Authorizes boards of cooperative educational services to enter into contracts with public libraries for high-speed telecommunications services.

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S1573-2011 Actions

• Jun 21, 2012: COMMITTED TO RULES
• Jun 4, 2012: AMENDED ON THIRD READING 1573A
• May 7, 2012: ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
• May 2, 2012: 2ND REPORT CAL.
• May 1, 2012: 1ST REPORT CAL.658
• Mar 6, 2012: REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE
• Jan 4, 2012: REFERRED TO EDUCATION
• Jun 24, 2011: COMMITTED TO RULES
• Jun 14, 2011: ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
• Jun 13, 2011: 2ND REPORT CAL.
• Jun 7, 2011: 1ST REPORT CAL.1091
• May 3, 2011: REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE
• Jan 10, 2011: REFERRED TO EDUCATION

S1573-2011 Meetings

Education: Mar 6, 2012, Education: May 3, 2011, Finance: May 1, 2012, Finance: Jun 7, 2011

S1573-2011 Calendars

Floor Calendar: May 2, 2012 , Floor Calendar: May 7, 2012 , Floor Calendar: May 8, 2012 , Floor Calendar: May 9, 2012 , Floor Calendar: May 14, 2012 , Floor Calendar: May 15, 2012 , Floor Calendar: May 16, 2012 , Floor Calendar: May 21, 2012 , Floor Calendar: May 22, 2012 , Floor Calendar: May 23, 2012 , Floor Calendar: May 30, 2012 , Floor Calendar: May 31, 2012 , Floor Calendar: Jun 4, 2012 , Floor Calendar: Jun 13, 2011 , Floor Calendar: Jun 14, 2011 , Floor Calendar: Jun 15, 2011 , Floor Calendar: Jun 16, 2011 , Floor Calendar: Jun 17, 2011 , Floor Calendar: Jun 21, 2011 , Floor Calendar: Jun 22, 2011 , Floor Calendar: Jun 23, 2011 , Floor Calendar: Jun 24, 2011

S1573-2011 Votes

S1573-2011 Memo

BILL NUMBER:S1573

TITLE OF BILL:
An act
to amend the tax law, in relation to creating a disabled person retrofit
tax credit

PURPOSE:
To provide an incentive for owners of residential buildings to
retrofit homes for access to the disabled.

SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section One of the bill amends Section 606 of the tax law to allow a
taxpayer a tax credit to be equal to thirty percent, with a maximum
of $5,000 dollars, of the cost of expenditures for retrofitting a
home for disabled access- Qualified improvements include:

*A no-step entrance or entrance allowing access to the residence;

*Interior passage doors providing at least thirty-two in wide opening;

*Reinforcements in bathroom walls allowing installation of grab bars
around the toilet, tub and shower; and

*Light switches and outlets Placed in locations accessible to disabled
Persons.

EXISTING LAW:
None.

JUSTIFICATION:
Many homeowners discover that retrotfitting homes to allow better
access for the disabled cost prohibitive and be deterred from making
the improvements. This legislation would provide a tax credit that is
equal to thirty percent of the cost expenditures, up to $5,000 for
making qualified improvements.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
2011-12 - S.5058A - Referred to Investigations and Gov't Ops

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS: To be determined.

EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately and shall be deemed to have
been in full force and effect on January 1, 2014; provided further,
this act shall apply to all tax years commencing on or after January
1, 2014.

S1573-2011 Text

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

                                    1573

                         2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                              I N  SENATE

                              January 10, 2011
                                 ___________

  Introduced  by  Sens.  OPPENHEIMER,  DIAZ,  MONTGOMERY -- read twice and
    ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee  on
    Education

  AN  ACT to amend the education law, in relation to authorizing boards of
    cooperative educational services to enter into contracts  with  public
    libraries for high-speed telecommunications services

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


    Section 1. Paragraph h of subdivision 4 of section 1950 of the  educa-
  tion law is amended by adding a new subparagraph 8 to read as follows:

    (8) TO ENTER INTO CONTRACTS WITH INDIVIDUAL PUBLIC LIBRARIES OR PUBLIC
  LIBRARY  SYSTEMS  FOR  THE  PURPOSE OF PROVIDING HIGH-SPEED TELECOMMUNI-
  CATIONS SERVICES INCLUDING, BUT  NOT  LIMITED  TO,  HIGH-SPEED  INTERNET
  SERVICES.  ANY SUCH PROPOSED CONTRACT SHALL BE SUBJECT TO THE REVIEW AND
  APPROVAL  OF  THE  COMMISSIONER,  WHO  MAY  ONLY  APPROVE  SUCH PROPOSED
  CONTRACT WHEN, IN SUCH COMMISSIONER'S OPINION, SUCH CONTRACT:  (A)  WILL
  RESULT IN A MORE ECONOMICAL UTILIZATION OF EXISTING BOARD OF COOPERATIVE
  EDUCATIONAL SERVICES HIGH-SPEED TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES OR RESOURCES
  THAN  WOULD  BE  ACHIEVED  WERE SUCH CONTRACT NOT APPROVED; (B) WILL NOT
  DISRUPT THE LEVEL OF SERVICES TO COMPONENT  SCHOOL  DISTRICTS;  AND  (C)
  WILL  RESULT  IN  A  MORE  ECONOMICAL  UTILIZATION  OF  EXISTING LIBRARY
  RESOURCES. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL ISSUE A FINDING,  IN  WRITING,  MAKING
  ANY DETERMINATION PURSUANT TO THIS SUBPARAGRAPH.
    S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
  it shall have become a law.



   EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                        [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                             LBD05305-01-1