STATE OF NEW YORK
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1498
2011-2012 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 10, 2011
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Introduced by M. of A. TEDISCO -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A.
BURLING, BUTLER, CONTE, CROUCH, FITZPATRICK, KOLB, REILICH -- read
once and referred to the Committee on Ways and Means
AN ACT to amend the tax law, in relation to increasing the tax credit to
volunteer firefighters, volunteer ambulance workers and volunteer
emergency medical personnel under certain circumstances
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The subsection heading and paragraph 1 of subsection (e-1)
2 of section 606 of the tax law, as added by section 1 of part U of chap-
3 ter 62 of the laws of 2006, is amended to read as follows:
4 Volunteer firefighters' [and], volunteer ambulance workers' and
5 members of a volunteer emergency medical services squad credit. (1) For
6 taxable years beginning on and after January first, two thousand seven,
7 a resident taxpayer who serves as an active volunteer firefighter as
8 defined in subdivision one of section two hundred fifteen of the general
9 municipal law [or], as a volunteer ambulance worker as defined in subdi-
10 vision fourteen of section two hundred nineteen-k of the general munici-
11 pal law or as a member of a volunteer emergency medical services squad
12 shall be allowed a credit against the tax imposed by this article equal
13 to [two] three hundred dollars. In order to receive this credit a volun-
14 teer firefighter [or], volunteer ambulance worker or member of a volun-
15 teer emergency medical services squad must have been active for the
16 entire taxable year for which the credit is sought.
17 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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