NY State Senate Bill 2023-S7037

Senate Bill S7037

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Expands the empire state apprenticeship tax credit to include additional credit for people with disabilities

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May 17, 2023	referred to labor

2023-S7037 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Labor
Law Section:: Labor Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §25-c, Lab L

2023-S7037 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Expands the empire state apprenticeship tax credit to include additional credit for people with disabilities.

2023-S7037 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S7037

SPONSOR: RAMOS
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the labor law, in relation to expanding the empire state
apprenticeship tax credit to include additional credit for people with
disabilities

 
PURPOSE:

To expand the empire state apprenticeship tax credit to include an addi-
tional tax credit to businesses who hire people with disabilities

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1 names the bill as the "disability apprenticeship expansion tax
credit act."

Section 2 defines the term "disability."

Section 3 amends section 25-c of the labor law to establish the tax

credit allowed to employers who hire people with disabilities.

Section 4 sets the effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Sustainable and dignified employment options are often harder to come by
for people with disabilities, especially in a competitive job market.
According to the Department of Labor, the unemployment rate among people
with a disability is almost double that of people without a disability:
7.5% compared to 3.8% as of 2022.1 Such a disparity is worsened by
discriminatory hiring practices and inadequate support for people with
disabilities in the hiring process. However, this proposed expansion of
the Empire State Apprenticeship Tax to include people with disabilities
will provide an incentive for businesses to hire people with disabili-
ties at a higher rate.

Apprenticeship programs are a powerful resource for people with disabil-
ities, as they are made to train apprentices in applicable skills for
clear future careers. The combination of these learned skills and
in-field experience allows people with disabilities to thrive among
their counterparts and venture into fields that were not previously
available. The already existing apprenticeship tax credit is a renowned
success and deserves to be expanded to promote equity and inclusion in
the state of New York.

(1) https://www.dol.goviagencies/odep/research-evaluation/statistics

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

New Bill

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

To be determined.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
Immediately.

2023-S7037 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7037
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 17, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  RAMOS  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Labor
 
 AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to expanding the empire state
   apprenticeship tax credit to include additional credit for people with
   disabilities

   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 "disability
 apprenticeship expansion tax credit act".
   §  2.  Subdivision  (b) of section 25-c of the labor law is amended by
 adding a new paragraph 9 to read as follows:
   (9) THE TERM "DISABILITY" SHALL HAVE THE SAME MEANING  AS  DEFINED  IN
 SUBDIVISION  TWENTY-ONE  OF SECTION TWO HUNDRED NINETY-TWO OF THE EXECU-
 TIVE LAW.
   § 3.  Subparagraph (A) of paragraph 1 of subdivision  (c)  of  section
 25-c  of  the labor law, as added by section 1 of subpart B of part N of
 chapter 59 of the laws of 2017, is amended to read as follows:
   (A) (1) two thousand dollars for each first year apprentice; (2) three
 thousand dollars for each second  year  apprentice;  (3)  four  thousand
 dollars  for  each  third year apprentice; (4) five thousand dollars for
 each fourth year apprentice; and (5) six thousand dollars for each fifth
 year apprentice. The apprentice's status  as  a  first,  second,  third,
 fourth  or  fifth  year apprentice will be determined on the last day of
 the calendar year, or if the apprentice is no  longer  employed  by  the
 participating employer on the last day of the calendar year, on the last
 day  of  the apprentice's employment with the participating employer; or
 (6) FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS FOR EACH PERSON WITH A DISABILITY HIRED; OR
   § 4.  This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD08500-01-3

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