Bill Text: NY A00226 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Establishes the New York state veterans' cemetery operation and maintenance fund to provide moneys for the operation and maintenance of state veterans' cemeteries; establishes the gift for veterans' cemetery operation and maintenance to provide revenue to such fund; such a gift may be made on a taxpayer's personal income tax return in whole dollar amounts.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 27-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-01-05 - referred to veterans' affairs [A00226 Detail]

Download: New_York-2009-A00226-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                          226
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                      (PREFILED)
                                    January 5, 2011
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       Introduced  by  M. of A. ORTIZ, JAFFEE, COLTON, CLARK, SAYWARD, PHEFFER,
         HOOPER, MAGNARELLI,  SCHROEDER,  GABRYSZAK,  ABBATE,  TITONE,  CUSICK,
         CASTRO -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. BOYLAND, COOK, DESTITO, GOTT-
         FRIED,  GUNTHER, JACOBS, V. LOPEZ, MAYERSOHN, McENENY, PERRY, SCHIMEL,
         SWEENEY, TOWNS, WEISENBERG -- read once and referred to the  Committee
         on Veterans' Affairs
       AN  ACT  to  amend  the  tax law, in relation to establishing a gift for
         veterans' cemetery operation and maintenance  which  may  be  made  on
         personal  income  tax  return;  and to amend the state finance law, in
         relation to establishing the New York state veterans' cemetery  opera-
         tion and maintenance 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  627-a  to
    2  read as follows:
    3    S  627-A.    GIFT  FOR  VETERANS'  CEMETERY OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE.
    4  EFFECTIVE FOR ANY TAX YEAR COMMENCING ON OR  AFTER  JANUARY  FIRST,  TWO
    5  THOUSAND TWELVE, AN INDIVIDUAL IN ANY TAXABLE YEAR MAY ELECT TO CONTRIB-
    6  UTE  TO  THE NEW YORK STATE VETERANS' CEMETERY OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE
    7  FUND.  THE CONTRIBUTIONS SHALL BE IN ANY WHOLE DOLLAR AMOUNT  AND  SHALL
    8  NOT  REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF STATE TAX OWED BY SUCH INDIVIDUAL. THE COMMIS-
    9  SIONER SHALL INCLUDE SPACE ON THE PERSONAL INCOME TAX RETURN TO ENABLE A
   10  TAXPAYER TO MAKE SUCH CONTRIBUTION. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER  PROVISION
   11  OF LAW, ALL REVENUE COLLECTED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION SHALL BE CREDITED
   12  TO THE NEW YORK STATE VETERANS' CEMETERY OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE FUND,
   13  ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO SECTION EIGHTY-NINE-H OF THE STATE FINANCE LAW.
   14    S  2. The state finance law is amended by adding a new section 89-h to
   15  read as follows:
   16    S 89-H. NEW YORK STATE VETERANS' CEMETERY  OPERATION  AND  MAINTENANCE
   17  FUND. 1. THERE IS HEREBY ESTABLISHED IN THE JOINT CUSTODY OF THE COMMIS-
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD00137-01-1
       A. 226                              2
    1  SIONER OF TAXATION AND FINANCE AND THE STATE COMPTROLLER, A SPECIAL FUND
    2  TO  BE  KNOWN  AS  THE  "NEW YORK STATE VETERANS' CEMETERY OPERATION AND
    3  MAINTENANCE FUND".
    4    2.  SUCH  FUND SHALL CONSIST OF ALL REVENUE RECEIVED BY THE DEPARTMENT
    5  OF TAXATION AND FINANCE, PURSUANT  TO  THE  PROVISIONS  OF  SECTION  SIX
    6  HUNDRED TWENTY-SEVEN-A OF THE TAX LAW AND ALL OTHER MONEYS APPROPRIATED,
    7  CREDITED  OR  TRANSFERRED THERETO FROM ANY OTHER FUND OR SOURCE PURSUANT
    8  TO LAW.
    9    3. MONEYS IN THE NEW YORK STATE VETERANS' CEMETERY OPERATION AND MAIN-
   10  TENANCE FUND SHALL BE KEPT SEPARATE AND SHALL NOT BE COMMINGLED WITH ANY
   11  OTHER MONEYS IN THE CUSTODY OF THE COMMISSIONER OF TAXATION AND  FINANCE
   12  AND THE STATE COMPTROLLER.
   13    4.  THE  MONEYS  IN  SUCH FUND SHALL BE EXPENDED PURSUANT TO APPROPRI-
   14  ATIONS FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF STATE VETER-
   15  ANS' CEMETERIES.
   16    S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.