NY State Senate Bill 2023-S8191

Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Budget And Revenue Committee

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Jan 11, 2024	referred to budget and revenue

2023-S8191 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Budget And Revenue
Law Section:: Tax Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §606, Tax L

2023-S8191 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides for tax credit for the adoption of pets from an animal shelter up to $250 per pet.

2023-S8191 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S8191

SPONSOR: HARCKHAM
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the tax law, in relation to establishing a tax credit
for the adoption of pets

 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:

Provides for tax credit for the adoption of pets from animal shelters up
to $250.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1 amends Section 606 of the tax law by adding a new subsection
(kkk) allowing for a tax credit for the adoption of pets.

Section 2 sets the effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

A pet is a wonderful companion that can provide years of happiness to
owners across all walks of life. According to the ASPCA, 6.5 million
companion animals enter shelters in the United States each year. Of
these 6.5 million, 1.5 million animals are euthanized due to their
inability to be adopted in a timely fashion.

According to the American Pet Products Association, Americans spent an
estimated 72.56 billion dollars on veterinary care, food, and supplies
in 2018, a number that managed to increase drastically even through
economic slowdowns such as the Great Recession. This legislation would
create an additional incentive alongside the years of companionship that
a pet can provide, by crediting a prospective owner with a one-time tax
credit for the cost of adoption up to one hundred twenty-five dollars
per animal or the actual cost of such adoption, whichever is less, per
taxable year.

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2019-20: A8730 - Died in Ways and Means

2021-22: A3264 -Died in Ways and Means

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS:

To be determined.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to pet adoptions
in taxable years beginning on and after the first of January next
succeeding the date on which it shall have become law.

2023-S8191 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8191
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 11, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. HARCKHAM -- 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 establishing  a  tax  credit
   for the adoption of pets
 
   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 (ppp) to read as follows:
   (PPP)  CREDIT  FOR  THE  ADOPTION  OF PETS. (1) GENERAL. AN INDIVIDUAL
 TAXPAYER SHALL BE ALLOWED A CREDIT FOR TAXABLE  YEARS  BEGINNING  ON  OR
 AFTER JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FIVE AGAINST THE TAX IMPOSED BY
 THIS ARTICLE FOR THE COST OF ADOPTING PETS PER TAXABLE YEAR FROM A QUAL-
 IFYING  ANIMAL  SHELTER.  THE  AMOUNT OF THE CREDIT SHALL BE TWO HUNDRED
 FIFTY DOLLARS PER ANIMAL OR THE ACTUAL COST OF SUCH ADOPTION,  WHICHEVER
 IS LESS, PER TAXABLE YEAR.
   (2) DEFINITIONS. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SUBSECTION:
   (A)  THE  TERM  "PET"  SHALL  MEAN  ANY DOG, CAT OR OTHER DOMESTICATED
 ANIMAL KEPT FOR THE PRIMARY PURPOSE OF COMPANIONSHIP  THAT  IS  NORMALLY
 MAINTAINED IN OR NEAR THE HOUSEHOLD OF THE OWNER OR PERSON WHO CARES FOR
 SUCH  DOMESTICATED  ANIMAL,  PROVIDED THAT KEEPING SUCH ANIMAL IS NOT IN
 VIOLATION OF ANY APPLICABLE PROVISIONS OF FEDERAL, STATE OR LOCAL LAW.
   (B) THE TERM "QUALIFYING ANIMAL SHELTER" SHALL MEAN ANY  POUND,  SHEL-
 TER, DULY INCORPORATED SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS,
 DULY  INCORPORATED HUMANE SOCIETY OR DULY INCORPORATED ANIMAL PROTECTIVE
 ASSOCIATION THAT OPERATES  PHYSICAL  ANIMAL  SHELTERING  FACILITIES  AND
 OFFERS PETS TO THE PUBLIC FOR ADOPTION BY WAY OF AN ESTABLISHED ADOPTION
 PROGRAM  OR ANY MUNICIPAL POUND OR SHELTER HARBORING ANIMALS PURSUANT TO
 SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION ONE HUNDRED FOURTEEN OF THE  AGRICULTURE  AND
 MARKETS  LAW.  SUCH  FACILITIES SHALL NOT BE CO-LOCATED ON A RESIDENTIAL
 PREMISES.
   (3)  ELIGIBILITY.  TO  QUALIFY  FOR  THE  CREDIT  PRESCRIBED  IN  THIS
 SUBSECTION,  AN  INDIVIDUAL TAXPAYER MUST PROVIDE PROOF OF ANIMAL OWNER-
 SHIP IN THE FORM OF AN ADOPTION AGREEMENT FROM A QUALIFYING ANIMAL SHEL-
 TER AS DEFINED IN THIS SUBSECTION.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                            LBD01737-02-4
 S. 8191                             2
 
   (4) WHEN CREDIT ALLOWED. THE CREDIT PROVIDED FOR  IN  THIS  SUBSECTION
 SHALL  BE  ALLOWED  WITH  RESPECT  TO THE TAXABLE YEAR, COMMENCING AFTER
 JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FIVE, IN WHICH THE PET IS ADOPTED.
   §  2.  This  act  shall take effect immediately and shall apply to pet
 adoptions in taxable years beginning on and after the first  of  January
 next succeeding the date on which it shall have become a law.

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Budget And Revenue Committee

2023-S8191 (ACTIVE) - Details

2023-S8191 (ACTIVE) - Summary

2023-S8191 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S8191 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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Pete Harckham

Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Budget And Revenue Committee

2023-S8191 (ACTIVE) - Details

2023-S8191 (ACTIVE) - Summary

2023-S8191 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S8191 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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