Bill Text: NY S02587 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Provides a tax credit for the installation of fire sprinkler systems.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 6-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-06 - REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS [S02587 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-S02587-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         2587
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                   January 26, 2015
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       Introduced  by Sen. FLANAGAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Govern-
         ment Operations
       AN ACT to amend the tax law, in relation to providing  tax  credits  for
         the installation of fire sprinkler systems
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Section 606 of the tax law  is  amended  by  adding  a  new
    2  subsection (ccc) to read as follows:
    3    (CCC) FIRE SPRINKLER TAX CREDIT FOR RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES. (1) ALLOW-
    4  ANCE  OF CREDIT. A TAXPAYER WHO IS A RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY OWNER SHALL BE
    5  ALLOWED A CREDIT, TO BE COMPUTED AS HEREINAFTER  PROVIDED,  AGAINST  THE
    6  TAX  IMPOSED BY THIS ARTICLE. THE AMOUNT OF THE CREDIT SHALL BE EQUAL TO
    7  TWENTY-FIVE PERCENT OF THE COST OF THE LABOR  AND  MATERIALS  NEEDED  TO
    8  INSTALL SPRINKLER SYSTEMS AS DEFINED BY SECTION ONE HUNDRED FIFTY-FIVE-A
    9  OF  THE  EXECUTIVE  LAW,  BY  THE  RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY OWNER, PROVIDED,
   10  HOWEVER, THAT THIS SUBSECTION SHALL APPLY ONLY TO RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES
   11  IN MUNICIPALITIES THAT DO NOT ALREADY REQUIRE FIRE SPRINKLER SYSTEMS  BE
   12  INSTALLED.
   13    (2)  APPLICATION  OF CREDIT. IF THE AMOUNT OF THE CREDIT ALLOWED UNDER
   14  THIS SUBSECTION FOR ANY TAXABLE YEAR SHALL EXCEED THE TAXPAYER'S TAX FOR
   15  SUCH YEAR, THE EXCESS SHALL BE TREATED AS AN OVERPAYMENT OF  TAX  TO  BE
   16  CREDITED  OR  REFUNDED  IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION SIX
   17  HUNDRED EIGHTY-SIX OF THIS ARTICLE, PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT NO  INTEREST
   18  SHALL BE PAID THEREON.
   19    S  2. Section 210-b of the tax law is amended by adding a new subdivi-
   20  sion 49 to read as follows:
   21    49. FIRE SPRINKLER TAX CREDIT FOR RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES.  (1)  ALLOW-
   22  ANCE  OF CREDIT. A TAXPAYER WHO IS A RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY OWNER SHALL BE
   23  ALLOWED A CREDIT, TO BE COMPUTER AS HEREINAFTER  PROVIDED,  AGAINST  THE
   24  TAX  IMPOSED BY THIS ARTICLE. THE AMOUNT OF THE CREDIT SHALL BE EQUAL TO
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD08009-01-5
       S. 2587                             2
    1  TWENTY-FIVE PERCENT OF THE COST OF THE LABOR  AND  MATERIALS  NEEDED  TO
    2  INSTALL SPRINKLER SYSTEMS AS DEFINED BY SECTION ONE HUNDRED FIFTY-FIVE-A
    3  OF  THE  EXECUTIVE  LAW,  BY  THE  RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY OWNER, PROVIDED,
    4  HOWEVER,  THAT  THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL APPLY ONLY TO RESIDENTIAL PROPER-
    5  TIES IN MUNICIPALITIES  THAT  DO  NOT  ALREADY  REQUIRE  FIRE  SPRINKLER
    6  SYSTEMS BE INSTALLED.
    7    (2)  APPLICATION  OF CREDIT. IF THE AMOUNT OF THE CREDIT ALLOWED UNDER
    8  THIS SUBDIVISION FOR ANY TAXABLE YEAR SHALL EXCEED  THE  TAXPAYER'S  TAX
    9  FOR  SUCH  YEAR, THE EXCESS SHALL BE TREATED AS AN OVERPAYMENT OF TAX TO
   10  BE CREDITED OR REFUNDED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION SIX
   11  HUNDRED EIGHTY-SIX OF THIS CHAPTER, PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT NO  INTEREST
   12  SHALL BE PAID THEREON.
   13    S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.