---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to the exemption from taxation for certain energy systems"
description: "Relates to the exemption from taxation for micro-hydroelectric energy systems, fuel cell electric generating systems, or micro-combined heat and power generating equipment systems."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "A 260"
citation: "New York A 260 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["PAULIN"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-05"
last_action: "2017-10-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b1328e80-836c-419d-8f56-95c1aed09170"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2017/A260"
source_hash: "e45130764d0a8c7f0e0bceba977a4d82efefdb3fd53ffa5522e394b5f84d1951"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ny"]
---

# New York A 260 (2017-2018) — Relates to the exemption from taxation for certain energy systems

Relates to the exemption from taxation for micro-hydroelectric energy systems, fuel cell electric generating systems, or micro-combined heat and power generating equipment systems.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **A260 HTML** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A260&term=2017&Text=Y)
2. **A260 PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2017/A260)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **62–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **142–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- PAULIN — primary (person)
- ABINANTI — cosponsor (person)
- BARRETT — cosponsor (person)
- CAHILL — cosponsor (person)
- COLTON — cosponsor (person)
- CRESPO — cosponsor (person)
- CROUCH — cosponsor (person)
- GOTTFRIED R — cosponsor (person)
- HUNTER — cosponsor (person)
- OTIS — cosponsor (person)
- RIVERA — cosponsor (person)
- SEPULVEDA — cosponsor (person)
- TITONE — cosponsor (person)
- WALKER — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-01-05** REFERRED TO REAL PROPERTY TAXATION `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-31** REPORTED REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-06** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-15** REPORTED
- **2017-06-15** RULES REPORT CAL.360
- **2017-06-15** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.360
- **2017-06-19** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2017-06-19** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2017-06-19** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-21** SUBSTITUTED FOR S4069
- **2017-06-21** 3RD READING CAL.459
- **2017-06-21** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2017-06-21** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2017-10-11** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2017-10-23** SIGNED CHAP.336 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b1328e80-836c-419d-8f56-95c1aed09170`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).