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S00543 Summary:

BILL NOS00543 

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SAME ASSAME AS A00520

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SPONSORSTEC

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COSPNSRFAHY

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§606 & 210-B, Tax L

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Establishes a forestry stewardship and habitat conservation credit for personal income and business franchise taxes.

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BILL NOS00543 

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01/08/2025REFERRED TO BUDGET AND REVENUE

01/07/2026REFERRED TO BUDGET AND REVENUE

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 543

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 (Prefiled)

 January 8, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. STEC -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Budget and Revenue

 AN ACT to amend the tax law, in relation to establishing a forestry
 stewardship and habitat conservation credit for personal income and
 business franchise taxes

 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 (qqq) to read as follows:
 3 (qqq) Forestry stewardship and habitat conservation credit. (1) In the
 4 case of a taxpayer who owns land that is subject to an agreement with
 5 the department of environmental conservation, by which such land is
 6 committed to forestry stewardship, or habitat conservation, or both,
 7 there shall be allowed a credit for twenty-five percent of the real
 8 property taxes paid on such land. In no event shall the credit allowed
 9 under this subsection in combination with any other credit for such real
 10 property taxes under this section exceed the total amount of such taxes
 11 paid during the taxable year.
 12 (2) For the purposes of this subsection:
 13 (a) "Eligible tract" shall mean a tract of land of at least twenty-
 14 five contiguous acres that has been inspected by the department of envi-
 15 ronmental conservation, a wildlife biologist certified by The Wildlife
 16 Society, or a fisheries biologist certified by the American Fisheries
 17 Society, and based on such inspection is determined by the department of
 18 environmental conservation to be: valuable habitat for wildlife, fish,
 19 shellfish or crustacea; or safe and suitable for fish or wildlife-relat-
 20 ed recreation, including fishing, hunting, trapping and wildlife obser-
 21 vation; or both. Land divided only by federal, state, county or town
 22 roads, easements or rights-of-way, or energy transmission corridors or

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD01404-01-5

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 1 similar facilities shall be considered contiguous for purposes of this
 2 section.
 3 (b) "Agreement" shall mean a written agreement between the department
 4 of environmental conservation and the owner of an eligible tract,
 5 executed by both parties, by which the eligible tract is committed to
 6 habitat conservation, or forestry stewardship, or both, for a period of
 7 not less than five years.
 8 (c) "Approved habitat conservation plan" shall mean a plan, approved
 9 by the department of environmental conservation, for the management of
 10 an eligible tract which shall contain requirements and standards with
 11 which the owner of the eligible tract must comply in order to conserve
 12 the value of the land as wildlife, fish, shellfish, or crustacea habi-
 13 tat.
 14 (d) "Forestry stewardship" shall mean participation in a forest
 15 certification program (such as Forest Stewardship Council certification,
 16 Sustainable Forestry Initiative, American Tree Farm Program, etc.)
 17 recognized in the regulations of the department of environmental conser-
 18 vation.
 19 (3) There is hereby created a New York state forestry stewardship and
 20 habitat conservation program for the purpose of providing forested lands
 21 in the state and conserving the value of land in the state as wildlife,
 22 fish, shellfish or crustacea habitat.
 23 (4) A landowner may make application to the department of environ-
 24 mental conservation, on forms prescribed by such department, to have
 25 land included i