NY State Senate Bill 2015-S3626A

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Feb 22, 2016	print number 3626a
Feb 22, 2016	amend and recommit to energy and telecommunications
Jan 06, 2016	referred to energy and telecommunications
Feb 13, 2015	referred to energy and telecommunications

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2015-S3626 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A1109
Current Committee:: Senate Energy And Telecommunications
Law Section:: State Technology Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §104, St Tech L; amd §§210-B & 606, Tax L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2013-2014: S5481, A7588
2017-2018: A4869

2015-S3626 - Summary

Creates a refundable tax credit for broadband deployment to residences and small businesses located in rural, unserved areas.

2015-S3626 - Sponsor Memo

                                BILL NUMBER:S3626

TITLE OF BILL:  An act to amend the state technology law and the tax
law, in relation to a refundable tax credit provided to broadband
deployment to residences and small businesses located in rural,
unserved areas

PURPOSE:  This bill promotes rural broadband deployment by providing
residents and small businesses with tax credits for broadband
deployment.

SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1: Sites the name of this act as the Rural Broadband
Deployment Act of 2015.

Section 2: charges the office of information technology services, in
conjunction with input from the advisory council, to verifying an
"unserved" area under the credit for rural broadband act of 2014,
using broadband mapping data at the time a project is proposed.

Section 3: creates a fully refundable broadband deployment tax credit
for small businesses' reasonable out of pocket expenses for broadband
network construction in their unserved areas, in partnership with a
broadband provider. The credit is paid to the customer over a 5 year
period.

Section 4: creates a fully refundable broadband deployment tax credit
for residents' reasonable out of pocket expenses for broadband network
construction in their unserved areas, in partnership with a broadband
provider. The credit is paid to the customer over a 5 year period.

Section 5. contains the immediate effective date for tax years in 2016
and thereafter.

JUSTIFICATION:  Our rural areas in New York pose an extraordinary
challenge for broadband deployment. Geographic isolation, topographic
conditions and centuries-old settlement patterns leave small pockets
of New Yorkers without access to a high speed broadband connection
capable of managing today's bandwidth-hungry applications. Critics say
broadband providers are moving too slowly to offer affordable
high-speed broadband services to rural areas, but that isn't accurate.
Despite large investments by broadband providers, it is not
economically feasible for providers to reach these areas.
Unfortunately, the projects just don't pay off the investment before
it is time to reinvest and rebuild the network with next-generation
technology.

That's why the NYS Senate supported the Governor's ConnectNY program,
creating public/private partnerships (PPP's) to bring broadband to our
unserved rural areas. This totally refundable tax credit is a
continuation of that effort and has numerous strengths that will
enhance broadband deployment to rural, unserved areas. The Rural
Broadband Deployment Act will allow residents and small businesses in
unserved areas to come together, pool their economic power and select
a broadband provider to deploy services to their area. Any eligible
out of pocket expenses the resident or small business incurs for the


construction of the network, will be eligible for a 100% refundable
tax credit, over 5 years. No broadband provider is eligible for the
credit and the provider must make a significant contribution to the
construction costs.

Strengths include:

* More bang for the buck. Credits are only allowed for deployment in
unserved areas so precious tax expenditures will not be used to
duplicate existing infrastructure;

* Rural broadband will deploy far more rapidly. it is expected that
10,000 residents and small businesses will take advantage annually.

* The program is technology and provider neutral. The local taxpayers
decide what technology and provider they wish to select for service
(wireline, wireless, etc.) - so all providers and technology types
compete on a level playing field;

*  The program is a true PPP. The program requires a significant
provider contribution in partnership with the public, and only
residential and small business customers can receive a Rural Broadband
Deployment tax credit.

* The expense is broadly shared. As a tax credit, the expenditures
will come from the State's general fund so no one group of New Yorkers
are singled out to bear the burden of deployment, consistent with the
ConnectNY approach.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:  2013-14 - S. 5481a - Finance Committee/A. 7588a
- Governmental Operations Committee.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:  Approximately $10 million in the first year.

EFFECTIVE DATE:  Immediately, and to be applied to tax years beginning
on and after January 1, immediately following enactment.

