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                                  2076--A
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 12, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens.  SEWARD,  AKSHAR, AMEDORE, MURPHY, O'MARA, ORTT --
   read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to  be  committed  to
   the Committee on Investigations and Government Operations -- recommit-
   ted  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 commit-
   tee
 
 AN ACT to amend the tax law, in relation to a tax credit for  employment
   of  an  individual who has successfully completed a judicial diversion
   program or graduated from a drug court
 
   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 53 to read as follows:
   53. CREDIT FOR EMPLOYMENT OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE GRADUATED FROM  DRUG
 COURT  OR  HAVE SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED A JUDICIAL DIVERSION PROGRAM. (A)
 ALLOWANCE OF CREDIT. A  TAXPAYER  SHALL  BE  ALLOWED  A  CREDIT,  TO  BE
 COMPUTED  AS  PROVIDED  IN  THIS SUBDIVISION, AGAINST THE TAX IMPOSED BY
 THIS ARTICLE, IF IT EMPLOYS AN INDIVIDUAL WHO HAS  GRADUATED  FROM  DRUG
 COURT  OR HAS SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED A JUDICIAL DIVERSION PROGRAM PURSU-
 ANT TO ARTICLE TWO  HUNDRED  SIXTEEN  OF  THE  CRIMINAL  PROCEDURE  LAW,
 PROVIDED  THAT SUCH INDIVIDUAL IS EMPLOYED FOR THIRTY-FIVE HOURS OR MORE
 PER WEEK AND REMAINS IN THE EMPLOY OF SUCH TAXPAYER  FOR  A  MINIMUM  OF
 TWELVE MONTHS.
   (B)  AMOUNT OF CREDIT. A CREDIT AUTHORIZED BY THIS SECTION SHALL EQUAL
 THREE THOUSAND DOLLARS PER  HIRED  INDIVIDUAL  FOR  THE  FIRST  YEAR  OF
 EMPLOYMENT  AND  AN  ADDITIONAL  ONE  THOUSAND DOLLARS IF THE INDIVIDUAL
 REMAINS IN EMPLOY FOR AN ADDITIONAL TWELVE MONTHS.
   (C) APPLICATION OF CREDIT. THE CREDIT ALLOWED UNDER  THIS  SUBDIVISION
 FOR  ANY TAXABLE YEAR SHALL NOT REDUCE THE TAX DUE FOR SUCH YEAR TO LESS
 THAN THE AMOUNT PRESCRIBED IN PARAGRAPH (D) OF SUBDIVISION ONE  OF  THIS
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

                                                            LBD04785-03-8

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 SECTION.  IF, HOWEVER, THE AMOUNT OF CREDITS ALLOWED UNDER THIS SUBDIVI-
 SION FOR ANY TAXABLE YEAR REDUCES THE TAX TO SUCH AMOUNT, ANY AMOUNT  OF
 CREDIT  THUS  NOT DEDUCTIBLE IN SUCH TAXABLE YEAR SHALL BE TREATED AS AN
 OVERPAYMENT  OF  TAX  TO  BE CREDITED OR REFUNDED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE
 PROVISIONS OF SECTION ONE THOUSAND EIGHTY-SIX OF THIS CHAPTER. PROVIDED,
 HOWEVER, THE PROVISIONS OF SUBSECTION (C) OF SECTION ONE THOUSAND EIGHT-
 Y-EIGHT OF THIS CHAPTER NOTWITHSTANDING, NO INTEREST SHALL BE PAID THER-
 EON.
   § 2. Subparagraph (B) of paragraph 1 of subsection (i) of section  606
 of  the  tax  law  is  amended  by adding a new clause (xliv) to read as
 follows:
   (XLIV) EMPLOYMENT OF INDIVIDUALS    AMOUNT OF CREDIT
   WHO HAVE GRADUATED FROM             UNDER SUBDIVISION
   DRUG COURT OR HAVE                  FIFTY-THREE OF SECTION
   SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED              TWO HUNDRED TEN-B
   A JUDICIAL DIVERSION PROGRAM
   TAX CREDIT UNDER
   SUBSECTION (CCC)
   § 3. Section 606 of the tax law is amended by adding a new  subsection
 (ccc) to read as follows:
   (CCC) TAX CREDIT FOR EMPLOYMENT OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE GRADUATED FROM
 DRUG  COURT OR HAVE SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED A JUDICIAL DIVERSION PROGRAM.
 (1) ALLOWANCE OF CREDIT. A TAXPAYER SHALL BE ALLOWED  A  CREDIT,  TO  BE
 COMPUTED  AS  PROVIDED  IN  THIS SUBDIVISION, AGAINST THE TAX IMPOSED BY
 THIS ARTICLE, IF IT EMPLOYS AN INDIVIDUAL WHO HAS  GRADUATED  FROM  DRUG
 COURT  OR  WHO  HAS  SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED A JUDICIAL DIVERSION PROGRAM
 PURSUANT TO ARTICLE TWO HUNDRED SIXTEEN OF THE CRIMINAL  PROCEDURE  LAW,
 PROVIDED  THAT SUCH INDIVIDUAL IS EMPLOYED FOR THIRTY-FIVE HOURS OR MORE
 PER WEEK AND REMAINS IN THE EMPLOY OF SUCH TAXPAYER FOR TWELVE MONTHS.
   (2) AMOUNT OF CREDIT. A CREDIT AUTHORIZED BY THIS SECTION SHALL  EQUAL
 THREE  THOUSAND  DOLLARS  PER  HIRED  INDIVIDUAL  FOR  THE FIRST YEAR OF
 EMPLOYMENT AND AN ADDITIONAL ONE  THOUSAND  DOLLARS  IF  THE  INDIVIDUAL
 REMAINS IN EMPLOY FOR AN ADDITIONAL TWELVE MONTHS.
   (3)  APPLICATION  OF  CREDIT. THE CREDIT ALLOWED UNDER THIS SUBSECTION
 FOR ANY TAXABLE YEAR SHALL NOT REDUCE THE TAX DUE FOR SUCH YEAR TO  LESS
 THAN  THE  HIGHER  OF THE AMOUNT PRESCRIBED IN PARAGRAPHS (C) AND (D) OF
 SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION TWO HUNDRED  TEN-B  OF  THIS  CHAPTER.    IF,
 HOWEVER,  THE  AMOUNT  OF CREDITS ALLOWED UNDER THIS SUBDIVISION FOR ANY
 TAXABLE YEAR REDUCES THE TAX TO SUCH AMOUNT, ANY AMOUNT OF  CREDIT  THUS
 NOT  DEDUCTIBLE  IN SUCH TAXABLE YEAR SHALL BE TREATED AS AN OVERPAYMENT
 OF TAX TO BE CREDITED OR REFUNDED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE  PROVISIONS  OF
 SECTION  ONE THOUSAND EIGHTY-SIX OF THIS CHAPTER. PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THE
 PROVISIONS OF SUBSECTION (C) OF SECTION  ONE  THOUSAND  EIGHTY-EIGHT  OF
 THIS CHAPTER NOTWITHSTANDING, NO INTEREST SHALL BE PAID THEREON.
   § 4. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to taxable
 years  beginning  on  and after January 1, 2019 and shall apply to those
 employees hired after this act shall take effect.