Bill Text: NY S00166 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Senate Bill 166 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

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: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS [S00166 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S00166-Introduced.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                           166
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                       (Prefiled)
                                     January 9, 2019
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by  Sen. HELMING -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Govern-
          ment Operations
        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