2015-S3626 - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  3626

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            February 13, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  GRIFFO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on  Energy  and  Telecommuni-
  cations

AN ACT to amend the state technology law and the tax law, in relation to
  a refundable tax credit provided to broadband deployment to residences
  and small businesses located in rural, unserved areas

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

  Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "credit for
rural broadband act of 2015".
  S 2. Section 104 of the state technology law is amended  by  adding  a
new subdivision 3 to read as follows:
  3.  THE OFFICE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SERVICES, IN CONJUNCTION WITH
INPUT FROM THE ADVISORY COUNCIL, IS HEREBY AUTHORIZED  AND  DIRECTED  TO
PROMULGATE  RULES  AND REGULATIONS NECESSARY FOR VERIFYING AN "UNSERVED"
AREA UNDER THE CREDIT FOR RURAL BROADBAND ACT OF TWO  THOUSAND  FIFTEEN,
USING BROADBAND MAPPING DATA AT THE TIME A PROJECT IS PROPOSED.
  S  3. Section 210-B of the tax law is amended by adding a new subdivi-
sion 49 to read as follows:
  49. CREDIT FOR RURAL BROADBAND DEPLOYMENT.  (A) ALLOWANCE  OF  CREDIT.
A  QUALIFIED  TAXPAYER SHALL BE ALLOWED A CREDIT AGAINST THE TAX IMPOSED
BY THIS ARTICLE EQUAL TO ANY QUALIFIED CUSTOMER CONTRIBUTION IN  AID  OF
CONSTRUCTION  RESULTING  FROM NEW NETWORK CONSTRUCTION TO DELIVER BROAD-
BAND SERVICE TO THE INDIVIDUAL'S RESIDENCE OR PLACE OF BUSINESS  LOCATED
IN  AN  UNSERVED AREA.   THE CREDIT ALLOWED BY THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL BE
CLAIMED ANNUALLY OVER A FIVE-YEAR PERIOD EQUAL TO ONE-FIFTH OF THE CRED-
IT AMOUNT. IF THE CREDIT ALLOWED UNDER THIS SUBDIVISION IS GREATER  THAN
THE TAX DUE IN ANY TAXABLE YEAR, THE AMOUNT BY WHICH SUCH CREDIT EXCEEDS
SUCH  TAX  DUE  IS  TREATED  AS  AN OVERPAYMENT OF TAX TO BE REFUNDED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION  ONE  THOUSAND  EIGHTY-SIX  OF
THIS CHAPTER.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD02115-01-5

