Bill Text: NY A03159 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Provides for credit against personal income tax for membership in a health facility or gymnasium.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-04 - referred to ways and means [A03159 Detail]
Download: New_York-2011-A03159-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 3159 2011-2012 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y January 24, 2011 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. MORELLE, DESTITO, WRIGHT, SCHROEDER -- Multi- Sponsored by -- M. of A. CYMBROWITZ, LATIMER, MAISEL, OAKS, PHEFFER, WEISENBERG -- read once and referred to the Committee on Ways and Means AN ACT to amend the tax law, in relation to giving a credit against income tax for health facility or gymnasium membership THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: 1 Section 1. Section 606 of the tax law is amended by adding a new 2 subsection (ss) to read as follows: 3 (SS) CREDIT FOR MEMBERSHIP IN A HEALTH FACILITY OR GYMNASIUM. (1) FOR 4 YEARS BEGINNING AFTER DECEMBER THIRTY-FIRST, TWO THOUSAND ELEVEN, A 5 TAXPAYER SHALL BE ALLOWED A CREDIT IN THE AMOUNT OF FIFTY DOLLARS FOR AN 6 INDIVIDUAL MEMBERSHIP AND TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS FOR A FAMILY MEMBERSHIP IN 7 A HEALTH FACILITY OR GYMNASIUM. 8 (2) FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION "HEALTH FACILITY OR GYMNASIUM" MEANS 9 ANY BUSINESS WHICH PROVIDES EXERCISE FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT, PHYSICAL 10 TRAINING AND HEALTH RELATED INSTRUCTION FOR THE PURPOSE OF INCREASING 11 PHYSICAL FITNESS AND HEALTH OF ITS CUSTOMERS. 12 S 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD03687-01-1