Bill Text: NY S00353 | 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: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-04-18 - REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE [S00353 Detail]
Download: New_York-2011-S00353-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 353 2011-2012 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E (PREFILED) January 5, 2011 ___________ Introduced by Sen. ROBACH -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Govern- ment Operations 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 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD01974-01-1 S. 353 2 1 SECTION SHALL BE CREDITED TO THE ANIMAL POPULATION CONTROL FUND AND USED 2 ONLY FOR THOSE PURPOSES ENUMERATED IN SECTION NINETY-SEVEN-XX OF THE 3 STATE FINANCE LAW. 4 S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.