Senate Bill S9058

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to providing assistance to small businesses in the procurement and purchase of personal protective equipment for employees

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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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2019-S9058 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Rules
Law Section:
Economic Development Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §134, Ec Dev L; amd §§210-B & 606, Tax L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
S3142

2019-S9058 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides assistance to small businesses in the procurement and purchase of personal protective equipment for employees; directs bulk purchasing of PPE by the division for small business; provides a tax credit for the cost of such PPE to small business employers.

2019-S9058 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S9058 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9058
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             October 19, 2020
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sen. GOUNARDES -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  economic  development  law  and the tax law, in
   relation to providing assistance to small businesses' employers in the
   procurement and purchasing of personal protective equipment
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Section 134 of the economic development law is amended by
 adding a new subdivision 13 to read as follows:
   13. MAKE BULK PURCHASES OF PERSONAL  PROTECTIVE  EQUIPMENT  (PPE)  AND
 MAKE SUCH PPE AVAILABLE, AT COST, TO SMALL BUSINESSES AS DEFINED IN THIS
 ARTICLE. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION "PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT
 (PPE)"  SHALL  MEAN ALL EQUIPMENT WORN OR USED TO MINIMIZE EXPOSURE TO A
 COMMUNICABLE DISEASE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED  TO  GLOVES,  MASKS  AND
 FACESHIELDS.
   §  2. Section 210-B of the tax law is amended by adding a new subdivi-
 sion 55 to read as follows:
   55. CREDIT FOR THE PURCHASE OF PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT (PPE)  BY
 SMALL  BUSINESS  EMPLOYERS.  (A)  A TAXPAYER WHO IS A SMALL BUSINESS, AS
 DEFINED IN SECTION ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-ONE OF  THE  ECONOMIC  DEVELOPMENT
 LAW,  SHALL  BE ALLOWED A CREDIT AGAINST THE TAX IMPOSED BY THIS ARTICLE
 FOR THE PURCHASE OF PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT (PPE) FOR USE BY  SUCH
 TAXPAYER'S  EMPLOYEES.  THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF THE CREDIT SHALL BE THE COST
 INCURRED IN PURCHASING THE PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT (PPE).
   (B) FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION "PERSONAL  PROTECTIVE  EQUIP-
 MENT  (PPE)"  SHALL MEAN ALL EQUIPMENT WORN OR USED TO MINIMIZE EXPOSURE
 TO A COMMUNICABLE DISEASE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED  TO  GLOVES,  MASKS
 AND FACESHIELDS.
   (C)  IF  THE  AMOUNT  OF CREDIT ALLOWABLE UNDER THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL
 EXCEED THE TAXPAYER'S TAX FOR SUCH  YEAR, THE EXCESS MAY BE CARRIED OVER
 TO THE FOLLOWING YEAR OR YEARS AND MAY BE DEDUCTED FROM  THE  TAXPAYER'S
 TAX FOR SUCH YEAR OR YEARS.
   (D)  IF ALL OR ANY PART OF THE CREDIT PROVIDED FOR UNDER THIS SUBDIVI-
 SION WAS ALLOWED OR CARRIED OVER FROM A PRIOR TAXABLE YEAR OR  YEARS,  A
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
              

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