New York S 6883: Relates to establishing a mollusk shell recycling tax credit

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S06883 Summary:

BILL NOS06883 

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SAME ASSAME AS A00142

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SPONSORHARCKHAM

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§210-B & 606, Tax L; amd §3-0301, En Con L

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Establishes a mollusk shell recycling tax credit; directs DEC to promulgate necessary regulations.

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BILL NOS06883 

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03/26/2025REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

01/07/2026REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 6883

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 March 26, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. HARCKHAM -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Govern-
 ment Operations

 AN ACT to amend the tax law and the environmental conservation law, in
 relation to establishing a bivalve mollusk shell recycling tax credit

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Section 210-B of the tax law is amended by adding a new
 2 subdivision 61 to read as follows:
 3 61. Bivalve mollusk shell recycling credit. A taxpayer shall be
 4 allowed a credit, to be computed as hereinafter provided against the tax
 5 imposed by this article, for the recycling of bivalve mollusk shells.
 6 The amount of the credit shall be the lesser of one thousand dollars, or
 7 ten cents multiplied by the number of pounds of mollusk shells certified
 8 by the New York state department of environmental conservation. The
 9 credit allowed under this subdivision for any taxable year shall not
 10 reduce the tax due for such year to less than the fixed dollar minimum
 11 amount prescribed in paragraph (d) of subdivision one of section two
 12 hundred ten of this article. In order for a taxpayer to qualify for this
 13 credit, the shells shall be donated to an entity or organization permit-
 14 ted by the department of environmental conservation to reuse such shells
 15 for the beneficial use of oyster reef restoration.
 16 § 2. Section 606 of the tax law is amended by adding a new subsection
 17 (qqq) to read as follows:
 18 (qqq) Bivalve mollusk shell recycling credit. (1) A taxpayer shall be
 19 allowed a credit, to be computed as hereinafter provided against the tax
 20 imposed by this article, for the recycling of bivalve mollusk shells.
 21 (2) The amount of the credit shall be the lesser of one thousand
 22 dollars, or ten cents multiplied by the number of pounds of bivalve
 23 mollusk shells certified by the New York state department of environ-
 24 mental conservation.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD01335-01-5

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 1 (3) In order for a taxpayer to qualify for this credit, the shells
 2 shall be donated to an entity or organization permitted by the depart-
 3 ment of environmental conservation to reuse such shells for the benefi-
 4 cial use of oyster reef restoration.
 5 § 3. Subparagraph (B) of paragraph 1 of subsection (i) of section 606
 6 of the tax law is amended by adding a new clause (lii) to read as
 7 follows:
 8 (lii) Bivalve mollusk Amount of credit under subdivision
 9 shell recycling credit under sixty-one of section two
 10 subsection (qqq) hundred ten-B
 11 § 4. Subdivision 1 of section 3-0301 of the environmental conservation
 12 law is amended by adding a new paragraph ee to read as follows:
 13 ee. Establish rules and regulations regarding the verification and
 14 certification of bivalve mollusk shells returned to the department for
 15 recycling pursuant to the bivalve mollusk shell recycling tax credit
 16 provided in sections two hundred ten-B and six hundred six of the tax
 17 law and for such shells to be reused in the process of oyster reef
 18 restoration.
 19 § 5. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to taxable
 20 years beginning on or after January 1, 2025.

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