Bill Text: NY A09115 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced
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
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 9115 I N A S S E M B L Y January 25, 2012 ___________ 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