Senate Bill S4554

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to enacting the credit for rural broadband act

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Internet And Technology Committee


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

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2023-S4554 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Internet And Technology
Law Section:
State Technology Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §104, St Tech L; amd §§210-B & 606, Tax L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
S5625

2023-S4554 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides for a refundable tax credit for costs paid for new construction of new broadband networks to residences and small businesses located in rural, unserved areas.

2023-S4554 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S4554 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4554
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 10, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. HELMING -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Internet and Technology
 
 AN ACT to amend the state technology law and the tax law, in relation to
   a refundable tax credit provided to broadband deployment to residences
   and small businesses located in rural, unserved areas

   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 "credit for
 rural broadband act".
   §  2.  Section  104 of the state technology law is amended by adding a
 new subdivision 3 to read as follows:
   3. THE OFFICE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SERVICES, IN CONJUNCTION  WITH
 INPUT  FROM  THE  ADVISORY COUNCIL, IS HEREBY AUTHORIZED AND DIRECTED TO
 PROMULGATE RULES AND REGULATIONS NECESSARY FOR VERIFYING  AN  "UNSERVED"
 AREA  UNDER  THE CREDIT FOR RURAL BROADBAND ACT, USING BROADBAND MAPPING
 DATA AT THE TIME A PROJECT IS PROPOSED.
   § 3. Section 210-B of the tax law is amended by adding a new  subdivi-
 sion 59 to read as follows:
   59.  CREDIT  FOR RURAL BROADBAND DEPLOYMENT.  (A) ALLOWANCE OF CREDIT.
 A QUALIFIED TAXPAYER SHALL BE ALLOWED A CREDIT AGAINST THE  TAX  IMPOSED
 BY  THIS  ARTICLE EQUAL TO ANY QUALIFIED CUSTOMER CONTRIBUTION IN AID OF
 CONSTRUCTION RESULTING FROM NEW NETWORK CONSTRUCTION TO  DELIVER  BROAD-
 BAND  SERVICE TO THE INDIVIDUAL'S RESIDENCE OR PLACE OF BUSINESS LOCATED
 IN AN UNSERVED AREA.  THE CREDIT ALLOWED BY THIS  SUBDIVISION  SHALL  BE
 CLAIMED ANNUALLY OVER A FIVE-YEAR PERIOD EQUAL TO ONE-FIFTH OF THE CRED-
 IT  AMOUNT. IF THE CREDIT ALLOWED UNDER THIS SUBDIVISION IS GREATER THAN
 THE TAX DUE IN ANY TAXABLE YEAR, THE AMOUNT BY WHICH SUCH CREDIT EXCEEDS
 SUCH TAX DUE IS TREATED AS AN OVERPAYMENT  OF  TAX  TO  BE  REFUNDED  IN
 ACCORDANCE  WITH  THE  PROVISIONS  OF SECTION ONE THOUSAND EIGHTY-SIX OF
 THIS CHAPTER.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD09102-01-3
 S. 4554                             2
              

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