NY State Senate Bill 2013-S896A

Senate Bill S896A

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Provides for tax credit for the adoption of household pets from animal shelter or humane society

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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Feb 10, 2014	print number 896a
Feb 10, 2014	amend and recommit to investigations and government operations
Jan 08, 2014	referred to investigations and government operations
Jan 09, 2013	referred to investigations and government operations

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2013-S896 - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Investigations And Government Operations
Law Section:: Tax Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §606, Tax L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2009-2010: S4757
2011-2012: S1280
2015-2016: S2894, S3670
2017-2018: S749, S2838
2019-2020: S4919
2021-2022: S4940
2023-2024: S6191

2013-S896 - Summary

Provides for tax credit for the adoption of household pets from animal shelters or humane societies.

2013-S896 - Sponsor Memo

                                BILL NUMBER:S896

TITLE OF BILL:
An act
to amend the tax law, in relation to establishing a tax credit for the
adoption of household pets

PURPOSE:
To grant an individual taxpayer a credit for fees incurred through the
adoption of a household pet from a pound, shelter, duly incorporated
society for the prevention of cruelty to animals, humane society, dog
or cat or other animal protective or rescue association.

SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
This bill would establish an individual taxpayer credit of up to one
hundred dollars per household pet adopted from a pound, shelter, duly
incorporated society for the prevention of cruelty to animals, humane
society, dog or cat or other animal protective or rescue association
to a maximum of three animals per taxable year.
This bill provides a definition for "household pet."

JUSTIFICATION:
According to the Human Society, animal shelters care for 6-8 million
dogs and cats every year in the United States, of whom approximately
3-4 million are euthanized. According to the ASPCA, fifty percent of
dogs in shelters and seventy percent of cats in shelters are killed

because they are not adopted. Encouraging prospective pet owners to
adopt from a pound, shelter, humane society, society for the
prevention of cruelty to animals, or rescue association serves a
humane purpose.

Animals in public shelters average a seven day stay during which time
the public pays for around the clock care, food, medicine, cleaning
and often euthanizing and body disposal expenses. The care, housing,
and killing of these animals come at a significant cost to the
public. Public policy that effectively encourages animal adoption is
beneficial to taxpayers. Further, money that is credited to these
taxpayers is likely to be reinvested into the forty billion dollar
per year pet industry.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
2011-12: S.1280A - Died in Investigations & Gov't
2010: S.4757/A.992 (Died in Senate Finance/Died
in Assembly Ways & Means)
2009: S.4757/A.992 (Died in Senate Gov't Ops/Died
in Assembly Ways & Means)
2008: S.6992/A.10027 (Died in Senate Gov't Ops/Died in Assembly Ways &
Means)

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS: To be determined.

EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to pet
adoptions in taxable years beginning on and after January 1, 2013.

2013-S896 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                   896

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 9, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  PARKER -- 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 establishing  a  tax  credit
  for the adoption of household pets

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Section 606 of the tax law  is  amended  by  adding  a  new
subsection (vv) to read as follows:
  (VV)  CREDIT FOR THE ADOPTION OF HOUSEHOLD PETS. (1) GENERAL. AN INDI-
VIDUAL TAXPAYER SHALL BE ALLOWED A CREDIT FOR TAXABLE YEARS BEGINNING ON
OR AFTER JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND THIRTEEN AGAINST THE TAX IMPOSED BY
THIS ARTICLE FOR THE COST OF ADOPTING A MAXIMUM OF THREE HOUSEHOLD  PETS
PER  TAXABLE  YEAR  FROM  A QUALIFYING POUND, SHELTER, DULY INCORPORATED
SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS, HUMANE  SOCIETY,  DOG,
CAT  OR OTHER PROTECTIVE OR RESCUE ASSOCIATION. THE AMOUNT OF THE CREDIT
SHALL BE FOR THE ACTUAL COST OF SUCH ADOPTION, BUT SHALL NOT EXCEED  THE
MAXIMUM  CREDIT  OF ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS PER HOUSEHOLD PET, FOR A MAXIMUM
OF THREE PETS PER TAXABLE YEAR.
  (2) DEFINITION.  THE TERM "HOUSEHOLD PET" SHALL MEAN ANY DOG,  CAT  OR
OTHER  DOMESTICATED ANIMAL KEPT FOR THE PRIMARY PURPOSE OF COMPANIONSHIP
THAT IS NORMALLY MAINTAINED IN OR NEAR THE HOUSEHOLD  OF  THE  OWNER  OR
PERSON  WHO  CARES  FOR  SUCH DOMESTICATED ANIMAL, PROVIDED THAT KEEPING
SUCH ANIMAL IS NOT IN VIOLATION OF ANY APPLICABLE PROVISIONS OF FEDERAL,
STATE OR LOCAL LAW.
  (3) WHEN CREDIT ALLOWED. THE CREDIT PROVIDED FOR  IN  THIS  SUBSECTION
SHALL  BE  ALLOWED  WITH  RESPECT  TO THE TAXABLE YEAR, COMMENCING AFTER
JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND THIRTEEN, IN WHICH THE PET IS ADOPTED.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately and  shall  apply  to  pet
adoptions in taxable years beginning on and after January 1, 2013.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                           LBD01879-01-3

