Senate Bill S2163

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Establishes a tax credit for homeowners and businesses to build permeable surfaces

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Investigations And Government Operations Committee

  • 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-S2163 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A8383
Current Committee:
Senate Investigations And Government Operations
Law Section:
Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง606, Tax L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: S6750
2013-2014: S1787
2017-2018: S1736, A673
2019-2020: A961
2021-2022: A6311
2023-2024: A6530

2015-S2163 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes a tax credit for homeowners and businesses to build permeable surfaces.

2015-S2163 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2015-S2163 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  2163

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            January 21, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by Sen. CARLUCCI -- 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  credits  against  tax  for
  homeowners and businesses to build permeable surfaces

  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)   CREDIT  FOR  HOMEOWNERS  AND  BUSINESSES  TO  BUILD  PERMEABLE
SURFACES. (1)(A) HOMEOWNERS WHO CONSTRUCT A PERMEABLE SURFACE AS PART OF
THEIR REAL PROPERTY, DURING THE  TAXABLE  YEAR,  SHALL  BE  ELIGIBLE  TO
RECEIVE   A  TAX  CREDIT  FOR  UP  TO  FIFTY  PERCENT  OF  THE  COST  OF
CONSTRUCTION, NOT EXCEEDING FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS.
  (B) FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SUBSECTION THE  FOLLOWING  DEFINITIONS  SHALL
APPLY:
  (I)  HOMEOWNER  IS  DEFINED  AS  A  NEW  YORK  RESIDENT  FOR  THE PAST
TWENTY-FOUR MONTHS AND WHO OWNS A SINGLE FAMILY OR MULTI-FAMILY DWELLING
FOR RESIDENTIAL PURPOSES WITHIN NEW YORK STATE.
  (II) PERMEABLE SURFACE, SHALL MEAN ANY PERMEABLE  PAVING  THAT  ALLOWS
THE  MOVEMENT  OF WATER AND AIR AROUND THE PAVING MATERIALS. A PERMEABLE
SURFACE SHALL INCLUDE BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO:  SIDEWALKS,  DRIVEWAYS  AND
PARKING LOTS.
  (2)(A)  BUSINESSES  WHO  CONSTRUCT  A PERMEABLE SURFACE ADJACENT TO OR
WITHIN ONE THOUSAND FEET OF THE PROPERTY, DURING THE TAXABLE YEAR, SHALL
BE ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE A TAX CREDIT FOR UP TO FIFTY PERCENT OF THE  COST
OF CONSTRUCTION, NOT EXCEEDING FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS.
  (B)  FOR  PURPOSES  OF THIS SUBSECTION THE FOLLOWING DEFINITIONS SHALL
APPLY:

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD03124-01-5

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