Assembly Bill A5672

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Enacts "Averyana's law" to provide a tax credit for the installation of certain smoke alarms

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2015-A5672 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Ways And Means
Law Section:
Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง606, Tax L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A10340
2013-2014: A4478
2017-2018: A6288
2019-2020: A6379
2021-2022: A5479
2023-2024: A4291

2015-A5672 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Enacts "Averyana's law"; provides a tax credit for the purchase and installation of certain smoke alarms which incorporate photoelectric technology including but not limited to: photoelectric detectors; dual photoelectric/ionization detectors; and photoelectric/carbon monoxide detectors.

2015-A5672 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  5672

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              March 3, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. FINCH -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Ways and Means

AN ACT to amend the tax law, in relation to enacting "Averyana's law"

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

  Section  1.  This  act  shall be known and may be cited as "Averyana's
law".
  S 2. Section 606 of the tax law is amended by adding a new  subsection
(ccc) to read as follows:
  (CCC)  CREDIT FOR INSTALLATION OF SMOKE ALARMS.  ANY RESIDENT OWNER OF
REAL PROPERTY AS DEFINED IN SECTION ONE HUNDRED TWO OF THE REAL PROPERTY
TAX LAW SHALL BE ALLOWED A CREDIT  AGAINST  THE  TAX  OTHERWISE  IMPOSED
UNDER  THIS  ARTICLE  IN  AN  AMOUNT EQUAL TO THE COST OF PURCHASING AND
INSTALLING CERTAIN SMOKE ALARMS WHICH INCORPORATE PHOTOELECTRIC TECHNOL-
OGY, INCLUDING,  BUT  NOT  LIMITED  TO,  PHOTOELECTRIC  DETECTORS;  DUAL
PHOTOELECTRIC/IONIZATION  DETECTORS;  AND  PHOTOELECTRIC/CARBON MONOXIDE
DETECTORS IN HIS OR HER RESIDENCE.
  S 3. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to taxable
years beginning on or after January 1, 2015.





 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD07505-01-5

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