2013-S896A (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Investigations And Government Operations
Law Section:: Tax Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §606, Tax L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2009-2010: S4757
2011-2012: S1280
2015-2016: S2894, S3670
2017-2018: S749, S2838
2019-2020: S4919
2021-2022: S4940
2023-2024: S6191

2013-S896A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides for tax credit for the adoption of household pets from animal shelters or humane societies.

2013-S896A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2013-S896A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                 896--A

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 9, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  PARKER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Govern-
  ment Operations -- recommitted to the Committee on Investigations  and
  Government  Operations  in  accordance  with  Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 --
  committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as  amended  and
  recommitted to said committee

AN  ACT  to  amend the tax law, in relation to establishing a tax credit
  for the adoption of household pets

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Subsections (yy) and (zz) of section 606 of the tax law, as
relettered  by section 5 of part H of chapter 1 of the laws of 2003, are
relettered subsections (yyy) and (zzz) and  a  new  subsection  (xx)  is
added to read as follows:
  (XX)  CREDIT FOR THE ADOPTION OF HOUSEHOLD PETS. (1) GENERAL. AN INDI-
VIDUAL TAXPAYER SHALL BE ALLOWED A CREDIT FOR TAXABLE YEARS BEGINNING ON
OR AFTER JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND FOURTEEN AGAINST THE TAX IMPOSED BY
THIS ARTICLE FOR THE COST OF ADOPTING A MAXIMUM OF THREE HOUSEHOLD  PETS
PER  TAXABLE  YEAR  FROM  A QUALIFYING POUND, SHELTER, DULY INCORPORATED
SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS, HUMANE  SOCIETY,  DOG,
CAT  OR OTHER PROTECTIVE OR RESCUE ASSOCIATION. THE AMOUNT OF THE CREDIT
SHALL BE FOR THE ACTUAL COST OF SUCH ADOPTION, BUT SHALL NOT EXCEED  THE
MAXIMUM  CREDIT  OF ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS PER HOUSEHOLD PET, FOR A MAXIMUM
OF THREE PETS PER TAXABLE YEAR.
  (2) DEFINITION.  THE TERM "HOUSEHOLD PET" SHALL MEAN ANY DOG,  CAT  OR
OTHER  DOMESTICATED ANIMAL KEPT FOR THE PRIMARY PURPOSE OF COMPANIONSHIP
THAT IS NORMALLY MAINTAINED IN OR NEAR THE HOUSEHOLD  OF  THE  OWNER  OR
PERSON  WHO  CARES  FOR  SUCH DOMESTICATED ANIMAL, PROVIDED THAT KEEPING
SUCH ANIMAL IS NOT IN VIOLATION OF ANY APPLICABLE PROVISIONS OF FEDERAL,
STATE OR LOCAL LAW.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                           LBD01879-02-4

S. 896--A                           2

  (3) WHEN CREDIT ALLOWED. THE CREDIT PROVIDED FOR  IN  THIS  SUBSECTION
SHALL  BE  ALLOWED  WITH  RESPECT  TO THE TAXABLE YEAR, COMMENCING AFTER
JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND FOURTEEN, IN WHICH THE PET IS ADOPTED.
  S  2.  This  act  shall take effect immediately and shall apply to pet
adoptions in taxable years beginning on and after January 1, 2014.

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