Bill Text: NY S01142 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Authorizes Rockland county to qualify for the empire state film production credit.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS [S01142 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-S01142-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 1142 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN SENATE January 11, 2019 ___________ Introduced by Sen. CARLUCCI -- 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 increasing the number of counties in which services can be performed to qualify for the empire state film production credit The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Paragraph 5 of subdivision (a) of section 24 of the tax 2 law, as amended by section 1 of part M of chapter 59 of the laws of 3 2017, is amended to read as follows: 4 (5) For the period two thousand fifteen through two thousand twenty- 5 two, in addition to the amount of credit established in paragraph two of 6 this subdivision, a taxpayer shall be allowed a credit equal to the 7 product (or pro rata share of the product, in the case of a member of a 8 partnership) of ten percent and the amount of wages or salaries paid to 9 individuals directly employed (excluding those employed as writers, 10 directors, music directors, producers and performers, including back- 11 ground actors with no scripted lines) by a qualified film production 12 company or a qualified independent film production company for services 13 performed by those individuals in one of the counties specified in this 14 paragraph in connection with a qualified film with a minimum budget of 15 five hundred thousand dollars. For purposes of this additional credit, 16 the services must be performed in one or more of the following counties: 17 Albany, Allegany, Broome, Cattaraugus, Cayuga, Chautauqua, Chemung, 18 Chenango, Clinton, Columbia, Cortland, Delaware, Dutchess, Erie, Essex, 19 Franklin, Fulton, Genesee, Greene, Hamilton, Herkimer, Jefferson, Lewis, 20 Livingston, Madison, Monroe, Montgomery, Niagara, Oneida, Onondaga, 21 Ontario, Orange, Orleans, Oswego, Otsego, Putnam, Rensselaer, Rockland, 22 Saratoga, Schenectady, Schoharie, Schuyler, Seneca, St. Lawrence, Steu- 23 ben, Sullivan, Tioga, Tompkins, Ulster, Warren, Washington, Wayne, Wyom- EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD02779-01-9S. 1142 2 1 ing, or Yates. The aggregate amount of tax credits allowed pursuant to 2 the authority of this paragraph shall be five million dollars each year 3 during the period two thousand fifteen through two thousand twenty-two 4 of the annual allocation made available to the program pursuant to para- 5 graph four of subdivision (e) of this section. Such aggregate amount of 6 credits shall be allocated by the governor's office for motion picture 7 and television development among taxpayers in order of priority based 8 upon the date of filing an application for allocation of film production 9 credit with such office. If the total amount of allocated credits 10 applied for under this paragraph in any year exceeds the aggregate 11 amount of tax credits allowed for such year under this paragraph, such 12 excess shall be treated as having been applied for on the first day of 13 the next year. If the total amount of allocated tax credits applied for 14 under this paragraph at the conclusion of any year is less than five 15 million dollars, the remainder shall be treated as part of the annual 16 allocation made available to the program pursuant to paragraph four of 17 subdivision (e) of this section. However, in no event may the total of 18 the credits allocated under this paragraph and the credits allocated 19 under paragraph five of subdivision (a) of section thirty-one of this 20 article exceed five million dollars in any year during the period two 21 thousand fifteen through two thousand twenty-two. 22 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.