Assembly Bill A3377

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Establishes a forestry stewardship and habitat conservation credit for personal income and business franchise taxes

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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-A3377 (ACTIVE) - Details

See other versions of this Bill:
A8178 ,
S602 ,
Law Section:
Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยงยง606 & 210-B, Tax L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A563
2011-2012: A152
2013-2014: A4512
2017-2018: A1874
2019-2020: A2296
2021-2022: A787
2023-2024: A161

2015-A3377 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes a forestry stewardship and habitat conservation credit for personal income and business franchise taxes.

2015-A3377 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  3377

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 22, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M. of A. STEC, BORELLI, CROUCH, FINCH -- Multi-Sponsored
  by -- M. of A.   BARCLAY, TENNEY -- read  once  and  referred  to  the
  Committee on Ways and Means

AN  ACT  to  amend  the  tax law, in relation to establishing a forestry
  stewardship and habitat conservation credit for  personal  income  and
  business franchise taxes

  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 (ccc) to read as follows:
  (CCC) FORESTRY STEWARDSHIP AND HABITAT CONSERVATION CREDIT. (1) IN THE
CASE  OF  A TAXPAYER WHO OWNS LAND THAT IS SUBJECT  TO AN AGREEMENT WITH
THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION,  BY  WHICH  SUCH  LAND  IS
COMMITTED  TO  FORESTRY  STEWARDSHIP,  OR HABITAT CONSERVATION, OR BOTH,
THERE SHALL BE ALLOWED A CREDIT FOR  TWENTY-FIVE  PERCENT  OF  THE  REAL
PROPERTY  TAXES  PAID ON SUCH LAND. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE CREDIT ALLOWED
UNDER THIS SUBSECTION IN COMBINATION WITH ANY OTHER CREDIT FOR SUCH REAL
PROPERTY TAXES UNDER THIS SECTION EXCEED THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF SUCH  TAXES
PAID DURING THE TAXABLE YEAR.
  (2) FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SUBSECTION:
  (A)  "ELIGIBLE  TRACT"  SHALL  MEAN  A  TRACT  OF  LAND  OF  AT  LEAST
TWENTY-FIVE CONTIGUOUS ACRES THAT HAS BEEN INSPECTED BY  THE  DEPARTMENT
OF  ENVIRONMENTAL  CONSERVATION,  A  WILDLIFE BIOLOGIST CERTIFIED BY THE
WILDLIFE SOCIETY, OR A FISHERIES BIOLOGIST  CERTIFIED  BY  THE  AMERICAN
FISHERIES  SOCIETY,  AND  BASED  ON SUCH INSPECTION IS DETERMINED BY THE
DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION TO  BE:  VALUABLE  HABITAT  FOR
WILDLIFE, FISH, SHELLFISH OR CRUSTACEA; OR SAFE AND SUITABLE FOR FISH OR
WILDLIFE-RELATED  RECREATION,  INCLUDING  FISHING, HUNTING, TRAPPING AND
WILDLIFE OBSERVATION; OR BOTH. LAND  DIVIDED  ONLY  BY  FEDERAL,  STATE,
COUNTY OR TOWN ROADS, EASEMENTS OR RIGHTS-OF-WAY, OR ENERGY TRANSMISSION

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD06259-01-5

              

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