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
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                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   January 30, 2013
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       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.
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    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-
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    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.
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