Bill Text: NY A08203 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Provides a tax credit for the cost of purchasing a gun safe.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-06 - referred to ways and means [A08203 Detail]
Download: New_York-2015-A08203-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 8203 2015-2016 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y June 11, 2015 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. WOERNER -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Ways and Means AN ACT to amend the tax law, in relation to providing a tax credit for the cost of purchasing a gun safe 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 (ccc) to read as follows: 3 (CCC) HOME DEFENSE TAX CREDIT. A RESIDENT TAXPAYER WHO PURCHASES A GUN 4 SAFE ON OR AFTER JANUARY FIFTEENTH, TWO THOUSAND THIRTEEN SHALL BE 5 ALLOWED A CREDIT AGAINST THE TAX OTHERWISE IMPOSED UNDER THIS ARTICLE IN 6 AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO ONE-HALF OF THE COST OF SUCH GUN SAFE UP TO A MAXIMUM 7 OF FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS. AS USED IN THIS SUBSECTION, "GUN SAFE" MEANS A 8 CABINET OF METAL OR OTHER SUFFICIENTLY DURABLE MATERIAL EQUIPPED WITH A 9 KEY OR COMBINATION LOCK DESIGNED TO SECURELY STORE RIFLES, SHOTGUNS OR 10 HANDGUNS. 11 S 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to taxable 12 years beginning on or after January 1, 2013. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD02480-01-5