Bill Text: NY A00851 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Grants personal income taxpayers the ability to make a gift to the state parks on their tax returns; establishes the state parks fund to provide monies to the office of parks, recreation and historic preservation for the operation and maintenance of the state parks.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2016-01-21 - REFERRED TO FINANCE [A00851 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-A00851-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         851--A
                                                                 Cal. No. 43
                               2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                     January 1, 2015
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        Introduced  by  M.  of A. MARKEY, JAFFEE, DUPREY, RAIA, GALEF, DiPIETRO,
          CAHILL, LINARES -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M.  of  A.  CERETTO,  GIGLIO,
          GLICK,  MAGEE, McLAUGHLIN, TENNEY, THIELE -- read once and referred to
          the Committee on Ways and  Means  --  advanced  to  a  third  reading,
          amended  and  ordered  reprinted,  retaining its place on the order of
          third reading
        AN ACT to amend the tax law, in relation to  establishing  the  gift  to
          state  parks  on  personal  income  tax  forms; and to amend the state
          finance law, in relation to establishing the state parks 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-c to
     2  read as follows:
     3    § 627-c. Gift to state parks. Effective for any tax year commencing on
     4  or after January first, two thousand sixteen, an individual in any taxa-
     5  ble year may elect to contribute to the state parks fund. Such  contrib-
     6  ution  shall  be  in  any  whole  dollar amount and shall not reduce the
     7  amount of state tax owed by  such  individual.  The  commissioner  shall
     8  include space on the personal income tax return form to enable a taxpay-
     9  er  to  make  such  contribution. Notwithstanding any other provision of
    10  law, all revenue collected pursuant to this section shall be paid to the
    11  state parks fund established pursuant to section eighty-three-b  of  the
    12  state finance law.
    13    §  2. The state finance law is amended by adding a new section 83-b to
    14  read as follows:
    15    § 83-b. State parks fund. 1. A special fund to be known as the  "state
    16  parks  fund"  is  hereby  established  in the joint custody of the state
    17  comptroller and the commissioner of taxation and finance.
    18    2. The fund shall consist of  all  monies  transferred  to  such  fund
    19  pursuant  to law, all monies required by any provision of law to be paid
    20  or credited to the fund, all monies from gifts pursuant to  section  six
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD05718-03-6