Assembly Bill A5638

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Excludes from federal adjusted gross income the amount of any service award paid to a volunteer firefighter or volunteer ambulance worker

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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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2017-A5638 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Ways And Means
Law Section:
Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §612, Tax L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A6226
2011-2012: A6655
2013-2014: A4634
2015-2016: A4853

2017-A5638 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Excludes from federal adjusted gross income the amount of any service award paid to a volunteer firefighter or volunteer ambulance worker, thereby exempting such payments from state income tax in like manner as a pension.

2017-A5638 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5638
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 14, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. CURRAN, FINCH, RAIA, GIGLIO, GRAF -- Multi-Spon-
   sored by -- M.  of A. HAWLEY -- read once and referred to the  Commit-
   tee on Ways and Means
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  tax  law, in relation to excluding from federal
   adjusted gross income the amount of any service award paid to a volun-
   teer firefighter or volunteer ambulance worker
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Subsection (c) of section 612 of the tax law is amended by
 adding a new paragraph 42 to read as follows:
   (42) THE AMOUNT OF ANY SERVICE AWARD PAID TO ANY VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTER
 PURSUANT TO ARTICLE ELEVEN-A OF THE GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW AND THE AMOUNT
 OF ANY SERVICE AWARD PAID TO ANY VOLUNTEER AMBULANCE WORKER PURSUANT  TO
 ARTICLE ELEVEN-AA OF THE GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW.
   §  2.  This  act  shall take effect immediately and shall be deemed to
 have been in full force and effect on and after January 1, 2018.
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD08520-01-7

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