NY State Senate Bill 2015-S264B

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Date of Action	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
May 03, 2016	print number 264b
May 03, 2016	amend and recommit to finance
Apr 05, 2016	reported and committed to finance
Jan 20, 2016	print number 264a
Jan 20, 2016	amend and recommit to investigations and government operations
Jan 06, 2016	referred to investigations and government operations
Jan 07, 2015	referred to investigations and government operations

Votes

- Apr 5, 2016 - Investigations And Government Operations Committee Vote
  S264B
  
  Aye
  
  7
  
  Nay
  
  0
  
  Aye with Reservations
  
  1
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  1
  
  Abstained
  
  0
  - - Investigations And Government Operations Committee Vote: Apr 5, 2016
      
      aye (7)
      
      Carlucci
      
      Diaz
      
      Golden
      
      Hoylman-Sigal
      
      Lanza
      
      O'Mara
      
      Squadron
      
      aye wr (1)
      
      Murphy
      
      excused (1)
      
      Nozzolio

Bill Amendments

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B (Active)

2015-S264 - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Finance
Law Section:: Real Property Tax Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §606, Tax L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2009-2010: S4977
2011-2012: S120
2013-2014: S344
2017-2018: S4886

2015-S264 - Summary

Provides a credit against tax for the purchase and installation of grab bars by a resident owner of real property who is a qualified senior citizen; sets forth a credit schedule; defines qualified senior citizen.

2015-S264 - Sponsor Memo

                                 BILL NUMBER:  S264

 TITLE OF BILL :  An act to amend the tax law, in relation to
providing a credit against tax for the purchase and installation of
grab bars

 PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL :  To provide some aid to senior
citizens and the disabled who must restructure their homes in order to
increase safety.

 SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS :

Section 1. Amends the Tax Law, section 606, adds a new subsection
(ccc). Provides that a resident owner of real property who is a
qualified senior citizen shall be allowed a credit against the tax
otherwise due for the installation of grab bars. Establishes the
following tax credit schedule: A) two hundred and fifty dollars for
the purchase and installation requiring anchoring by screws or toggles
where there is no removal of surface tiles or facade within the tub
area; B) four hundred dollars for the purchase and installation
requiring anchoring that entails the removal and replacement of
surface tiles and/or facade: or C) eight hundred dollars for the
purchase and installation requiring anchoring that entails the removal
and replacement of surface tiles and underpayment behind the removed
tiles. Defines a qualified senior citizen as "a senior citizen who is
sixty-five years of age or older, or individuals considered disabled

and receiving social security disability benefits."

Section 2. Effective Date

 EXISTING LAW : None.

 JUSTIFICATION :  Senior citizens and disabled individuals live on
fixed incomes. Good government should help those individuals by
providing an incentive to make them take the extra precaution and
install a grab bar. Senior citizens and the disabled should not have
to choose food over safety.  Simple measures such as installing a grab
bar may delay and in fact prevent placement in more expensive
institutional care.

 PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY :  2014: S.344-A - Amend and Recommit to
Investigations and Government Operations 2013: S.344- Referred to
Investigations and Government Operations 2012: S.120-A - Amend and
Recommit to Investigations and Government Operations 2011: S.120-
Defeated in Investigations and Government Operations 2009-10: S.4977 -
Referred to Investigations and Government Operations/A.4713 Referred
to Ways and Means 2007-08: A.4682 - Referred to Ways and Means
2005-06: A.5439 - Referred to Ways and Means

 FISCAL IMPLICATIONS : To be determined

 EFFECTIVE DATE :  This act shall take effect immediately and shall
apply to personal income taxable years beginning on and after January
1, 2017.

