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Mar 03, 2017 |
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Senate Bill S4886
2017-2018 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Investigations And Government Operations Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
2017-S4886 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Investigations And Government Operations
- Law Section:
- Tax Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §606, Tax L
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
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2009-2010:
S4977
2011-2012: S120
2013-2014: S344
2015-2016: S264
2017-S4886 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S4886 TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the tax law, in relation to providing a credit against tax for the purchase and installation of grab bars PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL : To provide some aid to senior citizens and the disabled who must restructure their homes in order to increase safety. SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS : Section 1. Amends the Tax Law, section 606, adds a new subsection (ccc). Provides that a resident owner of real property who is a qualified senior citizen shall be allowed a credit against the tax otherwise due for the installation of grab bars. Establishes the following tax credit schedule: A) two hundred and fifty dollars for the purchase and installation requiring anchoring by screws or toggles where there is no removal of surface tiles or facade within the tub area; B) four hundred dollars for the purchase and installation requiring anchoring that entails the removal and replacement of surface tiles and/or facade: or C) eight hundred dollars for the purchase and installation requiring anchoring that entails the removal and replacement of surface tiles and underpayment behind the removed
2017-S4886 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 4886 2017-2018 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E March 3, 2017 ___________ Introduced by Sen. DIAZ -- 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 credit against tax for the purchase and installation of grab bars 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 INSTALLATION OF GRAB BARS. (1) A RESIDENT OWNER OF REAL PROPERTY, AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION TWELVE OF SECTION ONE HUNDRED TWO OF THE REAL PROPERTY TAX LAW, WHO IS A QUALIFIED SENIOR CITIZEN SHALL BE ALLOWED A CREDIT AGAINST THE TAX OTHERWISE DUE UNDER THIS ARTI- CLE IN AN AMOUNT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FOLLOWING SCHEDULE: (A) A CREDIT OF TWO HUNDRED FIFTY DOLLARS FOR THE PURCHASE AND INSTAL- LATION REQUIRING ANCHORING BY SCREWS OR TOGGLES WHERE THERE IS NO REMOVAL OF SURFACE TILES OR SURROUNDING FACADE WITHIN THE TUB AREA; (B) A CREDIT OF FOUR HUNDRED DOLLARS FOR THE PURCHASE AND INSTALLATION REQUIRING ANCHORING THAT ENTAILS THE REMOVAL AND REPLACEMENT OF SURROUNDING SURFACE TILES AND/OR FACADE; OR (C) A CREDIT OF EIGHT HUNDRED DOLLARS FOR THE PURCHASE AND INSTALLA- TION REQUIRING ANCHORING THAT ENTAILS THE REMOVAL AND REPLACEMENT OF SURFACE TILES AND UNDERLAYMENT BEHIND THE REMOVED TILES. (2) FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SUBSECTION, "QUALIFIED SENIOR CITIZEN" SHALL MEAN A SENIOR CITIZEN WHO IS SIXTY-FIVE YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER, OR INDIVIDUALS CONSIDERED DISABLED OR RECEIVING SOCIAL SECURITY DISABILITY BENEFITS. § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to personal income taxable years beginning on and after January 1, 2019. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD07240-01-7
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