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                                  7342--A
     Cal. No. 307
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 19, 2023
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 Introduced  by  Sens. PARKER, JACKSON -- read twice and ordered printed,
   and when printed to be committed to  the  Committee  on  Cities  1  --
   recommitted  to  the  Committee  on Cities 1 in accordance with Senate
   Rule 6, sec. 8 -- reported favorably from said committee,  ordered  to
   first  report, amended on first report, ordered to a second report and
   ordered reprinted, retaining its place in the order of second report
 
 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. Paragraph (f) of subdivision 1 of section 499-bbbb  of  the
 real  property  tax law, as added by chapter 485 of the laws of 2023, is
 amended and a new paragraph (g) is added to read as follows:
   (f) if the solar electric generating  system  and/or  electric  energy
 storage system is placed in service on or after January first, two thou-
 sand  twenty-four,  and  before January first, two thousand thirty-five,
 for each year of the compliance period such tax abatement shall  be  the
 lesser  of  (i)  seven  and  one-half percent of eligible solar electric
 generating system and/or energy storage system  expenditures,  (ii)  the
 amount  of  taxes  payable in such tax year, or (iii) sixty-two thousand
 five hundred dollars[.]; OR
   (G) IF ELECTRIC ENERGY STORAGE EQUIPMENT IS PLACED IN  SERVICE  ON  OR
 AFTER  JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-SIX, AND BEFORE JANUARY FIRST,
 TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-EIGHT, 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.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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