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Assembly Bill A4713

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Provides a credit against tax for the purchase and installation of grab bars

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2009-A4713 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S4977
Current Committee:
Assembly Ways And Means
Law Section:
Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง606, Tax L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: S120
2013-2014: S344
2015-2016: S264
2017-2018: S4886

2009-A4713 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides a credit against tax for the purchase and installation of grab bars by a resident owner of real property who is a qualified senior citizen; sets forth a credit schedule; defines qualified senior citizen.

2009-A4713 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  4713

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 5, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. ESPAILLAT, COLTON, WEISENBERG, PHEFFER, BENEDET-
  TO, LAVINE, ROBINSON, N. RIVERA, ORTIZ -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M.  of
  A.  BOYLAND,  DIAZ,  FARRELL, HEASTIE, HOOPER, JOHN, McENENY, PEOPLES,
  TITUS, WRIGHT -- read once and referred to the Committee on  Ways  and
  Means

AN  ACT  to amend the tax law, in relation to providing a credit against
  tax for the purchase and installation of grab bars

  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 INSTALLATION OF GRAB BARS. (1)  A  RESIDENT  OWNER  OF
REAL  PROPERTY,  AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION TWELVE OF SECTION ONE HUNDRED
TWO OF THE REAL PROPERTY TAX LAW, WHO  IS  A  QUALIFIED  SENIOR  CITIZEN
SHALL BE ALLOWED A CREDIT AGAINST THE TAX OTHERWISE DUE UNDER THIS ARTI-
CLE IN AN AMOUNT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FOLLOWING SCHEDULE:
  (A) A CREDIT OF TWO HUNDRED FIFTY DOLLARS FOR THE PURCHASE AND INSTAL-
LATION  REQUIRING  ANCHORING  BY  SCREWS  OR  TOGGLES  WHERE THERE IS NO
REMOVAL OF SURFACE TILES OR SURROUNDING FACADE WITHIN THE TUB AREA;
  (B) A CREDIT OF FOUR HUNDRED DOLLARS FOR THE PURCHASE AND INSTALLATION
REQUIRING  ANCHORING  THAT  ENTAILS  THE  REMOVAL  AND  REPLACEMENT   OF
SURROUNDING SURFACE TILES AND/OR FACADE; OR
  (C)  A  CREDIT OF EIGHT HUNDRED DOLLARS FOR THE PURCHASE AND INSTALLA-
TION REQUIRING ANCHORING THAT ENTAILS THE  REMOVAL  AND  REPLACEMENT  OF
SURFACE TILES AND UNDERLAYMENT BEHIND THE REMOVED TILES.
  (2)  FOR  THE  PURPOSES OF THIS SUBSECTION, "QUALIFIED SENIOR CITIZEN"
SHALL MEAN A SENIOR CITIZEN WHO IS SIXTY-FIVE YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER,  OR
INDIVIDUALS CONSIDERED DISABLED AND RECEIVING SOCIAL SECURITY DISABILITY
BENEFITS.
  S  2.  This  act  shall  take  effect  immediately  and shall apply to
personal income 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.
                                                           LBD07770-01-9

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