Senate Bill S4258

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Provides a tax credit to certain landowners who allow snowmobile access on such land

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Investigations And Government Operations Committee


  • 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-S4258 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A5712
Current Committee:
Senate Investigations And Government Operations
Law Section:
Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §606, Tax L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: S6017, A1632
2021-2022: S4269, A2654
2023-2024: S2634, A2841

2017-S4258 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides a tax credit to certain landowners who allow snowmobile access on such land.

2017-S4258 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S4258 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4258
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 7, 2017
                                ___________
 
 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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