Senate Bill S2424

Vetoed By Governor
2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to a pilot program providing a tax credit for universal visitability

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Archive: Last Bill Status Via A2493 - Vetoed by Governor


  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Vetoed By Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2019-S2424 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A2493
Law Section:
Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §606, Tax L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A7537
2015-2016: A1276, A9303
2017-2018: A5950, A10668
2021-2022: S7365, A3409

2019-S2424 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to a credit for purchase, construction or retrofitting of a principal residence to achieve universal visitability pursuant to guidelines developed by the division of code enforcement and administration within the department of state; caps tax credits awarded at 1 million dollars per year for 5 years.

2019-S2424 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S2424 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2424
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 24, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  KAPLAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Budget and Revenue
 
 AN ACT to amend the tax law, in relation to providing a tax  credit  for
   universal   visitability;   and  providing  for  the  repeal  of  such
   provisions upon expiration thereof

   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 (jjj) to read as follows:
   (JJJ) UNIVERSAL VISITABILITY TAX CREDIT. (1) FOR TAXABLE YEARS  BEGIN-
 NING  ON  OR  AFTER  JANUARY  FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY, UNTIL DECEMBER
 THIRTY-FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FOUR, A TAXPAYER SHALL  BE  ALLOWED  A
 CREDIT  AGAINST  THE  TAX  IMPOSED  BY THIS ARTICLE FOR A PORTION OF THE
 TOTAL PURCHASE PRICE PAID BY SUCH TAXPAYER  FOR  A  PRINCIPAL  RESIDENCE
 ATTRIBUTABLE TO UNIVERSAL VISITABILITY OR THE TOTAL AMOUNT EXPENDED BY A
 TAXPAYER   TO  RETROFIT  AN  EXISTING  PRINCIPAL  RESIDENCE  TO  ACHIEVE
 UNIVERSAL VISITABILITY PROVIDED THAT  THE  PRINCIPAL  RESIDENCE  OR  THE
 RETROFITTING  OF THE EXISTING PRINCIPAL RESIDENCE IS LOCATED WITHIN THIS
 STATE AND DESIGNED TO PROVIDE UNIVERSAL VISITABILITY AS DEFINED  THROUGH
 THE  ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS ESTABLISHED BY GUIDELINES DEVELOPED BY THE
 DIVISION OF CODE ENFORCEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT OF
 STATE. FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS  SUBSECTION,  PRINCIPAL  RESIDENCE  SHALL
 MEAN  SUCH  RESIDENCE  PURSUANT TO SECTION ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-ONE OF THE
 INTERNAL REVENUE CODE.
   (2) THE CREDIT SHALL BE ALLOWED FOR THE  TAXABLE  YEAR  IN  WHICH  THE
 PRINCIPAL  RESIDENCE HAS BEEN PURCHASED OR CONSTRUCTED, OR THE RETROFIT-
 TING OR RENOVATION  OF  THE  RESIDENCE  OR  RESIDENTIAL  UNIT  HAS  BEEN
 COMPLETED,  OR  THE  YEAR  OF  ALLOCATION TO THE TAXPAYER AS PROVIDED IN
 PARAGRAPH SEVEN OF  THIS  SUBSECTION.  THE  CREDIT  ALLOWED  UNDER  THIS
 SUBSECTION  SHALL  NOT EXCEED (A) TWENTY-SEVEN HUNDRED FIFTY DOLLARS FOR
 THE PURCHASE OF A NEW RESIDENCE, OR  (B)  FIFTY  PERCENT  OF  THE  TOTAL
 AMOUNT  EXPENDED,  BUT  NOT TO EXCEED TWENTY-SEVEN HUNDRED FIFTY DOLLARS
 FOR THE RETROFITTING OR RENOVATION OF EACH EXISTING RESIDENCE OR UNIT.
 
              

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