Assembly Bill A5479

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Enacts "Averyana's law" to provide a tax credit for the installation of certain smoke alarms

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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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2021-A5479 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S2598
Current Committee:
Assembly Ways And Means
Law Section:
Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §606, Tax L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A10340
2013-2014: A4478
2015-2016: A5672
2017-2018: A6288, S5249
2019-2020: A6379, S166
2023-2024: A4291, S3446

2021-A5479 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Enacts "Averyana's law"; provides a tax credit for the purchase and installation of certain smoke alarms which incorporate photoelectric technology including but not limited to: photoelectric detectors; dual photoelectric/ionization detectors; and photoelectric/carbon monoxide detectors.

2021-A5479 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5479
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 19, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. LEMONDES -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Ways and Means
 
 AN ACT to amend the tax law, in relation to enacting "Averyana's law"
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. This act shall be known and may  be  cited  as  "Averyana's
 law".
   §  2. Section 606 of the tax law is amended by adding a new subsection
 (kkk) to read as follows:
   (KKK) CREDIT FOR INSTALLATION OF SMOKE ALARMS.  ANY RESIDENT OWNER  OF
 REAL PROPERTY AS DEFINED IN SECTION ONE HUNDRED TWO OF THE REAL PROPERTY
 TAX  LAW  SHALL  BE  ALLOWED  A CREDIT AGAINST THE TAX OTHERWISE IMPOSED
 UNDER THIS ARTICLE IN AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO  THE  COST  OF  PURCHASING  AND
 INSTALLING CERTAIN SMOKE ALARMS WHICH INCORPORATE PHOTOELECTRIC TECHNOL-
 OGY,  INCLUDING,  BUT  NOT  LIMITED  TO,  PHOTOELECTRIC  DETECTORS; DUAL
 PHOTOELECTRIC/IONIZATION DETECTORS;  AND  PHOTOELECTRIC/CARBON  MONOXIDE
 DETECTORS IN HIS OR HER RESIDENCE.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to taxable
 years beginning on or after January 1, 2021.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04542-01-1

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