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Assembly Bill A2892

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Provides a credit against personal income to civilian patrolmen and auxiliary policemen

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2009-A2892 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Ways And Means
Law Section:
Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง606, Tax L

2009-A2892 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides a credit against personal income for members of civilian patrol programs and auxiliary police or fire forces in an amount of $500 for cost and maintenance of uniforms used in service if such person is certified as having served as an active member for at least 50 hours during such taxable year.

2009-A2892 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  2892

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 21, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. V. LOPEZ -- read once and referred to the Commit-
  tee on Ways and Means

AN  ACT  to amend the tax law, in relation to providing a credit against
  the tax on personal income for services performed as civilian  patrol-
  men or as auxiliary policemen

  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 (qq) to read as follows:
  (QQ)  CREDIT  FOR TAXPAYERS PARTICIPATING IN APPROVED AUXILIARY POLICE
OR FIRE FORCES OR CIVILIAN PATROL PROGRAMS OF MUNICIPALITIES. A TAXPAYER
SHALL BE ALLOWED A CREDIT, TO BE CREDITED AGAINST  THE  TAX  IMPOSED  BY
THIS ARTICLE, IN THE AMOUNT OF FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS FOR COST AND MAINTE-
NANCE OF UNIFORMS USED IN SERVICE DURING THE TAXABLE YEAR IN AN AUXILIA-
RY  POLICE  OR FIRE FORCE OR CIVILIAN PATROL PROGRAM OF ANY MUNICIPALITY
INCLUDING A COUNTY, CITY, TOWN OR VILLAGE UPON PRESENTATION OF  EVIDENCE
SATISFACTORY TO THE COMMISSIONER THAT SUCH TAXPAYER SERVED SATISFACTORI-
LY  AS  AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF SUCH FORCE OR PATROL FOR A MINIMUM PERIOD OF
FIFTY HOURS IN THE TAXABLE YEAR.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to taxable
years beginning on and after January 1, 2010.




 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD05724-01-9

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