Assembly Bill A6765

Vetoed By Governor
2013-2014 Legislative Session

Exempts proceeds from service award programs for volunteer firefighters and ambulance workers from personal income taxes

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Archive: Last Bill Status Via S4379 - Vetoed by Governor

  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Vetoed By Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2013-A6765 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S4379
Law Section:
Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §612, Tax L

2013-A6765 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Exempts proceeds from service award programs for volunteer firefighters and ambulance workers from personal income taxes.

2013-A6765 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  6765

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             April 18, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. SCHIMEL -- read once and referred to the Commit-
  tee on Ways and Means

AN ACT to amend the tax law, in relation to exempting the proceeds  from
  service  award programs for volunteer firefighters and ambulance work-
  ers from personal income taxes

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1. Subsection (c) of section 612 of the tax law is amended by
adding a new paragraph 39 to read as follows:
  (39) THE AMOUNT OF ANY AWARD PAID TO A VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTER OR VOLUN-
TEER AMBULANCE WORKER FROM A LENGTH OF SERVICE DEFINED CONTRIBUTION PLAN
OR DEFINED BENEFIT PLAN AS PROVIDED FOR IN ARTICLES ELEVEN-A, ELEVEN-AA,
ELEVEN-AAA AND ELEVEN-AAAA OF THE GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW, TO  THE  EXTENT
THAT  SUCH  AWARD  IS  INCLUDABLE IN GROSS INCOME FOR FEDERAL INCOME TAX
PURPOSES; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT SUCH AWARD IS NOT DISTRIBUTED  IN  THE
FORM OF A LUMP SUM.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to taxable
years beginning on and after January 1, 2014.





 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD10031-01-3

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