S. 3626                             2

  (B)  FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION, THE FOLLOWING DEFINITIONS SHALL
APPLY:
  (1)   "QUALIFIED  CONSTRUCTION  EXPENSES"  EQUAL  THE  TOTAL  COST  OF
CONSTRUCTION OF NEW NETWORKS IN THE PROPOSED UNSERVED SERVICE  AREA,  AS
CERTIFIED BY THE BROADBAND SERVICE PROVIDER, BUT NOT TO EXCEED A REASON-
ABLE  COST  BASED  UPON  THE  AVERAGE COST PER MILE OF BROADBAND NETWORK
CONSTRUCTION AS DETERMINED BY THE COMMISSIONER IN CONSULTATION WITH  THE
PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION AND BROADBAND SERVICE PROVIDERS.
  (2) "QUALIFIED CUSTOMER CONTRIBUTION IN AID OF CONSTRUCTION" IS DETER-
MINED  IN  ACCORDANCE  WITH THE FOLLOWING FORMULA: (QCE/TC) - (ACM/35) =
QC, WHERE QCE EQUALS THE QUALIFIED CONSTRUCTION EXPENSES; ACM EQUALS THE
AVERAGE COST OF CONSTRUCTION PER MILE IN THE PROPOSED  UNSERVED  SERVICE
AREA,  AS CERTIFIED BY THE BROADBAND SERVICE PROVIDER, BUT NOT TO EXCEED
A REASONABLE COST BASED UPON THE AVERAGE  COST  PER  MILE  OF  BROADBAND
NETWORK  CONSTRUCTION  AS DETERMINED BY THE COMMISSIONER IN CONSULTATION
WITH THE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION AND BROADBAND SERVICE  PROVIDERS;  TC
EQUALS  THE  NUMBER  OF  RESIDENTS  AND  SMALL BUSINESS CUSTOMERS IN THE
PROPOSED UNSERVED SERVICE AREA MAKING A QUALIFIED CUSTOMER  CONTRIBUTION
IN  AID  TO  CONSTRUCTION AND CONTRACTING FOR SERVICES OVER THE NETWORK;
AND  QC  EQUALS  THE  QUALIFIED  CUSTOMER   CONTRIBUTION   IN   AID   OF
CONSTRUCTION.
  (3)  "REQUIRED  PROVIDER  CONTRIBUTION  IN  AID TO CONSTRUCTION" SHALL
EQUAL THE QUALIFIED CONSTRUCTION EXPENSES, LESS THE SUM OF ALL THE QUAL-
IFIED CUSTOMER CONTRIBUTIONS IN AID  TO  CONSTRUCTION  IN  THE  PROPOSED
UNSERVED SERVICE AREA.
  (4)  "BROADBAND  SERVICE"  MEANS  INTERNET  ACCESS SERVICE WITH TRANS-
MISSION SPEEDS THAT ARE EQUAL TO OR  GREATER  THAN  COMBINED  ADVERTISED
DOWNLOAD  SPEEDS  OF  AT  LEAST  4 MEGABITS PER SECOND (MBPS) AND UPLOAD
SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 1 MBPS PER SECOND OVER THE PROVIDER'S NETWORK.
  (5) "UNSERVED AREA" MEANS AN AREA COMPOSED OF ONE OR  MORE  CONTIGUOUS
CENSUS BLOCKS WHERE AT LEAST NINETY PERCENT OF HOUSEHOLDS LACK ACCESS TO
FACILITIES-BASED  TERRESTRIAL  BROADBAND SERVICE. A HOUSEHOLD HAS ACCESS
TO A BROADBAND SERVICE IF THE HOUSEHOLD CAN READILY  SUBSCRIBE  TO  THAT
SERVICE UPON REQUEST.
  (6)  "QUALIFIED  TAXPAYER"  MEANS A TAXPAYER WHICH IS A SMALL BUSINESS
CORPORATION AS DEFINED IN PARAGRAPH THREE OF SUBSECTION (C)  OF  SECTION
TWELVE  HUNDRED  FORTY-FOUR OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE (WITHOUT REGARD
TO THE SECOND SENTENCE OF SUBPARAGRAPH (A) THEREOF) AS OF THE  LAST  DAY
OF THE TAXABLE YEAR.
  S  4. Section 606 of the tax law is amended by adding a new subsection
(ccc) to read as follows:
  (CCC) CREDIT FOR RURAL BROADBAND DEPLOYMENT.  (A) ALLOWANCE OF CREDIT.
A QUALIFIED TAXPAYER SHALL BE ALLOWED A CREDIT AGAINST THE  TAX  IMPOSED
BY  THIS  ARTICLE EQUAL TO ANY QUALIFIED CUSTOMER CONTRIBUTION IN AID OF
CONSTRUCTION RESULTING FROM NEW NETWORK CONSTRUCTION TO  DELIVER  BROAD-
BAND  SERVICE TO THE INDIVIDUAL'S RESIDENCE OR PLACE OF BUSINESS LOCATED
IN AN UNSERVED AREA.  THE CREDIT ALLOWED BY  THIS  SUBSECTION  SHALL  BE
CLAIMED ANNUALLY OVER A FIVE-YEAR PERIOD EQUAL TO ONE-FIFTH OF THE CRED-
IT  AMOUNT.  IF THE CREDIT ALLOWED UNDER THIS SUBSECTION IS GREATER THAN
THE TAX DUE IN ANY TAXABLE YEAR, THE AMOUNT BY WHICH SUCH CREDIT EXCEEDS
SUCH TAX DUE IS TREATED AS AN OVERPAYMENT  OF  TAX  TO  BE  REFUNDED  IN
ACCORDANCE  WITH  THE  PROVISIONS  OF SECTION ONE THOUSAND EIGHTY-SIX OF
THIS CHAPTER.
  (B) FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SUBSECTION, THE FOLLOWING  DEFINITIONS  SHALL
APPLY:

