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Senate Bill S4896

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Provides tax credit to volunteer firefighters and volunteer ambulance workers under certain circumstances

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2009-S4896 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A930
Current Committee:
Senate Investigations And Government Operations
Law Section:
Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง606, Tax L
Versions Introduced in 2011-2012 Legislative Session:
A3029

2009-S4896 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides a two hundred dollar personal income tax credit to volunteer firefighters and volunteer ambulance workers who have completed all required training courses as required by the state of New York.

2009-S4896 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S4896 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  4896

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             April 27, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced by Sen. AUBERTINE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Govern-
  ment Operations

AN  ACT  to  amend  the tax law, in relation to providing tax credits to
  volunteer firefighters and volunteer ambulance workers  under  certain
  circumstances

  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)  VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS' AND VOLUNTEER AMBULANCE WORKERS' CREDIT.
FOR TAXABLE YEARS BEGINNING ON AND AFTER  JANUARY  FIRST,  TWO  THOUSAND
NINE,  A  CREDIT, IN THE AMOUNT OF TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS, SHALL BE ALLOWED
AGAINST THE TAX IMPOSED BY SECTION SIX HUNDRED ONE OF THIS PART TO  EACH
RESIDENT  OF  THE STATE WHO SERVES AS A VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTER AS DEFINED
IN SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION THREE OF THE VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS' BENE-
FIT LAW OR A VOLUNTEER AMBULANCE WORKER AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION ONE OF
SECTION THREE OF THE VOLUNTEER AMBULANCE WORKERS' BENEFIT  LAW  PROVIDED
SUCH  PERSON  HAS COMPLETED ALL REQUIRED TRAINING COURSES AS REQUIRED BY
THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
  S 2.  This act shall take effect immediately.




 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD00855-01-9

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