Bill Text: NY A03297 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Provides a tax checkoff box on personal income tax return forms for gifts for the life pass it on trust fund for gifts for organ and tissue donation outreach and research.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 20-3)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2012-05-14 - REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS [A03297 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-A03297-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         3297
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   January 24, 2011
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       Introduced  by  M.  of A. TITUS, BENEDETTO, CONTE, HOYT, PEOPLES-STOKES,
         SCHIMMINGER, MILLMAN, SPANO, CLARK, COLTON, JAFFEE, GALEF,  MAYERSOHN,
         CAHILL  --  Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. LATIMER, V. LOPEZ, McENENY,
         PHEFFER, J. RIVERA, N. RIVERA, SWEENEY, WEISENBERG, ZEBROWSKI --  read
         once and referred to the Committee on Ways and Means
       AN  ACT  to  amend the tax law, in relation to providing a tax check off
         box on personal income tax return forms for the life pass it on  trust
         fund
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Part 2 of article 22 of the tax law is amended by adding  a
    2  new section 630-c to read as follows:
    3    S  630-C.  GIFT  FOR  ORGAN AND TISSUE DONATION OUTREACH AND RESEARCH.
    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 LIFE PASS IT ON TRUST FUND.  THE CONTRIBUTION SHALL BE IN ANY
    7  WHOLE DOLLAR AMOUNT AND SHALL NOT REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF STATE TAX OWED BY
    8  SUCH  INDIVIDUAL.  THE  COMMISSIONER SHALL INCLUDE SPACE ON THE PERSONAL
    9  INCOME TAX RETURN TO  ENABLE  A  TAXPAYER  TO  MAKE  SUCH  CONTRIBUTION.
   10  NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW ALL REVENUES COLLECTED PURSU-
   11  ANT  TO THIS SECTION SHALL BE CREDITED TO THE LIFE PASS IT ON TRUST FUND
   12  AND USED ONLY FOR THOSE PURPOSES ENUMERATED IN SECTION NINETY-FIVE-D  OF
   13  THE  STATE  FINANCE LAW, AS ADDED BY CHAPTER FOUR HUNDRED FIFTEEN OF THE
   14  LAWS OF TWO THOUSAND THREE.
   15    S 2. This act shall take effect on December 31 in the year in which it
   16  shall have become a law and shall apply to taxable years beginning after
   17  such date, provided, however, that effective  immediately,  all  actions
   18  and procedures with respect to the proposed adoption, amendment, suspen-
   19  sion or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the timely imple-
   20  mentation  of  this  act  are  directed  and  authorized  to be made and
   21  completed on or before such effective date.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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