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Senate Bill S1736

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Establishes a tax credit for homeowners and businesses to build permeable surfaces

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2017-S1736 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A673
Current Committee:
Senate Investigations And Government Operations
Law Section:
Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §606, Tax L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: S6750
2013-2014: S1787
2015-2016: S2163, A8383
2019-2020: A961
2021-2022: A6311
2023-2024: A6530
2025-2026: A4955

2017-S1736 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes a tax credit for homeowners and businesses to build permeable surfaces.

2017-S1736 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S1736 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1736
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 10, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. CARLUCCI -- 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  credits  against  tax  for
   homeowners and businesses to build permeable surfaces

   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  HOMEOWNERS  AND  BUSINESSES  TO  BUILD  PERMEABLE
 SURFACES. (1)(A) HOMEOWNERS WHO CONSTRUCT A PERMEABLE SURFACE AS PART OF
 THEIR REAL PROPERTY, DURING THE  TAXABLE  YEAR,  SHALL  BE  ELIGIBLE  TO
 RECEIVE   A  TAX  CREDIT  FOR  UP  TO  FIFTY  PERCENT  OF  THE  COST  OF
 CONSTRUCTION, NOT EXCEEDING FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS.
   (B) FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SUBSECTION THE  FOLLOWING  DEFINITIONS  SHALL
 APPLY:
   (I)  HOMEOWNER  IS DEFINED AS A NEW YORK RESIDENT FOR THE PAST TWENTY-
 FOUR MONTHS AND WHO OWNS A SINGLE FAMILY OR  MULTI-FAMILY  DWELLING  FOR
 RESIDENTIAL PURPOSES WITHIN NEW YORK STATE.
   (II)  PERMEABLE  SURFACE,  SHALL MEAN ANY PERMEABLE PAVING THAT ALLOWS
 THE MOVEMENT OF WATER AND AIR AROUND THE PAVING MATERIALS.  A  PERMEABLE
 SURFACE  SHALL  INCLUDE  BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO: SIDEWALKS, DRIVEWAYS AND
 PARKING LOTS.
   (2)(A) BUSINESSES WHO CONSTRUCT A PERMEABLE  SURFACE  ADJACENT  TO  OR
 WITHIN ONE THOUSAND FEET OF THE PROPERTY, DURING THE TAXABLE YEAR, SHALL
 BE  ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE A TAX CREDIT FOR UP TO FIFTY PERCENT OF THE COST
 OF CONSTRUCTION, NOT EXCEEDING FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS.
   (B) FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SUBSECTION THE  FOLLOWING  DEFINITIONS  SHALL
 APPLY:

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01851-01-7

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