Bill Text: NY S00325 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Establishes a gift for the autism awareness and research fund on the personal income tax form.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-01-06 - REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS [S00325 Detail]

Download: New_York-2009-S00325-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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           S. 325                                                    A. 562
                              2009-2010 Regular Sessions
                             S E N A T E - A S S E M B L Y
                                      (PREFILED)
                                    January 7, 2009
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       IN  SENATE -- Introduced by Sen. LITTLE -- read twice and ordered print-
         ed, and when printed to be committed  to  the  Committee  on  Investi-
         gations and Government Operations
       IN  ASSEMBLY  -- Introduced by M. of A. DUPREY -- read once and referred
         to the Committee on Ways and Means
       AN ACT to amend the tax law and the state finance law,  in  relation  to
         establishing a gift for the autism awareness and research fund
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. The tax law is amended by adding a  new  section  629-a  to
    2  read as follows:
    3    S  629-A.  GIFT FOR THE AUTISM AWARENESS AND RESEARCH FUND.  EFFECTIVE
    4  FOR ANY TAX YEAR COMMENCING ON OR  AFTER  JANUARY  FIRST,  TWO  THOUSAND
    5  NINE,  AN  INDIVIDUAL IN ANY TAXABLE YEAR MAY ELECT TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE
    6  NEW YORK STATE AUTISM AWARENESS AND RESEARCH FUND  ESTABLISHED  PURSUANT
    7  TO  SECTION  NINETY-FIVE-E OF THE STATE FINANCE LAW, AS ADDED BY CHAPTER
    8  THREE HUNDRED ONE OF THE LAWS OF TWO THOUSAND FOUR.    THE  CONTRIBUTION
    9  SHALL  BE  IN ANY WHOLE DOLLAR AMOUNT AND SHALL NOT REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF
   10  STATE TAX OWED BY SUCH INDIVIDUAL. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL INCLUDE  SPACE
   11  ON  THE  PERSONAL  INCOME  TAX  RETURN TO ENABLE A TAXPAYER TO MAKE SUCH
   12  CONTRIBUTION. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF  LAW,  ALL  REVENUE
   13  COLLECTED  PURSUANT  TO  THIS  SECTION SHALL BE CREDITED TO THE NEW YORK
   14  STATE AUTISM AWARENESS  AND  RESEARCH  FUND  AND  USED  ONLY  FOR  THOSE
   15  PURPOSES ENUMERATED IN SUCH SECTION OF THE STATE FINANCE LAW.
   16    S  2. Subdivision 2 of section 95-e of the state finance law, as added
   17  by chapter 301 of the laws of 2004, is amended to read as follows:
   18    2. Such fund shall consist of all revenues received  pursuant  to  the
   19  provisions  of  section  four  hundred four-v of the vehicle and traffic
   20  law, SECTION SIX HUNDRED TWENTY-NINE-A OF THE TAX  LAW,  and  all  other
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD00457-01-9
       S. 325                              2                             A. 562
    1  moneys  appropriated,  credited,  or  transferred thereto from any other
    2  fund or source pursuant to law. Nothing contained in this section  shall
    3  prevent  the  state  from  receiving  grants,  gifts or bequests for the
    4  purposes of the fund as defined in this section and depositing them into
    5  the fund according to law.
    6    S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.