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S09544 Summary:

BILL NOS09544 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORHARCKHAM

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§28, 187-c, 210-B & 606, Tax L

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Modifies the biofuel production credit from ethanol to renewable diesel and renewable hydrocarbon diesel.

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BILL NOS09544 

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03/23/2026REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 9544

 IN SENATE

 March 23, 2026
 ___________

 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, in relation to the biofuel production cred-
 it

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivision (a) and paragraph 1 of subdivision (b) of
 2 section 28 of the tax law, as added by section 1 of part X of chapter 62
 3 of the laws of 2006, subdivision (a) as amended by section 1 of part K
 4 of chapter 59 of the laws of 2012, are amended to read as follows:
 5 (a) General. A taxpayer subject to tax under article nine, nine-A or
 6 twenty-two of this chapter shall be allowed a credit against such tax
 7 pursuant to the provisions referenced in subdivision (d) of this
 8 section. The credit (or pro rata share of earned credit in the case of a
 9 partnership) for each gallon of biofuel produced at a biofuel plant on
 10 or after January first, two thousand [six] twenty-two shall equal
 11 fifteen cents per gallon after the production of the first forty thou-
 12 sand gallons per year presented to market. The credit under this section
 13 shall be capped at two and one-half million dollars per taxpayer per
 14 taxable year for up to no more than four consecutive taxable years per
 15 biofuel plant. If the taxpayer is a partner in a partnership or share-
 16 holder of a New York S corporation, then the cap imposed by the preced-
 17 ing sentence shall be applied at the entity level, so that the aggregate
 18 credit allowed to all the partners or shareholders of each such entity
 19 in the taxable year does not exceed two and one-half million dollars.
 20 The tax credit allowed pursuant to this section shall apply to taxable
 21 years beginning before January first, two thousand [twenty]
 22 twenty-seven.
 23 (1) "Biofuel" means a fuel which includes biodiesel [and ethanol],
 24 renewable diesel and renewable hydrocarbon diesel. The term "biodiesel"
 25 shall mean a fuel comprised exclusively of mono-alkyl esters of long
 26 chain fatty acids derived from vegetable oils or animal fats, designated
 27 B100, which meets the specifications of American Society of Testing and

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD15297-01-6

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 1 Materials designation D 6751-02. The [term "ethanol" shall mean ethyl
 2 alcohol manufactured in the United States and its territories and sold
 3 (i) for fuel use and which has been rendered unfit for beverage use in a
 4 manner and which is produced at a facility approved by the federal
 5 bureau of alcohol, tobacco and firearms for the production of ethanol
 6 for fuel, or (ii) as denatured ethanol used by blenders and refiners
 7 which has been rendered unfit for beverage use] terms "renewable diesel"
 8 and "renewable hydrocarbon diesel" mean a diesel fuel substitute
 9 produced from nonpetroleum renewable sources, including vegetable oils
 10 and animal fats, that meets the registration requirements for fuels and
 11 fuel additives established by the federal Environmental Protection Agen-
 12 cy in 40 C.F.R. Part 79 (2008) and conforms to the specifications of
 13 ASTM D975. Renewable diesel and renewable hydrocarbon diesel shall not
 14 include any fuel from co-processed biomass with a feedstock that is not
 15 biomass. The term "biofuel" may also include any other standard
 16 approved by the New York state energy and research development authori-
 17 ty.
 18 § 2. Section 187-c of the tax law, as amended by se