Bill Text: NY A09115 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Allows taxpayers to contribute to the support of the animal population control fund by marking a space on a corporate or personal income tax return.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 17-3)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-06-19 - held for consideration in ways and means [A09115 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-A09115-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         9115
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   January 25, 2012
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       Introduced  by M. of A. KELLNER -- read once and referred to the Commit-
         tee on Ways and Means
       AN ACT to amend the tax law, in relation to contributions to the  animal
         population control 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  209-h  to
    2  read as follows:
    3    S  209-H.  GIFTS FOR THE ANIMAL POPULATION CONTROL FUND. EFFECTIVE FOR
    4  ANY TAX YEAR COMMENCING ON OR AFTER JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND  TWELVE,
    5  A TAXPAYER IN ANY TAXABLE YEAR MAY ELECT TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE SUPPORT OF
    6  THE  ANIMAL  POPULATION  CONTROL FUND. SUCH CONTRIBUTION SHALL BE IN ANY
    7  WHOLE DOLLAR AMOUNT AND SHALL NOT REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF STATE TAX OWED BY
    8  SUCH TAXPAYER. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL INCLUDE  SPACE  ON  THE  CORPORATE
    9  INCOME  TAX  RETURN  TO  ENABLE  A  TAXPAYER  TO MAKE SUCH CONTRIBUTION.
   10  NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER  PROVISION  OF  LAW,  ALL  REVENUES  COLLECTED
   11  PURSUANT  TO  THIS  SECTION  SHALL  BE CREDITED TO THE ANIMAL POPULATION
   12  CONTROL FUND AND SHALL BE USED ONLY FOR  THOSE  PURPOSES  ENUMERATED  IN
   13  SECTION NINETY-SEVEN-XX OF THE STATE FINANCE LAW.
   14    S  2.  The tax law is amended by adding a new section 630-c to read as
   15  follows:
   16    S 630-C. GIFTS FOR ANIMAL POPULATION CONTROL FUND. EFFECTIVE  FOR  ANY
   17  TAX  YEAR  COMMENCING ON OR AFTER JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWELVE, AN
   18  INDIVIDUAL IN ANY TAXABLE YEAR MAY ELECT TO  CONTRIBUTE  TO  THE  ANIMAL
   19  POPULATION  CONTROL FUND. SUCH CONTRIBUTION SHALL BE IN ANY WHOLE DOLLAR
   20  AMOUNT AND SHALL NOT REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF STATE TAX OWED BY  SUCH  INDI-
   21  VIDUAL.  THE COMMISSIONER SHALL INCLUDE SPACE ON THE PERSONAL INCOME TAX
   22  RETURN TO ENABLE THE TAXPAYER TO MAKE SUCH CONTRIBUTION.   NOTWITHSTAND-
   23  ING  ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW, ALL REVENUES COLLECTED PURSUANT TO THIS
   24  SECTION SHALL BE CREDITED TO THE ANIMAL POPULATION CONTROL FUND AND USED
   25  ONLY FOR THOSE PURPOSES ENUMERATED IN  SECTION  NINETY-SEVEN-XX  OF  THE
   26  STATE FINANCE LAW.
   27    S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD01974-01-1