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                                  6982

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             April 16, 2015
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Introduced  by  M. of A. PEOPLES-STOKES -- read once and referred to the
  Committee on Ways and Means

AN ACT to amend the tax law, in relation to establishing business  fran-
  chise  and  personal  income  tax credits for certain businesses which
  contract with the state or political subdivisions thereof and in unre-
  lated contracts, also with minority and  women-owned  business  enter-
  prises

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

  Section 1. Section 210-B of the tax law is amended  by  adding  a  new
subdivision 28 to read as follows:
  28. MINORITY AND WOMEN-OWNED BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT INCENTIVE CREDIT. (A)
GENERAL.  A  TAXPAYER  SHALL  BE  ALLOWED  A  CREDIT,  TO BE COMPUTED AS
PROVIDED IN THIS SUBDIVISION, AGAINST THE TAX IMPOSED  BY  THIS  ARTICLE
FOR  A CERTAIN PORTION OF THE CONSIDERATION PAID TO A MINORITY OR WOMEN-
OWNED BUSINESS ENTERPRISE PURSUANT TO A CONTRACT FOR  THE  PROVISION  OF
GOODS  OR SERVICES. THE CREDIT PROVIDED FOR IN THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL BE
ALLOWED WITH RESPECT TO THE TAX YEAR IN WHICH THE CONSIDERATION IS  PAID
TO THE MINORITY OR WOMEN-OWNED BUSINESS ENTERPRISE.
  (B)  DEFINITIONS.  FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION, THE FOLLOWING
TERMS SHALL MEAN:
  (I) "GOVERNMENT AGENCY" MEANS A STATE AGENCY OR A STATE  AUTHORITY  AS
DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION ELEVEN OF SECTION THREE HUNDRED TEN OF THE EXECU-
TIVE  LAW,  OR  A POLITICAL SUBDIVISION AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION ONE OF
SECTION ONE HUNDRED OF THE GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW.
  (II)  "MINORITY  OR   WOMEN-OWNED   BUSINESS   ENTERPRISE"   MEANS   A
MINORITY-OWNED  BUSINESS  ENTERPRISE  AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION SEVEN OF
SECTION THREE HUNDRED TEN OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW OR A WOMEN-OWNED BUSINESS
ENTERPRISE AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION FIFTEEN OF  SECTION  THREE  HUNDRED
TEN OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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  (C)  COMPUTATION.  THE  CREDIT AUTHORIZED BY THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL BE
EQUAL TO ONE-THIRD OF ALL EXPENDITURES PAID BY THE TAXPAYER TO A MINORI-
TY OR WOMEN-OWNED BUSINESS ENTERPRISE PURSUANT TO  A  CONTRACT  FOR  THE
PROVISION  OF GOODS AND SERVICES DURING THE TAX YEAR, PROVIDED THAT SUCH
CONTRACT  WAS  NOT SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF ARTICLE FIFTEEN-A OF THE
EXECUTIVE LAW OR ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW RELATING TO THE  AFFIRMATIVE
ACTION,  AND  THE  TAXPAYER  IS  NOT  A MINORITY OR WOMEN-OWNED BUSINESS
ENTERPRISE.  FURTHERMORE, THE AMOUNT OF SUCH  CREDIT  SHALL  NOT  EXCEED
FIVE  PERCENT  OF  ALL CONSIDERATION PAID TO THE TAXPAYER DURING THE TAX
YEAR PURSUANT TO CONTRACTS WITH GOVERNMENT AGENCIES FOR THE PROVISION OF
GOODS OR SERVICES.
  S 2. Subparagraph (B) of paragraph 1 of subsection (i) of section  606
of  the  tax  law  is  amended  by  adding a new clause (xli) to read as
follows:
(XLI) MINORITY AND                   AMOUNT OF CREDIT
WOMEN-OWNED BUSINESS                 UNDER SUBDIVISION
EMPLOYMENT INCENTIVE                 TWENTY-EIGHT OF
CREDIT UNDER                         SECTION TWO
SUBSECTION (CCC)                     HUNDRED TEN-B
  S 3. Section 606 of the tax law is amended by adding a new  subsection
(ccc) to read as follows:
  (CCC)  MINORITY  AND WOMEN-OWNED BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT INCENTIVE CREDIT.
(1) GENERAL. A TAXPAYER SHALL BE ALLOWED A  CREDIT  TO  BE  COMPUTED  AS
PROVIDED IN THIS SUBSECTION, AGAINST THE TAX IMPOSED BY THIS ARTICLE FOR
A CERTAIN PORTION OF THE CONSIDERATION PAID TO A MINORITY OR WOMEN-OWNED
BUSINESS ENTERPRISE PURSUANT TO A CONTRACT FOR THE PROVISION OF GOODS OR
SERVICES.    THE CREDIT PROVIDED FOR IN THIS SUBSECTION SHALL BE ALLOWED
WITH RESPECT TO THE TAX YEAR IN WHICH THE CONSIDERATION IS PAID  TO  THE
MINORITY OR WOMEN-OWNED BUSINESS ENTERPRISE.
  (2)  DEFINITIONS.  FOR  THE PURPOSES OF THIS SUBSECTION, THE FOLLOWING
TERMS SHALL MEAN:
  (I) "GOVERNMENT AGENCY" MEANS A STATE AGENCY OR A STATE  AUTHORITY  AS
DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION ELEVEN OF SECTION THREE HUNDRED TEN OF THE EXECU-
TIVE  LAW,  OR  A POLITICAL SUBDIVISION AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION ONE OF
SECTION ONE HUNDRED OF THE GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW.
  (II)  "MINORITY  OR   WOMEN-OWNED   BUSINESS   ENTERPRISE"   MEANS   A
MINORITY-OWNED  BUSINESS  ENTERPRISE  AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION SEVEN OF
SECTION THREE HUNDRED TEN OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW OR A WOMEN-OWNED BUSINESS
ENTERPRISE AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION FIFTEEN OF  SECTION  THREE  HUNDRED
TEN OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW.
  (3)  COMPUTATION.  THE  CREDIT  AUTHORIZED BY THIS SUBSECTION SHALL BE
EQUAL TO ONE-THIRD OF ALL EXPENDITURES PAID BY THE TAXPAYER TO A MINORI-
TY OR WOMEN-OWNED BUSINESS ENTERPRISE PURSUANT TO  A  CONTRACT  FOR  THE
PROVISION  OF GOODS AND SERVICES DURING THE TAX YEAR, PROVIDED THAT SUCH
CONTRACT WAS NOT SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF ARTICLE FIFTEEN-A  OF  THE
EXECUTIVE  LAW  OR  ANY  OTHER  PROVISION OF LAW RELATING TO AFFIRMATIVE
ACTION, AND THE TAXPAYER IS  NOT  A  MINORITY  OR  WOMEN-OWNED  BUSINESS
ENTERPRISE.    FURTHERMORE,  THE  AMOUNT OF SUCH CREDIT SHALL NOT EXCEED
FIVE PERCENT OF ALL CONSIDERATION PAID TO THE TAXPAYER  DURING  THE  TAX
YEAR PURSUANT TO CONTRACTS WITH GOVERNMENT AGENCIES FOR THE PROVISION OF
GOODS OR SERVICES.
  S  4. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed-
ing the date on which it shall have become a law and shall apply to  tax
years commencing on or after such date.