2015-S264 - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                   264

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 7, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  DIAZ  --  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 a  credit  against
  tax for the purchase and installation of grab bars

  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)  CREDIT  FOR  INSTALLATION OF GRAB BARS. (1) A RESIDENT OWNER OF
REAL PROPERTY, AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION TWELVE OF SECTION  ONE  HUNDRED
TWO  OF  THE  REAL  PROPERTY  TAX LAW, WHO IS A QUALIFIED SENIOR CITIZEN
SHALL BE ALLOWED A CREDIT AGAINST THE TAX OTHERWISE DUE UNDER THIS ARTI-
CLE IN AN AMOUNT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FOLLOWING SCHEDULE:
  (A) A CREDIT OF TWO HUNDRED FIFTY DOLLARS FOR THE PURCHASE AND INSTAL-
LATION REQUIRING ANCHORING BY  SCREWS  OR  TOGGLES  WHERE  THERE  IS  NO
REMOVAL OF SURFACE TILES OR SURROUNDING FACADE WITHIN THE TUB AREA;
  (B) A CREDIT OF FOUR HUNDRED DOLLARS FOR THE PURCHASE AND INSTALLATION
REQUIRING   ANCHORING  THAT  ENTAILS  THE  REMOVAL  AND  REPLACEMENT  OF
SURROUNDING SURFACE TILES AND/OR FACADE; OR
  (C) A CREDIT OF EIGHT HUNDRED DOLLARS FOR THE PURCHASE  AND  INSTALLA-
TION  REQUIRING  ANCHORING  THAT  ENTAILS THE REMOVAL AND REPLACEMENT OF
SURFACE TILES AND UNDERLAYMENT BEHIND THE REMOVED TILES.
  (2) FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SUBSECTION,  "QUALIFIED  SENIOR  CITIZEN"
SHALL  MEAN A SENIOR CITIZEN WHO IS SIXTY-FIVE YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER, OR
INDIVIDUALS CONSIDERED DISABLED AND RECEIVING SOCIAL SECURITY DISABILITY
BENEFITS.
  S 2. This act  shall  take  effect  immediately  and  shall  apply  to
personal income taxable years beginning on and after January 1, 2017.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD00373-01-5

2015-S264A - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Finance
Law Section:: Real Property Tax Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §606, Tax L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2009-2010: S4977
2011-2012: S120
2013-2014: S344
2017-2018: S4886

2015-S264A - Summary

2015-S264A - Sponsor Memo

                                 BILL NUMBER:  S264A

 TITLE OF BILL :  An act to amend the tax law, in relation to
providing a credit against tax for the purchase and installation of
grab bars

 PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL :

To provide some aid to senior citizens and the disabled who must
restructure their homes in order to increase safety.

 SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS :

Section 1. Amends the Tax Law, section 606, adds a new subsection
(ccc). Provides that a resident owner of real property who is a
qualified senior citizen shall be allowed a credit against the tax
otherwise due for the installation of grab bars. Establishes the
following tax credit schedule: A) two hundred and fifty dollars for
the purchase and installation requiring anchoring by screws or toggles
where there is no removal of surface tiles or facade within the tub
area; B) four hundred dollars for the purchase and installation
requiring anchoring that entails the removal and replacement of
surface tiles and/or facade: or C) eight hundred dollars for the
purchase and installation requiring anchoring that entails the removal
and replacement of surface tiles and underpayment behind the removed
tiles. Defines a qualified senior citizen as "a senior citizen who is

sixty-five years of age or older, or individuals considered disabled
and receiving social security disability benefits."

Section 2. Effective Date

 EXISTING LAW :

None.

 JUSTIFICATION :

Senior citizens and disabled individuals live on fixed incomes. Good
government should help those individuals by providing an incentive to
make them take the extra precaution and install a grab bar. Senior
citizens and the disabled should not have to choose food over safety.
Simple measures such as installing a grab bar may delay and in fact
prevent placement in more expensive institutional care.

 PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY :

2014: S.344-A - Amend and Recommit to Investigations and Government
Operations
2013: S.344- Referred to Investigations and Government Operations
2012: S.120-A - Amend and Recommit to Investigations and Government
Operations
2011: S.120- Defeated in Investigations and Government Operations
2009-10: S.4977 - Referred to Investigations and Government
Operations/A.4713 Referred to Ways and Means
2007-08: A.4682 - Referred to Ways and Means

2005-06: A.5439 Referred to Ways and Means

 FISCAL IMPLICATIONS :

To be determined

 EFFECTIVE DATE :
This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to personal
income taxable years beginning on and after January 1, 2018.

