Senate Bill S3065B

Vetoed By Governor
2017-2018 Legislative Session

Enacts the residential structure fire prevention act of 2018

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

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2017-S3065 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A1878
Law Section:
Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §606, Tax L; amd §2346, Ins L; add §170-c, Exec L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A3711
2011-2012: A436
2013-2014: S5944, A1336
2015-2016: S3005, A669
2019-2020: S4398, A4406

2017-S3065 - Summary

Enacts the residential structure fire prevention act of 2018; provides a tax credit to homeowners who remove cock loft fire hazards in their homes; provides an insurance discount for the installation of smoke detecting alarm devices in cock lofts; provides that the repair of cock lofts for the purpose of fire prevention and safety shall be qualifying expenditures under state housing programs.

2017-S3065 - Sponsor Memo

2017-S3065 - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3065
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 19, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. ADDABBO -- 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 providing a tax credit for a
   portion of the cost of repairing certain fire hazards

   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 REPAIRING CERTAIN  FIRE  HAZARDS.  (1)  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  OTHER-
 WISE  IMPOSED UNDER THIS ARTICLE IN AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO THIRTY PERCENT OF
 THE COST OF  REPAIRING  FIRE  HAZARDS  COMMONLY  KNOWN  AS  COCK  LOFTS,
 PROVIDED  THAT  SUCH  CREDIT SHALL NOT EXCEED FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS.  FOR
 PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION THE TERM "COCK LOFT" SHALL  MEAN  A  COMPLETELY
 ENCLOSED SPACE BETWEEN RAFTERS AND A SUSPENDED CEILING.
   (2)  IF THE AMOUNT OF THE CREDIT ALLOWED UNDER THIS SUBSECTION FOR ANY
 TAXABLE YEAR SHALL EXCEED THE TAXPAYER'S TAX FOR SUCH YEAR,  THE  EXCESS
 SHALL  BE TREATED AS AN OVERPAYMENT OF TAX TO BE CREDITED OR REFUNDED IN
 ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION SIX HUNDRED EIGHTY-SIX OF THIS
 ARTICLE, PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT NO INTEREST SHALL BE PAID THEREON.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to taxable
 years beginning on or after January 1, 2017.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03403-01-7

2017-S3065A - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A1878
Law Section:
Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §606, Tax L; amd §2346, Ins L; add §170-c, Exec L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A3711
2011-2012: A436
2013-2014: S5944, A1336
2015-2016: S3005, A669
2019-2020: S4398, A4406

2017-S3065A - Summary

Enacts the residential structure fire prevention act of 2018; provides a tax credit to homeowners who remove cock loft fire hazards in their homes; provides an insurance discount for the installation of smoke detecting alarm devices in cock lofts; provides that the repair of cock lofts for the purpose of fire prevention and safety shall be qualifying expenditures under state housing programs.

2017-S3065A - Sponsor Memo

2017-S3065A - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  3065--A
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 19, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. ADDABBO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Govern-
   ment Operations -- recommitted 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 committee
 
 AN ACT to amend the tax law, the insurance law and the executive law, in
   relation  to enacting the residential structure fire prevention act of
   2018
 
   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 the "residen-
 tial structure fire prevention act of 2018".
   § 2. Section 606 of the tax law is amended by adding a new  subsection
 (ccc) to read as follows:
   (CCC) CREDIT FOR REMOVING CERTAIN FIRE HAZARDS. (1) 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 TWENTY-FIVE PERCENT OF
 THE COST OF REMOVING FIRE HAZARDS COMMONLY KNOWN AS COCK LOFTS, PROVIDED
 THAT SUCH CREDIT SHALL NOT EXCEED FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS. FOR PURPOSES OF
 THIS SECTION THE TERM "COCK LOFT" SHALL MEAN A COMPLETELY ENCLOSED SPACE
 BETWEEN RAFTERS AND A SUSPENDED CEILING.
   (2) IF THE AMOUNT OF THE CREDIT ALLOWED UNDER THIS SUBSECTION FOR  ANY
 TAXABLE  YEAR  SHALL EXCEED THE TAXPAYER'S TAX FOR SUCH YEAR, THE EXCESS
 SHALL BE TREATED AS AN OVERPAYMENT OF TAX TO BE CREDITED OR REFUNDED  IN
 ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION SIX HUNDRED EIGHTY-SIX OF THIS
 ARTICLE, PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT NO INTEREST SHALL BE PAID THEREON.
   §  3.  Section  2346  of  the insurance law is amended by adding a new
 subsection 6 to read as follows:

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03403-03-7

2017-S3065B (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A1878
Law Section:
Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §606, Tax L; amd §2346, Ins L; add §170-c, Exec L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A3711
2011-2012: A436
2013-2014: S5944, A1336
2015-2016: S3005, A669
2019-2020: S4398, A4406

2017-S3065B (ACTIVE) - Summary

Enacts the residential structure fire prevention act of 2018; provides a tax credit to homeowners who remove cock loft fire hazards in their homes; provides an insurance discount for the installation of smoke detecting alarm devices in cock lofts; provides that the repair of cock lofts for the purpose of fire prevention and safety shall be qualifying expenditures under state housing programs.

2017-S3065B (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S3065B (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  3065--B
     Cal. No. 1637
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 19, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. ADDABBO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Govern-
   ment Operations -- recommitted 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 committee -- reported favorably from said commit-
   tee and committed to the Committee on Finance -- committee  discharged
   and  said bill committed to the Committee on Rules -- reported favora-
   bly from said committee, ordered to a third reading, passed by  Senate
   and  delivered  to the Assembly, recalled, vote reconsidered, restored
   to third reading, amended and ordered reprinted, retaining  its  place
   in the order of third reading
 
 AN ACT to amend the tax law, the insurance law and the executive law, in
   relation  to enacting the residential structure fire prevention act of
   2018
 
   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 the "residen-
 tial structure fire prevention act of 2018".
   § 2. Section 606 of the tax law is amended by adding a new  subsection
 (jjj) to read as follows:
   (JJJ) CREDIT FOR REMOVING CERTAIN FIRE HAZARDS. (1) 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 TWENTY-FIVE PERCENT OF
 THE COST OF REMOVING FIRE HAZARDS COMMONLY KNOWN AS COCK LOFTS, PROVIDED
 THAT SUCH CREDIT SHALL NOT EXCEED FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS. FOR PURPOSES OF
 THIS SECTION THE TERM "COCK LOFT" SHALL MEAN A COMPLETELY ENCLOSED SPACE
 BETWEEN RAFTERS AND A SUSPENDED CEILING.
   (2) IF THE AMOUNT OF THE CREDIT ALLOWED UNDER THIS SUBSECTION FOR  ANY
 TAXABLE  YEAR  SHALL EXCEED THE TAXPAYER'S TAX FOR SUCH YEAR, THE EXCESS
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

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