Assembly Bill A6983

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Authorizes a personal income tax credit for residential solar energy systems

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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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2023-A6983 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S4131
Current Committee:
Assembly Ways And Means
Law Section:
Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §606, Tax L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: A9050, S7071
2021-2022: A6614, S1020

2023-A6983 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes a personal income tax credit for solar energy systems purchased and installed at a residence.

2023-A6983 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6983
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                May 9, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. BARRETT -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Ways and Means
 
 AN ACT to amend the tax law, in relation to personal income  tax  credit
   for residential solar energy systems
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Subparagraph (A) of paragraph  2  of  subsection  (g-1)  of
 section  606  of  the  tax law, as amended by chapter 375 of the laws of
 2012, is amended to read as follows:
   (A) The term "qualified solar energy  system  equipment  expenditures"
 means expenditures for:
   (i)  the  purchase of solar energy system equipment which is installed
 in connection with residential property which is  (I)  located  in  this
 state and (II) which is used by the taxpayer as [his or her principal] A
 residence  at  the  time  the solar energy system equipment is placed in
 service;
   (ii) the lease of solar energy system equipment under a written agree-
 ment that spans at least ten years  where  such  equipment  owned  by  a
 person  other than the taxpayer is installed in connection with residen-
 tial property which is (I) located in this state and (II) which is  used
 by  the  taxpayer  as [his or her principal] A residence at the time the
 solar energy system equipment is placed in service; or
   (iii) the purchase of power under a written agreement  that  spans  at
 least  ten  years  whereunder  the power purchased is generated by solar
 energy system equipment owned by a person other than the taxpayer  which
 is  installed  in  connection  with  residential  property  which is (I)
 located in this state and (II) which is used by the taxpayer as [his  or
 her principal] A residence at the time the solar energy system equipment
 is placed in service.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD07748-01-3
 A. 6983                             2
 
              

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