S. 3626                             3

  (1)   "QUALIFIED  CONSTRUCTION  EXPENSES"  EQUAL  THE  TOTAL  COST  OF
CONSTRUCTION OF NEW NETWORKS IN THE PROPOSED UNSERVED SERVICE  AREA,  AS
CERTIFIED BY THE BROADBAND SERVICE PROVIDER, BUT NOT TO EXCEED A REASON-
ABLE  COST  BASED  UPON  THE  AVERAGE COST PER MILE OF BROADBAND NETWORK
CONSTRUCTION  AS DETERMINED BY THE COMMISSIONER IN CONSULTATION WITH THE
PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION AND BROADBAND SERVICE PROVIDERS.
  (2) "QUALIFIED CUSTOMER CONTRIBUTION IN AID OF CONSTRUCTION" IS DETER-
MINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FOLLOWING FORMULA: (QCE/TC)  -  (ACM/35)  =
QC, WHERE QCE EQUALS THE QUALIFIED CONSTRUCTION EXPENSES; ACM EQUALS THE
AVERAGE  COST  OF CONSTRUCTION PER MILE IN THE PROPOSED UNSERVED SERVICE
AREA, AS CERTIFIED BY THE BROADBAND SERVICE PROVIDER, BUT NOT TO  EXCEED
A  REASONABLE  COST  BASED  UPON  THE AVERAGE COST PER MILE OF BROADBAND
NETWORK CONSTRUCTION AS DETERMINED BY THE COMMISSIONER  IN  CONSULTATION
WITH  THE  PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION AND BROADBAND SERVICE PROVIDERS; TC
EQUALS THE NUMBER OF RESIDENTS  AND  SMALL  BUSINESS  CUSTOMERS  IN  THE
PROPOSED  UNSERVED SERVICE AREA MAKING A QUALIFIED CUSTOMER CONTRIBUTION
IN AID TO CONSTRUCTION AND CONTRACTING FOR SERVICES  OVER  THE  NETWORK;
AND   QC   EQUALS   THE   QUALIFIED  CUSTOMER  CONTRIBUTION  IN  AID  OF
CONSTRUCTION.
  (3) "REQUIRED PROVIDER CONTRIBUTION  IN  AID  TO  CONSTRUCTION"  SHALL
EQUAL THE QUALIFIED CONSTRUCTION EXPENSES, LESS THE SUM OF ALL THE QUAL-
IFIED  CUSTOMER  CONTRIBUTIONS  IN  AID  TO CONSTRUCTION IN THE PROPOSED
UNSERVED SERVICE AREA.
  (4) "BROADBAND SERVICE" MEANS  INTERNET  ACCESS  SERVICE  WITH  TRANS-
MISSION  SPEEDS  THAT  ARE  EQUAL TO OR GREATER THAN COMBINED ADVERTISED
DOWNLOAD SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 4 MEGABITS  PER  SECOND  (MBPS)  AND  UPLOAD
SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 1 MBPS PER SECOND OVER THE PROVIDER'S NETWORK.
  (5)  "UNSERVED  AREA" MEANS AN AREA COMPOSED OF ONE OR MORE CONTIGUOUS
CENSUS BLOCKS WHERE AT LEAST NINETY PERCENT OF HOUSEHOLDS LACK ACCESS TO
FACILITIES-BASED TERRESTRIAL BROADBAND SERVICE. A HOUSEHOLD  HAS  ACCESS
TO  A  BROADBAND  SERVICE IF THE HOUSEHOLD CAN READILY SUBSCRIBE TO THAT
SERVICE UPON REQUEST.
  (6) "QUALIFIED TAXPAYER" MEANS ANY INDIVIDUAL WITH NEW  YORK  ADJUSTED
GROSS INCOME OF TWO HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS OR LESS.
  S  5.  This  act  shall take effect immediately and shall apply to tax
years beginning on or after January 1, 2016.

co-Sponsors

2015-S3626A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A1109
Current Committee:: Senate Energy And Telecommunications
Law Section:: State Technology Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §104, St Tech L; amd §§210-B & 606, Tax L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2013-2014: S5481, A7588
2017-2018: A4869

2015-S3626A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Creates a refundable tax credit for broadband deployment to residences and small businesses located in rural, unserved areas.

