Assembly Bill A8492B

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Establishes the workers with disabilities tax credit program

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

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2013-A8492 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S4946
Current Committee:
Assembly Ways And Means
Law Section:
Labor Law
Laws Affected:
Add §25-b, Lab L; amd §§210 & 606, Tax L

2013-A8492 - Summary

Establishes the workers with disabilities tax credit program; provides tax incentives to employers for employing individuals with developmental disabilities.

2013-A8492 - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  8492

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 17, 2014
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. LENTOL -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Ways and Means

AN  ACT  to  amend  the  labor  law  and the tax law, in relation to the
  creation of the workers with disabilities tax credit program

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

  Section  1.  The  labor law is amended by adding a new section 25-b to
read as follows:
  S 25-B. POWER TO ADMINISTER THE WORKERS WITH DISABILITIES  TAX  CREDIT
PROGRAM.  (A) THE COMMISSIONER IS AUTHORIZED TO ESTABLISH AND ADMINISTER
THE WORKERS WITH DISABILITIES TAX CREDIT PROGRAM TO PROVIDE  TAX  INCEN-
TIVES TO EMPLOYERS FOR EMPLOYING INDIVIDUALS WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABIL-
ITIES.  THERE WILL BE FIVE DISTINCT POOLS OF TAX INCENTIVES. PROGRAM ONE
WILL COVER TAX INCENTIVES ALLOCATED FOR TWO THOUSAND FIFTEEN.    PROGRAM
TWO  WILL  COVER  TAX INCENTIVES ALLOCATED IN TWO THOUSAND SIXTEEN TO BE
USED IN TWO THOUSAND SIXTEEN AND TWO THOUSAND SEVENTEEN.  PROGRAM  THREE
WILL COVER TAX INCENTIVES ALLOCATED IN TWO THOUSAND SEVENTEEN TO BE USED
IN  TWO  THOUSAND SEVENTEEN AND TWO THOUSAND EIGHTEEN. PROGRAM FOUR WILL
COVER TAX INCENTIVES ALLOCATED IN TWO THOUSAND EIGHTEEN TO  BE  USED  IN
TWO THOUSAND EIGHTEEN AND TWO THOUSAND NINETEEN. PROGRAM FIVE WILL COVER
TAX  INCENTIVES  ALLOCATED  IN  TWO  THOUSAND NINETEEN TO BE USED IN TWO
THOUSAND NINETEEN AND TWO THOUSAND TWENTY. THE COMMISSIONER  IS  AUTHOR-
IZED  TO ALLOCATE UP TO SIX MILLION DOLLARS OF TAX CREDITS UNDER PROGRAM
ONE, SIX MILLION DOLLARS OF TAX CREDITS UNDER PROGRAM TWO,  SIX  MILLION
DOLLARS  OF  TAX CREDITS UNDER PROGRAM THREE, AND SIX MILLION DOLLARS OF
TAX CREDITS UNDER PROGRAM FOUR, AND SIX MILLION DOLLARS OF  TAX  CREDITS
UNDER PROGRAM FIVE.
  (B)  DEFINITIONS.  (1) THE TERM "QUALIFIED EMPLOYER" MEANS AN EMPLOYER
THAT HAS BEEN CERTIFIED BY THE COMMISSIONER TO PARTICIPATE IN THE  WORK-
ERS  WITH  DISABILITIES  TAX CREDIT PROGRAM AND THAT EMPLOYS ONE OR MORE
QUALIFIED EMPLOYEES.
  (2) THE TERM "QUALIFIED EMPLOYEE" MEANS AN INDIVIDUAL:
  (I) WHO IS DEEMED TO HAVE A DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITY, AS THAT TERM  IS
DEFINED  IN SUBDIVISION TWENTY-TWO OF SECTION 1.03 OF THE MENTAL HYGIENE
LAW AND WHO IS CERTIFIED BY THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT OR THE  OFFICE  FOR
PEOPLE WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES:

              

2013-A8492A - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S4946
Current Committee:
Assembly Ways And Means
Law Section:
Labor Law
Laws Affected:
Add §25-b, Lab L; amd §§210 & 606, Tax L

2013-A8492A - Summary

Establishes the workers with disabilities tax credit program; provides tax incentives to employers for employing individuals with developmental disabilities.

2013-A8492A - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                 8492--A

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 17, 2014
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. LENTOL -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on  Ways  and  Means  --  committee  discharged, bill amended, ordered
  reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

AN ACT to amend the labor law and  the  tax  law,  in  relation  to  the
  creation of the workers with disabilities tax credit program

