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Senator · Senate District 5
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History
- Reported and committed to finance
- Print number 4749b
- Amend and recommit to environmental conservation
- Referred to environmental conservation
- Print number 4749a
- Amend (t) and recommit to environmental conservation
- Referred to environmental conservation
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BILL NUMBER:S4749B
Title of bill
An act to amend the executive 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
This legislation would require the Commissioner of Environmental Conser- vation to establish standards for inspection and certification of green roofs and provides for a green roof installation credit.
Summary of provisions
Section 1. 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. Amends the Tax Law by adding a new subsection (u) to Section 606, which would provide a tax credit of 55% for the installation cost of a roof garden. The tax credit shall not exceed $5,000.
Section 3. Establishes the effective date.
Justification
In addition to the aesthetic value of the roof garden for the resident(s) of the building where it is installed, the green roof would also serve several other functions. First, the gardens absorb the heat of the sun without heating the temperature of the building, which keeps the building cooler in the summer and requires less energy output by the resident(s). 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 oxygen in urban areas.
Commercial installation of roof gardens can cost 510-524 per square foot, which is why a tax credit would add an extra incentive for build- ing owners to install roof gardens.
Legislative history
2011-12:A. 7046 Environmental Conservation 2009-10:A. 7413-A Finance/S. 2763-A Environmental Conservation
Fiscal implications
The fiscal implications of this legislation are to be determined.
Effective date
This act shall take effect immediately provided that section one of this act shall take effect January 1, 2015 and that section two of this act shall apply to taxable years commencing on or after January 1, 2015; 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 an completed on or before such effective date.
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