2015-S264A - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                 264--A

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 7, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  DIAZ  --  read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Govern-
  ment Operations -- recommitted to the Committee 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 credit against
  tax for the purchase and installation of grab bars

  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) CREDIT FOR INSTALLATION OF GRAB BARS. (1) A  RESIDENT  OWNER  OF
REAL  PROPERTY,  AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION TWELVE OF SECTION ONE HUNDRED
TWO OF THE REAL PROPERTY TAX LAW, WHO  IS  A  QUALIFIED  SENIOR  CITIZEN
SHALL BE ALLOWED A CREDIT AGAINST THE TAX OTHERWISE DUE UNDER THIS ARTI-
CLE IN AN AMOUNT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FOLLOWING SCHEDULE:
  (A) A CREDIT OF TWO HUNDRED FIFTY DOLLARS FOR THE PURCHASE AND INSTAL-
LATION  REQUIRING  ANCHORING  BY  SCREWS  OR  TOGGLES  WHERE THERE IS NO
REMOVAL OF SURFACE TILES OR SURROUNDING FACADE WITHIN THE TUB AREA;
  (B) A CREDIT OF FOUR HUNDRED DOLLARS FOR THE PURCHASE AND INSTALLATION
REQUIRING  ANCHORING  THAT  ENTAILS  THE  REMOVAL  AND  REPLACEMENT   OF
SURROUNDING SURFACE TILES AND/OR FACADE; OR
  (C)  A  CREDIT OF EIGHT HUNDRED DOLLARS FOR THE PURCHASE AND INSTALLA-
TION REQUIRING ANCHORING THAT ENTAILS THE  REMOVAL  AND  REPLACEMENT  OF
SURFACE TILES AND UNDERLAYMENT BEHIND THE REMOVED TILES.
  (2)  FOR  THE  PURPOSES OF THIS SUBSECTION, "QUALIFIED SENIOR CITIZEN"
SHALL MEAN A SENIOR CITIZEN WHO IS SIXTY-FIVE YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER,  OR
INDIVIDUALS CONSIDERED DISABLED AND RECEIVING SOCIAL SECURITY DISABILITY
BENEFITS.
  S  2.  This  act  shall  take  effect  immediately  and shall apply to
personal income taxable years beginning on and after January 1, 2018.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD00373-02-6

2015-S264B (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Finance
Law Section:: Real Property Tax Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §606, Tax L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2009-2010: S4977
2011-2012: S120
2013-2014: S344
2017-2018: S4886

2015-S264B (ACTIVE) - Summary

2015-S264B (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 BILL NUMBER:  S264B

 TITLE OF BILL :  An act to amend the tax law, in relation to
providing a credit against tax for the purchase and installation of
grab bars

 PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL :

To provide some aid to senior citizens and the disabled who must
restructure their homes in order to increase safety.

 SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS :

Section 1. Amends the Tax Law, section 606, adds a new subsection
(ccc). Provides that a resident owner of real property who is a
qualified senior citizen shall be allowed a credit against the tax
otherwise due for the installation of grab bars. Establishes the
following tax credit schedule: A) two hundred and fifty dollars for
the purchase and installation requiring anchoring by screws or toggles
where there is no removal of surface tiles or facade within the tub
area; B) four hundred dollars for the purchase and installation
requiring anchoring that entails the removal and replacement of
surface tiles and/or facade: or C) eight hundred dollars for the
purchase and installation requiring anchoring that entails the removal
and replacement of surface tiles and underpayment behind the removed
tiles. Defines a qualified senior citizen as "a senior citizen who is

sixty-five years of age or older, or individuals considered disabled
and receiving social security disability benefits."

