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Assembly Bill A4493

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Provides a credit against income tax of fifty dollars and a deduction of any balance up to a total of five hundred dollars for expense of testing well water

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2011-A4493 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Ways And Means
Law Section:
Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §615, add §615-a, Tax L
Versions Introduced in 2009-2010 Legislative Session:
A7225

2011-A4493 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides a credit against income tax of fifty dollars and a deduction of any balance up to a total of five hundred dollars for expense of testing well water; applies to tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2009.

2011-A4493 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  4493

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 3, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  J. MILLER  --  read once and referred to the
  Committee on Ways and Means

AN ACT to amend the tax law, in relation to providing a tax  credit  and
  deduction for certain costs of testing well water

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Subsection (d) of section 615 of the tax law is amended  by
adding a new paragraph 5 to read as follows:
  (5)  EXPENSES INCURRED BY THE OWNER OF THE REAL PROPERTY FOR THE TEST-
ING OF WELL WATER, NOT TO EXCEED FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS  LESS  ANY  AMOUNT
CLAIMED  AS  A  CREDIT  AGAINST  TAX  PURSUANT  TO  SECTION  SIX HUNDRED
FIFTEEN-A OF THIS PART  BY  SAID  OWNER,  WHERE  THE  WELL  IN  QUESTION
SERVICES  THE OWNER'S RESIDENCE. THE TEST MAY BE CONDUCTED FOR ANY LEGAL
PURPOSE, BUT ANYONE CLAIMING THIS DEDUCTION WHERE, IN FACT, NO TEST  HAS
BEEN  CONDUCTED  SHALL,  IN  ADDITION  TO  ANY  OTHER LEGAL RECOURSE, BE
SUBJECT TO A CIVIL PENALTY OF TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS.
  S 2. The tax law is amended by adding a new section 615-a to  read  as
follows:
  S  615-A. CREDIT FOR EXPENSES INCURRED BY AN OWNER OF REAL PROPERTY IN
TESTING RESIDENTIAL WELL WATER. AN OWNER OF  RESIDENTIAL  REAL  PROPERTY
SHALL  BE  ENTITLED TO A CREDIT AGAINST THE TAX OTHERWISE DUE UNDER THIS
ARTICLE OF FIFTY DOLLARS FOR EXPENSES INCURRED  IN  TESTING  WELL  WATER
WHERE  THE  TESTED  WELL  SERVICES  SUCH  REAL PROPERTY. THE TEST MAY BE
CONDUCTED FOR ANY LEGAL PURPOSE, BUT ANYONE CLAIMING THIS CREDIT  WHERE,
IN  FACT,  NO  TEST  HAS  BEEN CONDUCTED SHALL, IN ADDITION TO ANY OTHER
LEGAL RECOURSE, BE SUBJECT TO A CIVIL PENALTY OF TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS.
  S 3. This act shall take effect immediately and  shall  apply  to  tax
years beginning on and after January 1, 2011.


 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD08201-01-1

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