Assembly Bill A3256

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Provides tax credit to volunteer firefighters and volunteer ambulance workers

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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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2011-A3256 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Ways And Means
Law Section:
Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง606, Tax L
Versions Introduced in 2009-2010 Legislative Session:
A4826

2011-A3256 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides a five hundred dollar personal income tax credit to all active volunteer firefighters and volunteer ambulance workers.

2011-A3256 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  3256

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 24, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A. MORELLE, SWEENEY, CUSICK, SCHIMMINGER, ORTIZ,
  MAGEE -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. CAHILL, CLARK,  COLTON,  COOK,
  DESTITO,  GUNTHER,  HOOPER, V. LOPEZ, McENENY, PAULIN, PHEFFER, RAMOS,
  ROBINSON, TOWNS, WEISENBERG, WRIGHT -- read once and referred  to  the
  Committee on Ways and Means

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

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

  Section  1.  Paragraph 1 of subsection (e-1) of section 606 of the tax
law, as added by section 1 of part U of chapter 62 of the laws of  2006,
is amended to read as follows:
  (1)  For taxable years beginning on and after January first, two thou-
sand seven, a resident taxpayer who serves as an active volunteer  fire-
fighter  as defined in subdivision one of section two hundred fifteen of
the general municipal law or as a volunteer ambulance worker as  defined
in subdivision fourteen of section two hundred nineteen-k of the general
municipal  law shall be allowed a credit against the tax imposed by this
article equal to [two] FIVE hundred dollars. In order  to  receive  this
credit  a  volunteer firefighter or volunteer ambulance worker must have
been active for the entire taxable year for which the credit is sought.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.




 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD05256-01-1

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