OF THE CREDIT 23 PREVIOUSLY ALLOWED OR CARRIED OVER; PROVIDED HOWEVER THAT A CREDIT 24 PREVIOUSLY ALLOWED OR CARRIED OVER FROM A PRIOR TAXABLE YEAR OR YEARS 25 SHALL NOT BE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT IN DETERMINING THE ALLOWABLE CREDIT FOR 26 THE PURCHASE AND INSTALLATION OF ELECTRICAL OUTLETS FOR CHARGING ELEC- 27 TRIC CARS IN A SUBSEQUENT PRINCIPAL RESIDENCE. 28 (6) FOR THE PURPOSE OF DETERMINING THE AMOUNT OF THE ACTUAL EXPENDI- 29 TURE INCURRED IN PURCHASING AND INSTALLING ELECTRICAL OUTLETS FOR CHARG- 30 ING ELECTRIC CARS, THE AMOUNT OF ANY FEDERAL, STATE OR LOCAL GRANT 31 RECEIVED BY THE TAXPAYER, WHICH WAS USED FOR THE PURCHASE AND/OR INSTAL- 32 LATION OF SUCH SYSTEM AND WHICH WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE GROSS INCOME OF 33 THE TAXPAYER, SHALL NOT BE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT. 34 S 3. Subparagraph (B) of paragraph 1 of subsection (i) of section 606 35 of the tax law is amended by adding a new clause (xli) to read as 36 follows: 37 (XLI) CREDIT FOR AMOUNT OF CREDIT 38 ELECTRICAL OUTLETS FOR CHARGING UNDER SUBDIVISION 39 ELECTRIC CARS IN CERTAIN FORTY-NINE OF SECTION 40 PARKING GARAGES UNDER SUBSECTION TWO HUNDRED TEN-B 41 (G-3) 42 S 4. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after 43 it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amend- 44 ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen- 45 tation of this act on its effective date is authorized to be made on or 46 before such date.