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

  Section 1. The labor law is amended by adding a new  section  25-b  to
read as follows:
  S  25-B.  POWER TO ADMINISTER THE WORKERS WITH DISABILITIES TAX CREDIT
PROGRAM. (A) THE COMMISSIONER IS AUTHORIZED TO ESTABLISH AND  ADMINISTER
THE  WORKERS  WITH DISABILITIES TAX CREDIT PROGRAM TO PROVIDE TAX INCEN-
TIVES TO EMPLOYERS FOR EMPLOYING INDIVIDUALS WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABIL-
ITIES. THERE WILL BE FIVE DISTINCT POOLS OF TAX INCENTIVES. PROGRAM  ONE
WILL  COVER TAX INCENTIVES ALLOCATED IN TWO THOUSAND FOURTEEN TO BE USED
IN TWO THOUSAND FOURTEEN AND TWO THOUSAND FIFTEEN.    PROGRAM  TWO  WILL
COVER TAX INCENTIVES ALLOCATED IN TWO THOUSAND FIFTEEN TO BE USED IN TWO
THOUSAND  FIFTEEN AND TWO THOUSAND SIXTEEN. PROGRAM THREE WILL COVER TAX
INCENTIVES ALLOCATED IN TWO THOUSAND SIXTEEN TO BE USED IN TWO  THOUSAND
SIXTEEN  AND  TWO THOUSAND SEVENTEEN. PROGRAM FOUR WILL COVER TAX INCEN-
TIVES ALLOCATED IN TWO THOUSAND SEVENTEEN TO BE  USED  IN  TWO  THOUSAND
SEVENTEEN  AND TWO THOUSAND EIGHTEEN. PROGRAM FIVE WILL COVER TAX INCEN-
TIVES ALLOCATED IN TWO THOUSAND EIGHTEEN TO  BE  USED  IN  TWO  THOUSAND
EIGHTEEN  AND  TWO  THOUSAND NINETEEN. THE COMMISSIONER IS AUTHORIZED TO
ALLOCATE UP TO SIX MILLION DOLLARS OF TAX CREDITS UNDER PROGRAM ONE, SIX
MILLION DOLLARS OF TAX CREDITS UNDER PROGRAM TWO, SIX MILLION DOLLARS OF
TAX CREDITS UNDER PROGRAM THREE, AND SIX MILLION DOLLARS OF TAX  CREDITS
UNDER PROGRAM FOUR, AND SIX MILLION DOLLARS OF TAX CREDITS UNDER PROGRAM
FIVE.
  (B)  DEFINITIONS.  (1) THE TERM "QUALIFIED EMPLOYER" MEANS AN EMPLOYER
THAT HAS BEEN CERTIFIED BY THE COMMISSIONER TO PARTICIPATE IN THE  WORK-
ERS  WITH  DISABILITIES  TAX CREDIT PROGRAM AND THAT EMPLOYS ONE OR MORE
QUALIFIED EMPLOYEES.
  (2) THE TERM "QUALIFIED EMPLOYEE" MEANS AN INDIVIDUAL:

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

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2013-A8492B (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S4946
Current Committee:
Assembly Ways And Means
Law Section:
Labor Law
Laws Affected:
Add §25-b, Lab L; amd §§210 & 606, Tax L

2013-A8492B (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes the workers with disabilities tax credit program; provides tax incentives to employers for employing individuals with developmental disabilities.

2013-A8492B (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                 8492--B

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 17, 2014
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. LENTOL -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on  Ways  and  Means  --  committee  discharged, bill amended, ordered
  reprinted as amended  and  recommitted  to  said  committee  --  again
  reported  from  said  committee  with amendments, ordered reprinted as
  amended and recommitted to said committee

AN ACT to amend the labor law and  the  tax  law,  in  relation  to  the
  creation of the workers with disabilities tax credit program

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

  Section 1. The labor law is amended by adding a new  section  25-b  to
read as follows:
  S  25-B.  POWER TO ADMINISTER THE WORKERS WITH DISABILITIES TAX CREDIT
PROGRAM. (A) THE COMMISSIONER IS AUTHORIZED TO ESTABLISH AND  ADMINISTER
THE  WORKERS  WITH DISABILITIES TAX CREDIT PROGRAM TO PROVIDE TAX INCEN-
TIVES TO EMPLOYERS FOR EMPLOYING INDIVIDUALS WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABIL-
ITIES. THERE WILL BE FIVE DISTINCT POOLS OF TAX INCENTIVES. PROGRAM  ONE
WILL  COVER TAX INCENTIVES ALLOCATED IN TWO THOUSAND FOURTEEN TO BE USED
IN TWO THOUSAND FOURTEEN AND TWO THOUSAND FIFTEEN.    PROGRAM  TWO  WILL
COVER TAX INCENTIVES ALLOCATED IN TWO THOUSAND FIFTEEN TO BE USED IN TWO
THOUSAND  FIFTEEN AND TWO THOUSAND SIXTEEN. PROGRAM THREE WILL COVER TAX
INCENTIVES ALLOCATED IN TWO THOUSAND SIXTEEN TO BE USED IN TWO  THOUSAND
SIXTEEN  AND  TWO THOUSAND SEVENTEEN. PROGRAM FOUR WILL COVER TAX INCEN-
TIVES ALLOCATED IN TWO THOUSAND SEVENTEEN TO BE  USED  IN  TWO  THOUSAND
SEVENTEEN  AND TWO THOUSAND EIGHTEEN. PROGRAM FIVE WILL COVER TAX INCEN-
TIVES ALLOCATED IN TWO THOUSAND EIGHTEEN TO  BE  USED  IN  TWO  THOUSAND
EIGHTEEN  AND  TWO  THOUSAND NINETEEN. THE COMMISSIONER IS AUTHORIZED TO
ALLOCATE UP TO SIX MILLION DOLLARS OF TAX CREDITS UNDER PROGRAM ONE, SIX
MILLION DOLLARS OF TAX CREDITS UNDER PROGRAM TWO, SIX MILLION DOLLARS OF
TAX CREDITS UNDER PROGRAM THREE, AND SIX MILLION DOLLARS OF TAX  CREDITS
UNDER PROGRAM FOUR, AND SIX MILLION DOLLARS OF TAX CREDITS UNDER PROGRAM
FIVE.
  (B)  DEFINITIONS.  (1) THE TERM "QUALIFIED EMPLOYER" MEANS AN EMPLOYER
THAT HAS BEEN CERTIFIED BY THE COMMISSIONER TO PARTICIPATE IN THE  WORK-

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD10299-12-4
              

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