Bill Text: NY A03992 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Expands the New York state low income housing tax credit program to certain one to four family residences, including a cooperative or a condominium unit.
Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Republican 14-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-05-28 - held for consideration in housing [A03992 Detail]
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S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 3992 2013-2014 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y January 30, 2013 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. FITZPATRICK, FINCH, RABBITT, REILICH, RA, MONTES- ANO -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. BARCLAY, CROUCH, CURRAN, GIGLIO, GOODELL, KOLB, McDONOUGH, RAIA, TEDISCO, TENNEY, THIELE -- read once and referred to the Committee on Housing AN ACT to amend the public housing law, in relation to expanding the New York state low income housing tax credit program to certain one to four family residences and providing for the repeal of certain provisions upon expiration thereof THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: 1 Section 1. Subdivisions 6 and 7 of section 21 of the public housing 2 law, as added by section 1 of part CC of chapter 63 of the laws of 2000, 3 are amended and four new subdivisions 8, 9, 10 and 11 are added to read 4 as follows: 5 6. "Qualified basis" of an eligible low-income building means the 6 qualified basis of such building determined under section 42(c) of the 7 internal revenue code, or which would be determined under such section 8 if the 40-90 test specified in paragraph (b) of subdivision five of this 9 section applied under such section 42 to determine if such building were 10 part of a qualified low-income housing project OR IN THE CASE OF A QUAL- 11 IFIED RESIDENCE, MEANS ITS ADJUSTED BASIS (EXCLUDING LAND) IMMEDIATELY 12 BEFORE THE SALE OF SUCH RESIDENCE. 13 7. References in this article to [section] SECTIONS 5, 42 AND 143 of 14 the internal revenue code shall mean such section as amended from time 15 to time. 16 8. "QUALIFIED RESIDENCE" MEANS ANY RESIDENCE 17 (A) WHICH IS LOCATED: 18 (I) IN A CENSUS TRACT IN WHICH SEVENTY PERCENT OF THE FAMILIES HAVE A 19 MEDIAN GROSS INCOME THAT IS LESS THAN NINETY PERCENT OF THE GREATER OF 20 AREA OR STATEWIDE MEDIAN GROSS INCOME, EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD06068-01-3 A. 3992 2 1 (II) IN A RURAL AREA (DEFINED UNDER SECTION 520 OF THE FEDERAL HOUSING 2 ACT OF 1949), 3 (III) ON A RESERVATION FOR A FEDERALLY RECOGNIZED INDIAN TRIBE, OR 4 (IV) IN AN AREA OF CHRONIC ECONOMIC DISTRESS, AS DEFINED BY SECTION 5 143 OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE; AND 6 (B) WHICH IS PURCHASED BY A QUALIFIED BUYER. 7 9. "RESIDENCE" MEANS 8 (A) A SINGLE-FAMILY HOME CONTAINING ONE TO FOUR HOUSING UNITS, OR 9 (B) A CONDOMINIUM UNIT, OR STOCK IN A COOPERATIVE HOUSING CORPORATION. 10 10. "QUALIFIED BUYER" MEANS A PERSON OR PERSONS OF LOW OR MODERATE 11 INCOME AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION FOURTEEN OF SECTION TWENTY-FOUR HUNDRED 12 TWO OF THE PUBLIC AUTHORITIES LAW. 13 11. "SUBSTANTIALLY REHABILITATES" MEANS REHABILITATION EXPENDITURES 14 PAID OR INCURRED WITH RESPECT TO A QUALIFIED RESIDENCE THAT ARE AT LEAST 15 FIFTEEN THOUSAND DOLLARS. 16 S 2. Subdivisions 1, 2, 3 and 5 of section 22 of the public housing 17 law, as added by section 1 of part CC of chapter 63 of the laws of 2000, 18 are amended to read as follows: 19 1. A taxpayer subject to tax under article nine-A, twenty-two, thir- 20 ty-two or thirty-three of the tax law which owns an interest in one or 21 more eligible low-income buildings OR WHO SUBSTANTIALLY REHABILITATES OR 22 CONSTRUCTS A QUALIFIED RESIDENCE shall be allowed a credit against such 23 tax for the amount of low-income housing credit allocated by the commis- 24 sioner to each such building. Except as provided in subdivision two of 25 this section, the credit amount so allocated shall be allowed as a cred- 26 it against the tax for the ten taxable years in the credit period. 