Senate Bill S1383A

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Establishes a re-entry employment incentive tax credit

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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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2013-S1383 - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Investigations And Government Operations
Law Section:
Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§210 & 606, Tax L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S243
2011-2012: S310

2013-S1383 - Summary

Establishes a re-entry employment incentive tax credit for employers who hire individuals who have been released from correctional facilities in this state for full-time employment at a rate that is 140% of the state minimum wage.

2013-S1383 - Sponsor Memo

2013-S1383 - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  1383

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 9, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  MONTGOMERY  -- 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 providing a re-entry employ-
  ment  incentive  tax  credit;  and  providing  for  the repeal of such
  provisions upon expiration thereof

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

  Section  1.  Section  210  of  the  tax law is amended by adding a new
subdivision 46 to read as follows:
  46. RE-ENTRY EMPLOYMENT INCENTIVE TAX CREDIT. (A) A TAXPAYER SHALL  BE
ALLOWED  A  CREDIT,  TO BE COMPUTED AS HEREINAFTER PROVIDED, AGAINST THE
TAX IMPOSED BY THIS ARTICLE IN THE AMOUNT PRESCRIBED BY THIS SUBDIVISION
WHERE SUCH TAXPAYER EMPLOYS ONE OR MORE  QUALIFYING  INDIVIDUALS  DESIG-
NATED  PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION (A) OF SECTION FOUR OF THE CHAPTER OF THE
LAWS OF TWO THOUSAND THIRTEEN THAT ADDED THIS SUBDIVISION.
  (B) THE AMOUNT OF THE CREDIT SHALL BE AS FOLLOWS FOR  EACH  QUALIFYING
INDIVIDUAL EMPLOYED BY THE TAXPAYER:
  (I)  FIFTY PERCENT OF THE QUALIFIED WAGES IN THE FIRST YEAR OF EMPLOY-
MENT;
  (II) FORTY PERCENT OF QUALIFIED WAGES IN THE SECOND  YEAR  OF  EMPLOY-
MENT; AND
  (III)  THIRTY  PERCENT OF QUALIFIED WAGES IN THE THIRD YEAR OF EMPLOY-
MENT.
  (C) FOR THE PURPOSES  OF  THIS  SUBDIVISION,  "QUALIFYING  INDIVIDUAL"
SHALL  MEAN AN INDIVIDUAL HIRED BY A TAXPAYER ON OR AFTER JANUARY FIRST,
TWO THOUSAND FOURTEEN WHO:
  (I) HAS BEEN CONVICTED OF A FELONY IN THIS  STATE  IN  THE  LAST  FIVE
YEARS,  HAS  BEEN  RELEASED  FROM  A CORRECTIONAL FACILITY AS DEFINED IN
SUBDIVISION FOUR OF SECTION TWO OF THE CORRECTION LAW IN THE  LAST  FIVE

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

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2013-S1383A (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Investigations And Government Operations
Law Section:
Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§210 & 606, Tax L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S243
2011-2012: S310

2013-S1383A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes a re-entry employment incentive tax credit for employers who hire individuals who have been released from correctional facilities in this state for full-time employment at a rate that is 140% of the state minimum wage.

2013-S1383A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2013-S1383A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                 1383--A

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 9, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sens.  MONTGOMERY,  HASSELL-THOMPSON  --  read twice and
  ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee  on
  Investigations and Government Operations -- recommitted to the Commit-
  tee  on  Investigations  and  Government Operations in accordance with
  Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill  amended,  ordered
  reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

AN ACT to amend the tax law, in relation to providing a re-entry employ-
  ment  incentive  tax  credit;  and  providing  for  the repeal of such
  provisions upon expiration thereof

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

  Section  1.  Section  210  of  the  tax law is amended by adding a new
subdivision 48 to read as follows:
  48. RE-ENTRY EMPLOYMENT INCENTIVE TAX CREDIT. (A) A TAXPAYER SHALL  BE
ALLOWED  A  CREDIT,  TO BE COMPUTED AS HEREINAFTER PROVIDED, AGAINST THE
TAX IMPOSED BY THIS ARTICLE IN THE AMOUNT PRESCRIBED BY THIS SUBDIVISION
WHERE SUCH TAXPAYER EMPLOYS ONE OR MORE  QUALIFYING  INDIVIDUALS  DESIG-
NATED  PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION (A) OF SECTION FOUR OF THE CHAPTER OF THE
LAWS OF TWO THOUSAND FOURTEEN THAT ADDED THIS SUBDIVISION.
  (B) THE AMOUNT OF THE CREDIT SHALL BE AS FOLLOWS FOR  EACH  QUALIFYING
INDIVIDUAL EMPLOYED BY THE TAXPAYER:
  (I)  FIFTY PERCENT OF THE QUALIFIED WAGES IN THE FIRST YEAR OF EMPLOY-
MENT;
  (II) FORTY PERCENT OF QUALIFIED WAGES IN THE SECOND  YEAR  OF  EMPLOY-
MENT; AND
  (III)  THIRTY  PERCENT OF QUALIFIED WAGES IN THE THIRD YEAR OF EMPLOY-
MENT.
  (C) FOR THE PURPOSES  OF  THIS  SUBDIVISION,  "QUALIFYING  INDIVIDUAL"
SHALL  MEAN AN INDIVIDUAL HIRED BY A TAXPAYER ON OR AFTER JANUARY FIRST,
TWO THOUSAND FIFTEEN WHO:

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

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