S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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4258
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
February 7, 2017
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Introduced by Sen. DeFRANCISCO -- read twice and ordered printed, and
when printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and
Government Operations
AN ACT to amend the tax law, in relation to providing a tax credit to
certain landowners who allow snowmobile access on such land
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 (n-2) to read as follows:
(N-2) CREDIT FOR CERTAIN LANDOWNERS WHO ALLOW SNOWMOBILE ACCESS. (1)
AN INDIVIDUAL TAXPAYER WHO MEETS THE ELIGIBILITY STANDARDS IN PARAGRAPH
TWO OF THIS SUBSECTION SHALL BE ALLOWED A CREDIT AGAINST THE TAXES
IMPOSED BY THIS ARTICLE IN THE AMOUNT SPECIFIED IN PARAGRAPH THREE OF
THIS SUBSECTION.
(2) TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR THE CREDIT, THE TAXPAYER (OR TAXPAYERS FILING
JOINT RETURNS) ON THE PERSONAL INCOME TAX RETURN MUST ALLOW SNOWMOBILE
ACCESS IN THE FORM OF A STATE-FUNDED SNOWMOBILE TRAIL OR PORTION THEREOF
ON PROPERTY OWNED BY THE TAXPAYER.
(3) A TAXPAYER SHALL BE ALLOWED A CREDIT EQUAL TO TEN CENTS PER LINEAR
FOOT OF STATE-FUNDED SNOWMOBILE TRAIL ON ELIGIBLE PROPERTY PURSUANT TO
PARAGRAPH TWO OF THIS SUBSECTION.
(4) THE AMOUNT OF THE CREDIT THAT MAY BE CLAIMED BY A TAXPAYER PURSU-
ANT TO THIS SUBSECTION SHALL NOT EXCEED SEVEN HUNDRED FIFTY DOLLARS IN
ANY GIVEN YEAR.
(5) IF THE AMOUNT OF CREDIT ALLOWABLE UNDER THIS SUBSECTION FOR ANY
TAXABLE YEAR SHALL EXCEED THE TAXPAYER'S TAX FOR SUCH YEAR, THE EXCESS
ALLOWED FOR A TAXABLE YEAR COMMENCING PRIOR TO JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOU-
SAND EIGHTEEN MAY BE CARRIED OVER TO THE FOLLOWING YEAR OR YEARS AND MAY
BE DEDUCTED FROM THE TAXPAYER'S TAX FOR SUCH YEAR OR YEARS, BUT IN NO
EVENT SHALL SUCH CREDIT BE CARRIED OVER TO TAXABLE YEARS COMMENCING ON
OR AFTER JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-EIGHT, AND ANY AMOUNT OF
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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CREDIT ALLOWED FOR A TAXABLE YEAR COMMENCING ON OR AFTER JANUARY FIRST,
TWO THOUSAND EIGHTEEN AND NOT DEDUCTIBLE IN SUCH YEAR MAY BE CARRIED
OVER TO THE TEN TAXABLE YEARS NEXT FOLLOWING SUCH TAXABLE YEAR AND MAY
BE DEDUCTED FROM THE TAXPAYER'S TAX FOR SUCH YEAR OR YEARS. IN LIEU OF
CARRYING OVER ANY SUCH EXCESS, A TAXPAYER WHO IS ELIGIBLE PURSUANT TO
PARAGRAPH TWO OF THIS SUBSECTION MAY, AT HIS OR HER OPTION, RECEIVE SUCH
EXCESS AS A REFUND. ANY REFUND PAID PURSUANT TO THIS PARAGRAPH SHALL BE
DEEMED TO BE A REFUND OF AN OVERPAYMENT OF TAX AS PROVIDED IN SECTION
SIX HUNDRED EIGHTY-SIX OF THIS ARTICLE, PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT NO
INTEREST SHALL BE PAID THEREON.
§ 2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed-
ing the date on which it shall have become a law and shall apply to
taxable years beginning on or after such date; provided, however, that
the department of taxation and finance is authorized and directed to
promulgate rules and regulations necessary for the timely implementation
of this act on or before such effective date.