27 2. Adjustment of first-year credit allowed in eleventh year. The cred- 28 it allowable for the first taxable year of the credit period with 29 respect to any building OR QUALIFIED RESIDENCE shall be adjusted using 30 the rules of section 42(f)(2) of the internal revenue code (relating to 31 first-year adjustment of qualified basis by the weighted average of 32 low-income to total residential units), and any reduction in first-year 33 credit by reason of such adjustment shall be allowable for the first 34 taxable year following the credit period. 35 3. Amount of credit. Except as provided in subdivisions four and five 36 of this section, the amount of low-income housing credit shall be the 37 applicable percentage of the qualified basis of each eligible low-income 38 building OR QUALIFIED RESIDENCE. 39 5. Building limitation. The dollar amount of credit allocated to any 40 building shall not exceed the amount the commissioner determines is 41 necessary for the financial feasibility of the project and the viability 42 of the building as an eligible low-income building OR AS A QUALIFIED 43 RESIDENCE throughout the credit period. In allocating a dollar amount of 44 credit to any building, the commissioner shall specify the applicable 45 percentage and the maximum qualified basis which may be taken into 46 account under this article with respect to such building. The applicable 47 percentage and the maximum qualified basis with respect to a building 48 shall not exceed the amounts determined in subdivisions one and six, 49 respectively, of section twenty-one of this article. 50 S 3. Subdivision 4 of section 22 of the public housing law, as amended 51 by section 1 of part J of chapter 59 of the laws of 2012, is amended to 52 read as follows: 53 4. Statewide limitation. The aggregate dollar amount of credit which 54 the commissioner may allocate to eligible low-income buildings under 55 this article shall be forty million dollars. THE AGGREGATE DOLLAR 56 AMOUNT OF CREDIT WHICH THE COMMISSIONER MAY ALLOCATE TO ELIGIBLE QUALI- A. 3992 3 1 FIED RESIDENTS SHALL BE SIX MILLION DOLLARS. The limitation provided by 2 this subdivision applies only to allocation of the aggregate dollar 3 amount of credit by the commissioner, and does not apply to allowance to 4 a taxpayer of the credit with respect to an eligible low-income building 5 for each year of the credit period. 6 S 3-a. Subdivision 4 of section 22 of the public housing law, as 7 amended by section 2 of part J of chapter 59 of the laws of 2012, is 8 amended to read as follows: 9 4. Statewide limitation. The aggregate dollar amount of credit which 10 the commissioner may allocate to eligible low-income buildings under 11 this article shall be forty-eight million dollars. THE AGGREGATE DOLLAR 12 AMOUNT OF CREDIT WHICH THE COMMISSIONER MAY ALLOCATE TO ELIGIBLE QUALI- 13 FIED RESIDENTS SHALL BE SIX MILLION DOLLARS. The limitation provided by 14 this subdivision applies only to allocation of the aggregate dollar 15 amount of credit by the commissioner, and does not apply to allowance to 16 a taxpayer of the credit with respect to an eligible low-income building 17 for each year of the credit period. 18 S 4. Section 23 of the public housing law, as added by section 1 of 19 part CC of chapter 63 of the laws of 2000, is amended to read as 20 follows: 21 S 23. Project monitoring. The commissioner shall establish such proce- 22 dures as he deems necessary for monitoring compliance of an eligible 23 low-income building OR QUALIFIED RESIDENCE with the provisions of this 24 article, and for notifying the commissioner of taxation and finance of 25 any such noncompliance of which he becomes aware. 26 S 5. This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that 27 section three of this act shall expire and be deemed repealed on the 28 same date section 2 of part J of chapter 59 of the laws of 2012 takes 29 effect when upon such date section three-a of this act shall take 30 effect.