BILL NUMBER: S2598

SPONSOR: HELMING
 
TITLE OF BILL:

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

 
SUMMARY OF 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, 2021.

 
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
marketplace, 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.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2020: S.166 referred to Investigations and Government Operations/A.6379
held for consideration in Ways and Means

2019: S. 166 referred to Investigations and Government Operations/A.6379
referred to Ways and Means

2018: S.5249-A referred to Investigations and Government Operations

2017: S.5249-A referred to Investigations and Government Operations

2016: A.5672 held for consideration in Ways and Means

2015: A.5672 referred to Ways and Means

2014: S.3299-8 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, 2021.