STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         3908--A
                               2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                    February 20, 2015
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        Introduced  by Sens. MARCHIONE, FUNKE -- read twice and ordered printed,
          and when printed to be committed to the  Committee  on  Investigations
          and  Government Operations -- recommitted to the Committee on Investi-
          gations and Government Operations in accordance with  Senate  Rule  6,
          sec.  8  --  committee  discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as
          amended and recommitted to said committee
        AN ACT to amend the tax law, in relation to providing a tax  credit  for
          the purchase of items relating to firearm safety
          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)  A  taxpayer  shall be allowed a credit as hereinafter provided,
     4  against the tax imposed by this article for the purchase, other than for
     5  resale, of gun safes or vaults, firearm safety locks, trigger  locks  or
     6  other  items  designed  to  ensure  the  safe  handling  and  storage of
     7  firearms. The amount of credit shall be equal to twenty-five percent  of
     8  the  cost  to  the taxpayer of the purchase of such firearm safety items
     9  during the taxable year, such credit not to exceed five hundred  dollars
    10  per year.
    11    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to taxable
    12  years beginning on and after January 1, 2018.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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