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- Print number 7051a
- Amend and recommit to environmental conservation
- Referred to environmental conservation
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Requires the commissioner of environmental conservation to establish standards for inspection and certification of green roofs and provides for a green roof installation credit
In Assembly Committee · Ways And Means · Sponsor Jeffrey Dinowitz
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BILL NUMBER:S7051A
Title of bill
An act to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to pre-installation review and certification of green roof materials and to amend the tax law, in relation to establishing a green roof installation credit
Purpose or general idea of bill
To develop standards for the installation and an maintenance "green roofs", better known as roof gardens, and to provide a tax credit for home owners to install such gardens.
Summary of specific provisions
Section 1 of the bill amends the environmental conservation law by adding a new section 3-0308, which would require the commissioner of the Department of Environmental Conservation to develop a program to evaluate and set standards for green roof construction and certification.
Section 2 of the bill amends the tax law by adding a new subsection (u) to section 606 which would provide a tax credit for the installation of roof garden of 55% of the installation cost that shall not exceed $5,000.
Section 3 provides for an effective date.
Justification
In addition to the aesthetic value of roof gardens for the residents of buildings where they are installed, green roofs serve several important functions. First, the gardens absorb the heat of the sun without heating the temperature of the building which keeps the buildings cooler in the summer and requires less energy output by residents. Second, as we all know plants produce oxygen and absorb carbon dioxide. In congested urban areas where very few trees and shrubs exist, this is a simple way to increase the amount of oxygen in urban areas.
Commercial installation of roof gardens can cost $10-$24 per square foot which is why a tax credit would add an extra incentive for building owners to install roof gardens.
Prior legislative history
2009-10: A.1803 - Referred to Environmental Conservation/S.863 - Referred to Environmental Conservation 2007-08: A.S449-A - Referred to Ways and Means/S.4362A - Referred to Environmental Conservation
Fiscal implications
To be determined.
Effective date
This act shall take effect immediately provided that section one of this act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after it shall have become a law and that section 2 of this act shall apply to taxable years commencing on or after January 1, 2014; provided, however, that effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation of this act on its effective date are authorized and directed to be made and completed on or before such effective date.
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