NY State Senate Bill 2017-S5249A

Senate Bill S5249A

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Enacts "Averyana's law" to provide a tax credit for the installation of certain smoke alarms

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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Jan 26, 2018	print number 5249a
Jan 26, 2018	amend and recommit to investigations and government operations
Jan 03, 2018	referred to investigations and government operations
Mar 17, 2017	referred to investigations and government operations

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2017-S5249 - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Investigations And Government Operations
Law Section:: Tax Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §606, Tax L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2019-2020: S166
2021-2022: S2598
2023-2024: S3446

2017-S5249 - Summary

Enacts "Averyana's law"; provides a tax credit for the purchase and installation of certain smoke alarms which incorporate photoelectric technology including but not limited to: photoelectric detectors; dual photoelectric/ionization detectors; and photoelectric/carbon monoxide detectors.

2017-S5249 - Sponsor Memo

                                 BILL NUMBER:  S5249

 TITLE OF BILL :  An act to amend the tax law, in relation to enacting
"Averyana's law"

 SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS :

Section 1 cites the title of act to be known as Averyana's Law.

Section 2 adds a new Subsection ccc to Section 606 of the Tax Law
providing a credit to resident owners who purchase and install
photoelectric detectors.

Section 3 provides for an immediate effective date and shall apply to
taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2017.

 JUSTIFICATION :

On March 11, 2012, two year old Averyana Dale tragically lost her life
due to smoke inhalation in a fire in Auburn, NY. It was later
determined that the fire was a smoldering fire, which produces a
significant amount of smoke, but very little actual flame.

Currently there are two types of smoke detectors available in the
market place, ionization and photoelectric. Ionization detectors are
present in about 95.75% of homes. However, some studies have shown

that ionization detectors do not detect smoldering fires as well as
those with photoelectric technology.

Averyana Dale most likely lost her life because the ionization smoke
detector that was present in the home she was in did not alert her to
the fire until it was too late. Had a photoelectric detector been in
the home, it is considerably more likely she would have been alerted
to the smoke sooner and would have made it out safely.

This legislation is meant to provide an incentive for homeowners to
purchase photoelectric detectors for their homes.

 PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY :

2016: A.5672 held for consideration in Ways and Means
2015: A.5672 referred to Ways and Means
2014: S.3299-B referred to Government Operations/A.4478-A referred to
Ways and Means
2013: S.3299-A referred to Government Operations/A.4478-A held for
consideration in Ways and Means
2012: S.7382-B referred to Government Operations/A.10340-A referred to
Ways and Means

 FISCAL IMPLICATIONS :

To be determined.

 EFFECTIVE DATE :
This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to taxable
years beginning on or after January 1, 2017.

2017-S5249 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5249
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              March 17, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. HELMING -- 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 enacting "Averyana's law"
 
   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 "Averyana's
 law".
   § 2. Section 606 of the tax law is amended by adding a new  subsection
 (ccc) to read as follows:
   (CCC)  CREDIT FOR INSTALLATION OF SMOKE ALARMS.  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 THE COST OF PURCHASING AND
 INSTALLING CERTAIN SMOKE ALARMS WHICH INCORPORATE PHOTOELECTRIC TECHNOL-
 OGY, INCLUDING,  BUT  NOT  LIMITED  TO,  PHOTOELECTRIC  DETECTORS;  DUAL
 PHOTOELECTRIC/IONIZATION  DETECTORS;  AND  PHOTOELECTRIC/CARBON MONOXIDE
 DETECTORS IN HIS OR HER RESIDENCE.
   § 3. 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.
                                                            LBD00782-01-7

2017-S5249A (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:: 2019-2020: S166
2021-2022: S2598
2023-2024: S3446

2017-S5249A (ACTIVE) - Summary

2017-S5249A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S5249A

SPONSOR: HELMING
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the tax law, in relation to enacting "Averyana's law"

 
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:

Section 1 cites the title of act to be known as Averyana's Law.

Section 2 adds a new Subsection ccc to Section 606 of the Tax Law
providing a credit to resident owners who purchase and install
photoelectric detectors.

Section 3 provides for an immediate effective date and shall apply to
taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2017.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

On March 11, 2012, two year old Averyana Dale tragically lost her life

due to smoke inhalation in a fire in Auburn, NY. It was later determined
that the fire was a smoldering fire, which produces a significant amount
of smoke, but very little actual flame.

Currently there are two types of smoke detectors available in the market
place, ionization and photoelectric. Ionization detectors are present in
about 95.75% of homes. However, some studies have shown that ionization
detectors do not detect smoldering fires as well as those with
photoelectric technology.

Averyana Dale most likely lost her life because the ionization smoke
detector that was present in the home she was in did not alert her to
the fire until it was too late. Had a photoelectric detector been in the
home, it is considerably more likely she would have been alerted to the
smoke sooner and would have made it out safely.

This legislation is meant to provide an incentive for homeowners to
purchase photoelectric detectors for their homes.

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2016: A.5672 held for consideration in Ways and Means
2015: A.5672 referred to Ways and Means
2014: S.3299-B referred to Government Operations/A.4478-A referred to
Ways and Means
2013: S.3299-A referred to Government Operations/A.4478-A held for
consideration in Ways and Means
2012: S.7382-B referred to Government Operations/A.10340-A referred to
Ways and Means

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

To be determined.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to taxable years
beginning on or after January 1, 2018.

2017-S5249A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  5249--A
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              March 17, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. HELMING -- 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, in relation to enacting "Averyana's law"
 
   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  "Averyana's
 law".
   §  2. Section 606 of the tax law is amended by adding a new subsection
 (ccc) to read as follows:
   (CCC) CREDIT FOR INSTALLATION OF SMOKE ALARMS.  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  THE  COST  OF  PURCHASING  AND
 INSTALLING CERTAIN SMOKE ALARMS WHICH INCORPORATE PHOTOELECTRIC TECHNOL-
 OGY,  INCLUDING,  BUT  NOT  LIMITED  TO,  PHOTOELECTRIC  DETECTORS; DUAL
 PHOTOELECTRIC/IONIZATION DETECTORS;  AND  PHOTOELECTRIC/CARBON  MONOXIDE
 DETECTORS IN HIS OR HER RESIDENCE.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to taxable
 years beginning on or after January 1, 2018.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD00782-02-8

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