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Assembly Bill A6352

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Establishes a tax credit for solar thermal energy

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2009-A6352 (ACTIVE) - Details

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

2009-A6352 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes a tax credit for solar thermal energy equal to 25 percent of qualified solar thermal energy system equipment expenditures; such credit shall not exceed five thousand dollars.

2009-A6352 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  6352

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              March 2, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. GORDON, STIRPE -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A.
  KOLB, PHEFFER -- read once and referred to the Committee on  Ways  and
  Means

AN  ACT  to  amend the tax law, in relation to establishing a tax credit
  for solar thermal energy

  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 (g-3) to read as follows:
  (G-3) SOLAR THERMAL ENERGY SYSTEM EQUIPMENT CREDIT.  (1)  GENERAL.  AN
INDIVIDUAL TAXPAYER SHALL BE ALLOWED A CREDIT AGAINST THE TAX IMPOSED BY
THIS  ARTICLE  EQUAL  TO  TWENTY-FIVE PERCENT OF QUALIFIED SOLAR THERMAL
ENERGY SYSTEM EQUIPMENT EXPENDITURES.  THIS CREDIT SHALL NOT EXCEED FIVE
THOUSAND DOLLARS AND SHALL  APPLY  TO  QUALIFIED  SOLAR  THERMAL  ENERGY
EQUIPMENT PLACED IN SERVICE ON OR AFTER JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TEN.
  (2)  QUALIFIED SOLAR THERMAL ENERGY SYSTEM EQUIPMENT EXPENDITURES. (A)
THE TERM "QUALIFIED SOLAR THERMAL ENERGY SYSTEM EQUIPMENT  EXPENDITURES"
MEANS  EXPENDITURES  FOR  THE  PURCHASE  OF  SOLAR THERMAL ENERGY SYSTEM
EQUIPMENT WHICH IS INSTALLED IN  CONNECTION  WITH  RESIDENTIAL  PROPERTY
WHICH  IS:  (I)  LOCATED  IN  THIS  STATE; AND (II) WHICH IS USED BY THE
TAXPAYER AS HIS OR HER PRINCIPAL RESIDENCE AT THE TIME THE SOLAR THERMAL
ENERGY SYSTEM EQUIPMENT IS PLACED IN SERVICE.
  (B) SUCH QUALIFIED EXPENDITURES SHALL INCLUDE EXPENDITURES FOR MATERI-
ALS, LABOR COSTS PROPERLY ALLOCABLE TO ON-SITE PREPARATION, ASSEMBLY AND
ORIGINAL  INSTALLATION,  ARCHITECTURAL  AND  ENGINEERING  SERVICES,  AND
DESIGNS  AND  PLANS DIRECTLY RELATED TO THE CONSTRUCTION OR INSTALLATION
OF THE SOLAR THERMAL ENERGY SYSTEM EQUIPMENT.
  (C) SUCH QUALIFIED EXPENDITURES SHALL NOT INCLUDE  INTEREST  OR  OTHER
FINANCE CHARGES.
  (3)  SOLAR  THERMAL  ENERGY  SYSTEM EQUIPMENT. THE TERM "SOLAR THERMAL
ENERGY SYSTEM EQUIPMENT" SHALL MEAN AN  ARRANGEMENT  OR  COMBINATION  OF

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD06394-01-9
              

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