Senate Bill S7595

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Provides for a tax abatement for electric energy storage equipment

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Cities 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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2019-S7595 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A8923
Current Committee:
Senate Cities
Law Section:
Real Property Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§499-bbbb & 499-cccc, RPT L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: S3229
2023-2024: S7342

2019-S7595 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides for a tax abatement for electric energy storage equipment placed during the 2021 or 2022 tax year.

2019-S7595 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S7595 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7595
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 29, 2020
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  PARKER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Cities
 
 AN ACT to amend the real property tax law, in relation  to  providing  a
   tax abatement for electric energy storage equipment
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Paragraphs (d) and (e) of subdivision 1 of section 499-bbbb
 of the real property tax law, paragraph (d)  as  separately  amended  by
 chapters  327  and  412  of  the laws of 2018, paragraph (e) as added by
 chapter 412 of the laws of 2018, are amended and a new paragraph (f)  is
 added to read as follows:
   (d) if the solar electric generating system is placed in service on or
 after  January  first,  two thousand fourteen, and before January first,
 two thousand twenty-one, for each year of the compliance period such tax
 abatement shall be the lesser of (i)  five  percent  of  eligible  solar
 electric  generating system expenditures, (ii) the amount of taxes paya-
 ble in such tax year, or (iii) sixty-two thousand five hundred  dollars;
 [or]
   (e)  if  electric  energy storage equipment is placed in service on or
 after January first, two thousand nineteen, and  before  January  first,
 two thousand twenty-one, for each year of the compliance period such tax
 abatement  shall  be  the lesser of (i) ten percent of eligible electric
 energy storage equipment expenditures, (ii) the amount of taxes  payable
 in  such  tax year, or (iii) sixty-two thousand five hundred dollars[.];
 OR
   (F) IF ELECTRIC ENERGY STORAGE EQUIPMENT IS PLACED IN  SERVICE  ON  OR
 AFTER  JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-ONE, AND BEFORE JANUARY FIRST,
 TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-THREE, FOR EACH YEAR OF THE COMPLIANCE  PERIOD  SUCH
 TAX  ABATEMENT  SHALL BE THE LESSER OF (I) TEN PERCENT OF ELIGIBLE ELEC-
 TRIC ENERGY STORAGE EQUIPMENT EXPENDITURES, (II)  THE  AMOUNT  OF  TAXES
 PAYABLE  IN  SUCH  TAX  YEAR,  OR  (III) SIXTY-TWO THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED
 DOLLARS.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD14528-01-9
              

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