Assembly Bill A8178

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Establishes a forestry stewardship and habitat conservation credit for personal income and business franchise taxes

download bill text pdf

Sponsored By

Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee


  • 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

Do you support this bill?

Please enter your contact information

Home address is used to determine the senate district in which you reside. Your support or opposition to this bill is then shared immediately with the senator who represents you.

Optional services from the NY State Senate:

Create an account. An account allows you to officially support or oppose key legislation, sign petitions with a single click, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.

Include a custom message for your Senator? (Optional)

Enter a message to your senator. Many New Yorkers use this to share the reasoning behind their support or opposition to the bill. Others might share a personal anecdote about how the bill would affect them or people they care about.
Actions

co-Sponsors

multi-Sponsors

2015-A8178 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S602
Current Committee:
Assembly Ways And Means
Law Section:
Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§606 & 210-B, Tax L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A563, S326
2011-2012: A152, S346
2013-2014: A4512, S1005
2017-2018: A1874, S138
2019-2020: A2296, S1939
2021-2022: A787, S5181
2023-2024: A161, S31

2015-A8178 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes a forestry stewardship and habitat conservation credit for personal income and business franchise taxes.

2015-A8178 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  8178

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              June 11, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. WOERNER -- read once and referred to the Commit-
  tee on Ways and Means

AN ACT to amend the tax law, in  relation  to  establishing  a  forestry
  stewardship  and  habitat  conservation credit for personal income and
  business franchise taxes

  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 (ccc) to read as follows:
  (CCC) FORESTRY STEWARDSHIP AND HABITAT CONSERVATION CREDIT. (1) IN THE
CASE OF A TAXPAYER WHO OWNS LAND THAT IS SUBJECT  TO AN  AGREEMENT  WITH
THE  DEPARTMENT  OF  ENVIRONMENTAL  CONSERVATION,  BY WHICH SUCH LAND IS
COMMITTED TO FORESTRY STEWARDSHIP, OR  HABITAT  CONSERVATION,  OR  BOTH,
THERE  SHALL  BE  ALLOWED  A  CREDIT FOR TWENTY-FIVE PERCENT OF THE REAL
PROPERTY TAXES PAID ON SUCH LAND. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE  CREDIT  ALLOWED
UNDER THIS SUBSECTION IN COMBINATION WITH ANY OTHER CREDIT FOR SUCH REAL
PROPERTY  TAXES UNDER THIS SECTION EXCEED THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF SUCH TAXES
PAID DURING THE TAXABLE YEAR.
  (2) FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SUBSECTION:
  (A)  "ELIGIBLE  TRACT"  SHALL  MEAN  A  TRACT  OF  LAND  OF  AT  LEAST
TWENTY-FIVE  CONTIGUOUS  ACRES THAT HAS BEEN INSPECTED BY THE DEPARTMENT
OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION, A WILDLIFE  BIOLOGIST  CERTIFIED  BY  THE
WILDLIFE  SOCIETY,  OR  A  FISHERIES BIOLOGIST CERTIFIED BY THE AMERICAN
FISHERIES SOCIETY, AND BASED ON SUCH INSPECTION  IS  DETERMINED  BY  THE
DEPARTMENT  OF  ENVIRONMENTAL  CONSERVATION  TO BE: VALUABLE HABITAT FOR
WILDLIFE, FISH, SHELLFISH OR CRUSTACEA; OR SAFE AND SUITABLE FOR FISH OR
WILDLIFE-RELATED RECREATION, INCLUDING FISHING,  HUNTING,  TRAPPING  AND
WILDLIFE  OBSERVATION;  OR  BOTH.  LAND  DIVIDED ONLY BY FEDERAL, STATE,
COUNTY OR TOWN ROADS, EASEMENTS OR RIGHTS-OF-WAY, OR ENERGY TRANSMISSION
CORRIDORS OR SIMILAR  FACILITIES  SHALL  BE  CONSIDERED  CONTIGUOUS  FOR
PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD06259-01-5
              

Comments

Open Legislation is a forum for New York State legislation. All comments are subject to review and community moderation is encouraged.

Comments deemed off-topic, commercial, campaign-related, self-promotional; or that contain profanity, hate or toxic speech; or that link to sites outside of the nysenate.gov domain are not permitted, and will not be published. Attempts to intimidate and silence contributors or deliberately deceive the public, including excessive or extraneous posting/posts, or coordinated activity, are prohibited and may result in the temporary or permanent banning of the user. Comment moderation is generally performed Monday through Friday. By contributing or voting you agree to the Terms of Participation and verify you are over 13.

Create an account. An account allows you to sign petitions with a single click, officially support or oppose key legislation, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.