2015-S3626A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 BILL NUMBER:  S3626A

 TITLE OF BILL :  An act to amend the state technology law and the tax
law, in relation to a refundable tax credit provided to broadband
deployment to residences and small businesses located in rural,
unserved areas

 PURPOSE :  This bill promotes rural broadband deployment by providing
residents and small businesses with tax credits for broadband
deployment.

 SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS :

Section 1: Sites the name of this act as the Rural Broadband
Deployment Act of 2016.

Section 2: charges the office of information technology services, in
conjunction with input from the advisory council, to verifying an
"unserved" area under the credit for rural broadband act of 2016,
using broadband mapping data at the time a project is proposed.

Section 3: creates a fully refundable broadband deployment tax credit
for small businesses' reasonable out of pocket expenses for broadband
network construction in their unserved areas, in partnership with a
broadband provider. The credit is paid to the customer over a 5 year
period.

Section 4: creates a fully refundable broadband deployment tax credit
for residents' reasonable out of pocket expenses for broadband network
construction in their unserved areas, in partnership with a broadband
provider. The credit is paid to the customer over a 5 year period.

Section 5. contains the immediate effective date for tax years in 2016
and thereafter.

 JUSTIFICATION :  Our rural areas in New York pose an extraordinary
challenge for broadband deployment. Geographic isolation, topographic
conditions and centuries-old settlement patterns leave small pockets
of New Yorkers without access to a high speed broadband connection
capable of managing today's bandwidth-hungry applications. Critics say
broadband providers are moving too slowly to offer affordable
high-speed broadband services to rural areas, but that isn't accurate.
Despite large investments by broadband providers, it is not
economically feasible for providers to reach these areas.
Unfortunately, the projects just don't pay off the investment before
it is time to reinvest and rebuild the network with next-generation
technology.

That's why the NYS Senate supported the Governor's ConnectNY program,
creating public/private partnerships (PPP's) to bring broadband to our
unserved rural areas. This totally refundable tax credit is a
continuation of that effort and has numerous strengths that will
enhance broadband deployment to rural, unserved areas. The Rural
Broadband Deployment Act will allow residents and small businesses in
unserved areas to come together, pool their economic power and select
a broadband provider to deploy services to their area. Any eligible
out of pocket expenses the resident or small business incurs for the
construction of the network, will be eligible for a 100% refundable
tax credit, over 5 years. No broadband provider is eligible for the
credit and the provider must make a significant contribution to the
construction costs.

Strengths include:



* More bang for the buck. Credits are only allowed for deployment in
unserved areas so precious tax expenditures will not be used to
duplicate existing infrastructure;

*Rural broadband will deploy far more rapidly. it is expected that
10,000 residents and small businesses will take advantage annually.

*The program is technology and provider neutral. The local taxpayers
decide what technology and provider they wish to select for service
(wireline, wireless, etc.) - so all providers and technology types
compete on a level playing field;

*The program is a true PPP. The program requires a significant
provider contribution in partnership with the public, and only
residential and small business customers can receive a Rural Broadband
Deployment tax credit.

*The expense is broadly shared. As a tax credit, the expenditures will
come from the State's general fund so no one group of New Yorkers are
singled out to bear the burden of deployment, consistent with the
Connect NY approach.

 LEGISLATIVE HISTORY :  2013-14 - S. 5481a - Finance Committee/A.
7588- Governmental Operations Committee.

 FISCAL IMPLICATIONS :  Approximately $10 million in the first year.

 EFFECTIVE DATE :  Immediately, and to be applied to tax years
beginning on and after January 1,2017 immediately following enactment.

2015-S3626A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                 3626--A

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            February 13, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced by Sens. GRIFFO, MARCHIONE, O'MARA, RITCHIE -- read twice and
  ordered  printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on
  Energy and Telecommunications -- recommitted to the Committee on Ener-
  gy and Telecommunications 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 state technology law and the tax law, in relation to
  a refundable tax credit provided to broadband deployment to residences
  and small businesses located in rural, unserved areas