Section 2. Effective Date

 EXISTING LAW :

None.

 JUSTIFICATION :

Senior citizens and disabled individuals live on fixed incomes. Good
government should help those individuals by providing an incentive to
make them take the extra precaution and install a grab bar. Senior
citizens and the disabled should not have to choose food over safety.
Simple measures such as installing a grab bar may delay and in fact
prevent placement in more expensive institutional care.

 PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY :

2014: S.344-A - Amend and Recommit to Investigations and Government
Operations
2013: S.344- Referred to Investigations and Government Operations
2012: S.120-A - Amend and Recommit to Investigations and Government
Operations
2011: S.120- Defeated in Investigations and Government Operations
2009-10: S.4977 - Referred to Investigations and Government
Operations/A.4713 Referred to Ways and Means
2007-08: A.4682 - Referred to Ways and Means
2005-06: A.5439 Referred to Ways and Means

 FISCAL IMPLICATIONS :

To be determined

 EFFECTIVE DATE :
This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to personal
income taxable years beginning on and after January 1, 2018.

2015-S264B (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                 264--B

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 7, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  DIAZ  --  read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Govern-
  ment Operations -- recommitted to the Committee 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 -- reported favorably from said commit-
  tee and committed to the Committee on Finance -- 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 credit against
  tax for the purchase and installation of grab bars

  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) CREDIT FOR INSTALLATION OF GRAB BARS. (1) A  RESIDENT  OWNER  OF
REAL  PROPERTY,  AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION TWELVE OF SECTION ONE HUNDRED
TWO OF THE REAL PROPERTY TAX LAW, WHO  IS  A  QUALIFIED  SENIOR  CITIZEN
SHALL BE ALLOWED A CREDIT AGAINST THE TAX OTHERWISE DUE UNDER THIS ARTI-
CLE IN AN AMOUNT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FOLLOWING SCHEDULE:
  (A) A CREDIT OF TWO HUNDRED FIFTY DOLLARS FOR THE PURCHASE AND INSTAL-
LATION  REQUIRING  ANCHORING  BY  SCREWS  OR  TOGGLES  WHERE THERE IS NO
REMOVAL OF SURFACE TILES OR SURROUNDING FACADE WITHIN THE TUB AREA;
  (B) A CREDIT OF FOUR HUNDRED DOLLARS FOR THE PURCHASE AND INSTALLATION
REQUIRING  ANCHORING  THAT  ENTAILS  THE  REMOVAL  AND  REPLACEMENT   OF
SURROUNDING SURFACE TILES AND/OR FACADE; OR
  (C)  A  CREDIT OF EIGHT HUNDRED DOLLARS FOR THE PURCHASE AND INSTALLA-
TION REQUIRING ANCHORING THAT ENTAILS THE  REMOVAL  AND  REPLACEMENT  OF
SURFACE TILES AND UNDERLAYMENT BEHIND THE REMOVED TILES.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD00373-03-6

S. 264--B                           2

  (2)  FOR  THE  PURPOSES OF THIS SUBSECTION, "QUALIFIED SENIOR CITIZEN"
SHALL MEAN A SENIOR CITIZEN WHO IS SIXTY-FIVE YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER,  OR
INDIVIDUALS  CONSIDERED DISABLED OR RECEIVING SOCIAL SECURITY DISABILITY
BENEFITS.
  S  2.  This  act  shall  take  effect  immediately  and shall apply to
personal income taxable years beginning on and after January 1, 2018.

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Investigations And Government Operations Committee Vote: Apr 5, 2016

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2015-S264 - Details

2015-S264 - Summary

2015-S264 - Sponsor Memo

2015-S264 - Bill Text download pdf

2015-S264A - Details

2015-S264A - Summary

2015-S264A - Sponsor Memo

2015-S264A - Bill Text download pdf

2015-S264B (ACTIVE) - Details

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2015-S264B (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

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2015-S264 - Bill Text download pdf

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2015-S264A - Bill Text download pdf

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