Senate Bill S4604

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Establishes $200 personal income tax credit for households residing within 1 mile of electric generating facility

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  • 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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2009-S4604 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Investigations And Government Operations
Law Section:
Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง606, Tax L

2009-S4604 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes a $200 personal income tax credit for each household which resides within 1 mile of an electric generating facility.

2009-S4604 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S4604 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  4604

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             April 24, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sens.  ONORATO,  HASSELL-THOMPSON,  C. JOHNSON, SAMPSON,
  SAVINO, THOMPSON -- read twice and ordered printed, and  when  printed
  to  be  committed  to  the  Committee on Investigations and Government
  Operations

AN ACT to amend the tax law, in  relation  to  establishing  a  personal
  income tax credit for persons residing near electric generating facil-
  ities

  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 (u) to read as follows:
  (U)  ELECTRIC  GENERATING  FACILITY  PROXIMITY  CREDIT.  (1)  FOR  THE
PURPOSES OF THIS SUBSECTION:
  (A) "QUALIFIED TAXPAYER" MEANS A RESIDENT INDIVIDUAL OF THE STATE  WHO
HAS  OCCUPIED  THE  SAME PRIMARY RESIDENCE FOR SIX MONTHS OR MORE OF THE
TAXABLE YEAR, AND IS REQUIRED OR CHOOSES TO FILE A  RETURN  PURSUANT  TO
THIS ARTICLE.
  (B)  "HOUSEHOLD" MEANS A QUALIFIED TAXPAYER AND ALL OTHER PERSONS, NOT
NECESSARILY RELATED, WHO HAVE THE SAME PRIMARY RESIDENCE AND  SHARE  ITS
FURNISHINGS,  FACILITIES AND ACCOMMODATIONS. SUCH TERM SHALL NOT INCLUDE
A TENANT, SUBTENANT, ROOMER OR BOARDER WHO IS NOT RELATED TO THE  QUALI-
FIED TAXPAYER IN ANY DEGREE SPECIFIED IN PARAGRAPHS ONE THROUGH EIGHT OF
SUBSECTION  (A) OF SECTION ONE HUNDRED FIFTY-TWO OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE
CODE. PROVIDED THAT NO PERSON MAY BE A MEMBER OF MORE THAN ONE HOUSEHOLD
AT ONE TIME.
  (C) "RESIDENCE" MEANS A DWELLING IN THIS STATE, WHETHER OWNED OR RENT-
ED, AND MAY CONSIST OF A  PART  OF  A  MULTI-DWELLING  OR  MULTI-PURPOSE
BUILDING INCLUDING A COOPERATIVE OR CONDOMINIUM, AND RENTAL UNITS WITHIN
A  SINGLE  BUILDING.  RESIDENCE  SHALL INCLUDE A TRAILER, MOBILE HOME OR
MANUFACTURED HOME, USED EXCLUSIVELY FOR RESIDENTIAL PURPOSES AND DEFINED

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD03646-01-9

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