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

  Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "credit for
rural broadband act of 2016".
  S  2.  Section  104 of the state technology law is amended by adding a
new subdivision 3 to read as follows:
  3. THE OFFICE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SERVICES, IN CONJUNCTION  WITH
INPUT  FROM  THE  ADVISORY COUNCIL, IS HEREBY AUTHORIZED AND DIRECTED TO
PROMULGATE RULES AND REGULATIONS NECESSARY FOR VERIFYING  AN  "UNSERVED"
AREA  UNDER  THE CREDIT FOR RURAL BROADBAND ACT OF TWO THOUSAND SIXTEEN,
USING BROADBAND MAPPING DATA AT THE TIME A PROJECT IS PROPOSED.
  S 3. Section 210-B of the tax law is amended by adding a new  subdivi-
sion 49 to read as follows:
  49.  CREDIT  FOR RURAL BROADBAND DEPLOYMENT.  (A) ALLOWANCE OF CREDIT.
A QUALIFIED TAXPAYER SHALL BE ALLOWED A CREDIT AGAINST THE  TAX  IMPOSED
BY  THIS  ARTICLE EQUAL TO ANY QUALIFIED CUSTOMER CONTRIBUTION IN AID OF
CONSTRUCTION RESULTING FROM NEW NETWORK CONSTRUCTION TO  DELIVER  BROAD-
BAND  SERVICE TO THE INDIVIDUAL'S RESIDENCE OR PLACE OF BUSINESS LOCATED
IN AN UNSERVED AREA.  THE CREDIT ALLOWED BY THIS  SUBDIVISION  SHALL  BE
CLAIMED ANNUALLY OVER A FIVE-YEAR PERIOD EQUAL TO ONE-FIFTH OF THE CRED-
IT  AMOUNT. IF THE CREDIT ALLOWED UNDER THIS SUBDIVISION IS GREATER THAN
THE TAX DUE IN ANY TAXABLE YEAR, THE AMOUNT BY WHICH SUCH CREDIT EXCEEDS

