Bill Text: NY A06379 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: 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.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 3-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-07-17 - held for consideration in ways and means [A06379 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A06379-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          6379
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                      March 7, 2019
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        Introduced  by  M.  of A. FINCH, GALEF -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A.
          BLANKENBUSH, GIGLIO -- read once and referred to the Committee 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:
     1    Section  1.  This  act  shall be known and may be cited as "Averyana's
     2  law".
     3    § 2. Section 606 of the tax law is amended by adding a new  subsection
     4  (jjj) to read as follows:
     5    (jjj)  Credit for installation of smoke alarms.  Any resident owner of
     6  real property as defined in section one hundred two of the real property
     7  tax law shall be allowed a credit  against  the  tax  otherwise  imposed
     8  under  this  article  in  an  amount equal to the cost of purchasing and
     9  installing certain smoke alarms which incorporate photoelectric technol-
    10  ogy, including,  but  not  limited  to,  photoelectric  detectors;  dual
    11  photoelectric/ionization  detectors;  and  photoelectric/carbon monoxide
    12  detectors in his or her residence.
    13    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to taxable
    14  years beginning on or after January 1, 2019.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD04932-01-9