STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          9701

                    IN SENATE

                                      May 22, 2024
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by Sen. STAVISKY -- (at request of the State Comptroller) --
          read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to  be  committed  to
          the Committee on Higher Education

        AN  ACT  to  amend  the education law, in relation to the New York state
          college choice tuition savings program

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section  1.  Subdivision  9  of section 695-b of the education law, as
     2  amended by chapter 535 of the laws  of  2000,  is  amended  to  read  as
     3  follows:
     4    9. "Qualified withdrawal" shall mean a withdrawal from an account:
     5    a.  to  pay  the qualified higher education expenses of the designated
     6  beneficiary of the account at an eligible educational institution;
     7    b. to pay principal and interest on any qualified  education  loan  as
     8  provided  for in section 529(c)(9) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986,
     9  as amended; and
    10    c. to make a rollover to  a  Roth  Individual  Retirement  Account  as
    11  provided  for  in  section  529(c)(3)(E) of the Internal Revenue Code of
    12  1986, as amended.
    13    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.





         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD14892-02-4