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD02115-02-6

S. 3626--A                          2

SUCH TAX DUE IS TREATED AS AN OVERPAYMENT  OF  TAX  TO  BE  REFUNDED  IN
ACCORDANCE  WITH  THE  PROVISIONS  OF SECTION ONE THOUSAND EIGHTY-SIX OF
THIS CHAPTER.
  (B)  FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION, THE FOLLOWING DEFINITIONS SHALL
APPLY:
  (1)  "QUALIFIED  CONSTRUCTION  EXPENSES"  EQUAL  THE  TOTAL  COST   OF
CONSTRUCTION  OF  NEW NETWORKS IN THE PROPOSED UNSERVED SERVICE AREA, AS
CERTIFIED BY THE BROADBAND SERVICE PROVIDER, BUT NOT TO EXCEED A REASON-
ABLE COST BASED UPON THE AVERAGE COST  PER  MILE  OF  BROADBAND  NETWORK
CONSTRUCTION  AS DETERMINED BY THE COMMISSIONER IN CONSULTATION WITH THE
PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION AND BROADBAND SERVICE PROVIDERS.
  (2) "QUALIFIED CUSTOMER CONTRIBUTION IN AID OF CONSTRUCTION" IS DETER-
MINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FOLLOWING FORMULA: (QCE/TC)  -  (ACM/35)  =
QC, WHERE QCE EQUALS THE QUALIFIED CONSTRUCTION EXPENSES; ACM EQUALS THE
AVERAGE  COST  OF CONSTRUCTION PER MILE IN THE PROPOSED UNSERVED SERVICE
AREA, AS CERTIFIED BY THE BROADBAND SERVICE PROVIDER, BUT NOT TO  EXCEED
A  REASONABLE  COST  BASED  UPON  THE AVERAGE COST PER MILE OF BROADBAND
NETWORK CONSTRUCTION AS DETERMINED BY THE COMMISSIONER  IN  CONSULTATION
WITH  THE  PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION AND BROADBAND SERVICE PROVIDERS; TC
EQUALS THE NUMBER OF RESIDENTS  AND  SMALL  BUSINESS  CUSTOMERS  IN  THE
PROPOSED  UNSERVED SERVICE AREA MAKING A QUALIFIED CUSTOMER CONTRIBUTION
IN AID TO CONSTRUCTION AND CONTRACTING FOR SERVICES  OVER  THE  NETWORK;
AND   QC   EQUALS   THE   QUALIFIED  CUSTOMER  CONTRIBUTION  IN  AID  OF
CONSTRUCTION.
  (3) "REQUIRED PROVIDER CONTRIBUTION  IN  AID  TO  CONSTRUCTION"  SHALL
EQUAL THE QUALIFIED CONSTRUCTION EXPENSES, LESS THE SUM OF ALL THE QUAL-
IFIED  CUSTOMER  CONTRIBUTIONS  IN  AID  TO CONSTRUCTION IN THE PROPOSED
UNSERVED SERVICE AREA.
  (4) "BROADBAND SERVICE" MEANS  INTERNET  ACCESS  SERVICE  WITH  TRANS-
MISSION  SPEEDS  THAT  ARE  EQUAL TO OR GREATER THAN COMBINED ADVERTISED
DOWNLOAD SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 4 MEGABITS  PER  SECOND  (MBPS)  AND  UPLOAD
SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 1 MBPS PER SECOND OVER THE PROVIDER'S NETWORK.
  (5)  "UNSERVED  AREA" MEANS AN AREA COMPOSED OF ONE OR MORE CONTIGUOUS
CENSUS BLOCKS WHERE AT LEAST NINETY PERCENT OF HOUSEHOLDS LACK ACCESS TO
FACILITIES-BASED TERRESTRIAL BROADBAND SERVICE. A HOUSEHOLD  HAS  ACCESS
TO  A  BROADBAND  SERVICE IF THE HOUSEHOLD CAN READILY SUBSCRIBE TO THAT
SERVICE UPON REQUEST.
  (6) "QUALIFIED TAXPAYER" MEANS A TAXPAYER WHICH IS  A  SMALL  BUSINESS
CORPORATION  AS  DEFINED IN PARAGRAPH THREE OF SUBSECTION (C) OF SECTION
TWELVE HUNDRED FORTY-FOUR OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE  (WITHOUT  REGARD
TO  THE  SECOND SENTENCE OF SUBPARAGRAPH (A) THEREOF) AS OF THE LAST DAY
OF THE TAXABLE YEAR.
  S 4. Section 606 of the tax law is amended by adding a new  subsection
(ccc) to read as follows:
  (CCC) CREDIT FOR RURAL BROADBAND DEPLOYMENT.  (A) ALLOWANCE OF CREDIT.
A  QUALIFIED  TAXPAYER SHALL BE ALLOWED A CREDIT AGAINST THE TAX IMPOSED
BY THIS ARTICLE EQUAL TO ANY QUALIFIED CUSTOMER CONTRIBUTION IN  AID  OF
CONSTRUCTION  RESULTING  FROM NEW NETWORK CONSTRUCTION TO DELIVER BROAD-
BAND SERVICE TO THE INDIVIDUAL'S RESIDENCE OR PLACE OF BUSINESS  LOCATED
IN  AN  UNSERVED  AREA.   THE CREDIT ALLOWED BY THIS SUBSECTION SHALL BE
CLAIMED ANNUALLY OVER A FIVE-YEAR PERIOD EQUAL TO ONE-FIFTH OF THE CRED-
IT AMOUNT. IF THE CREDIT ALLOWED UNDER THIS SUBSECTION IS  GREATER  THAN
THE TAX DUE IN ANY TAXABLE YEAR, THE AMOUNT BY WHICH SUCH CREDIT EXCEEDS
SUCH  TAX  DUE  IS  TREATED  AS  AN OVERPAYMENT OF TAX TO BE REFUNDED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION  ONE  THOUSAND  EIGHTY-SIX  OF
THIS CHAPTER.

S. 3626--A                          3

  (B)  FOR  PURPOSES OF THIS SUBSECTION, THE FOLLOWING DEFINITIONS SHALL
APPLY:
  (1)   "QUALIFIED  CONSTRUCTION  EXPENSES"  EQUAL  THE  TOTAL  COST  OF
CONSTRUCTION OF NEW NETWORKS IN THE PROPOSED UNSERVED SERVICE  AREA,  AS
CERTIFIED BY THE BROADBAND SERVICE PROVIDER, BUT NOT TO EXCEED A REASON-
ABLE  COST  BASED  UPON  THE  AVERAGE COST PER MILE OF BROADBAND NETWORK
CONSTRUCTION AS DETERMINED BY THE COMMISSIONER IN CONSULTATION WITH  THE
PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION AND BROADBAND SERVICE PROVIDERS.
  (2) "QUALIFIED CUSTOMER CONTRIBUTION IN AID OF CONSTRUCTION" IS DETER-
MINED  IN  ACCORDANCE  WITH THE FOLLOWING FORMULA: (QCE/TC) - (ACM/35) =
QC, WHERE QCE EQUALS THE QUALIFIED CONSTRUCTION EXPENSES; ACM EQUALS THE
AVERAGE COST OF CONSTRUCTION PER MILE IN THE PROPOSED  UNSERVED  SERVICE
AREA,  AS CERTIFIED BY THE BROADBAND SERVICE PROVIDER, BUT NOT TO EXCEED
A REASONABLE COST BASED UPON THE AVERAGE  COST  PER  MILE  OF  BROADBAND
NETWORK  CONSTRUCTION  AS DETERMINED BY THE COMMISSIONER IN CONSULTATION
WITH THE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION AND BROADBAND SERVICE  PROVIDERS;  TC
EQUALS  THE  NUMBER  OF  RESIDENTS  AND  SMALL BUSINESS CUSTOMERS IN THE
PROPOSED UNSERVED SERVICE AREA MAKING A QUALIFIED CUSTOMER  CONTRIBUTION
IN  AID  TO  CONSTRUCTION AND CONTRACTING FOR SERVICES OVER THE NETWORK;
AND  QC  EQUALS  THE  QUALIFIED  CUSTOMER   CONTRIBUTION   IN   AID   OF
CONSTRUCTION.
  (3)  "REQUIRED  PROVIDER  CONTRIBUTION  IN  AID TO CONSTRUCTION" SHALL
EQUAL THE QUALIFIED CONSTRUCTION EXPENSES, LESS THE SUM OF ALL THE QUAL-
IFIED CUSTOMER CONTRIBUTIONS IN AID  TO  CONSTRUCTION  IN  THE  PROPOSED
UNSERVED SERVICE AREA.
  (4)  "BROADBAND  SERVICE"  MEANS  INTERNET  ACCESS SERVICE WITH TRANS-
MISSION SPEEDS THAT ARE EQUAL TO OR  GREATER  THAN  COMBINED  ADVERTISED
DOWNLOAD  SPEEDS  OF  AT  LEAST  4 MEGABITS PER SECOND (MBPS) AND UPLOAD
SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 1 MBPS PER SECOND OVER THE PROVIDER'S NETWORK.
  (5) "UNSERVED AREA" MEANS AN AREA COMPOSED OF ONE OR  MORE  CONTIGUOUS
CENSUS BLOCKS WHERE AT LEAST NINETY PERCENT OF HOUSEHOLDS LACK ACCESS TO
FACILITIES-BASED  TERRESTRIAL  BROADBAND SERVICE. A HOUSEHOLD HAS ACCESS
TO A BROADBAND SERVICE IF THE HOUSEHOLD CAN READILY  SUBSCRIBE  TO  THAT
SERVICE UPON REQUEST.
  (6)  "QUALIFIED  TAXPAYER" MEANS ANY INDIVIDUAL WITH NEW YORK ADJUSTED
GROSS INCOME OF TWO HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS OR LESS.
  S 5. This act shall take effect immediately and  shall  apply  to  tax
years beginning on or after January 1, 2017.

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Senate Bill S3626A

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Energy And Telecommunications Committee

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2015-S3626 - Details

2015-S3626 - Summary

2015-S3626 - Sponsor Memo

2015-S3626 - Bill Text download pdf

co-Sponsors

2015-S3626A (ACTIVE) - Details

2015-S3626A (ACTIVE) - Summary

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Sponsored By

Joseph A. Griffo

Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Energy And Telecommunications Committee

Bill Amendments

co-Sponsors

Kathleen A. Marchione

Thomas F. O'Mara

Patty Ritchie

2015-S3626 - Details

2015-S3626 - Summary

2015-S3626 - Sponsor Memo

2015-S3626 - Bill Text download pdf

co-Sponsors

Kathleen A. Marchione

Thomas F. O'Mara

Patty Ritchie

2015-S3626A (ACTIVE) - Details

2015-S3626A (ACTIVE) - Summary

2015-S3626A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2015-S3626A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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