Senate Bill S5338

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Creates the rescued animals spay and neuter fund

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Budget And Revenue Committee


  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2023-S5338 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A1552
Current Committee:
Senate Budget And Revenue
Law Section:
Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Add §§209-Q & 630-l, Tax L; add §95-l, St Fin L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S6107
2011-2012: S3075
2013-2014: S1333
2015-2016: S936, S3546
2017-2018: S610, S3083
2019-2020: S608, S4379
2021-2022: S4385, S6111, A9859

2023-S5338 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Creates the rescued animals spay and neuter fund; authorizes the department of taxation and finance to place a check-off box on income tax returns for taxpayers to contribute money to the fund.

2023-S5338 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S5338 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5338
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               March 2, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  WEIK  --  read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Budget and Revenue
 
 AN ACT to amend the tax law and the state finance law,  in  relation  to
   the rescued animals spay and neuter fund
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The tax law is amended by adding a  new  section  209-Q  to
 read as follows:
   §  209-Q.  GIFT  FOR RESCUED ANIMALS PROTECTION. EFFECTIVE FOR ANY TAX
 YEAR COMMENCING ON OR AFTER JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-THREE,  A
 TAXPAYER  IN  ANY  TAXABLE  YEAR  MAY ELECT TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE RESCUED
 ANIMALS SPAY AND NEUTER FUND. SUCH CONTRIBUTION SHALL BE  IN  ANY  WHOLE
 DOLLAR  AMOUNT AND SHALL NOT REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF STATE TAX OWED BY SUCH
 TAXPAYER. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL INCLUDE SPACE ON THE  CORPORATE  INCOME
 TAX  RETURN  TO  ENABLE  A TAXPAYER TO MAKE SUCH CONTRIBUTION.  NOTWITH-
 STANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW, ALL REVENUES COLLECTED PURSUANT  TO
 THIS  SECTION  SHALL  BE CREDITED TO THE RESCUED ANIMALS SPAY AND NEUTER
 FUND AND SHALL BE USED ONLY FOR THOSE  PURPOSES  ENUMERATED  IN  SECTION
 NINETY-FIVE-L OF THE STATE FINANCE LAW.
   §  2.  The tax law is amended by adding a new section 630-l to read as
 follows:
   § 630-L.  GIFT FOR RESCUED ANIMALS PROTECTION. EFFECTIVE FOR  ANY  TAX
 YEAR COMMENCING ON OR AFTER JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-THREE, AN
 INDIVIDUAL  IN  ANY  TAXABLE YEAR MAY ELECT TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE RESCUED
 ANIMALS SPAY AND NEUTER FUND. SUCH CONTRIBUTION SHALL BE  IN  ANY  WHOLE
 DOLLAR  AMOUNT AND SHALL NOT REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF STATE TAX OWED BY SUCH
 INDIVIDUAL. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL INCLUDE SPACE ON THE PERSONAL  INCOME
 TAX  RETURN TO ENABLE AN INDIVIDUAL TO MAKE SUCH CONTRIBUTION.  NOTWITH-
 STANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW, ALL REVENUES COLLECTED PURSUANT  TO
 THIS  SECTION  SHALL  BE CREDITED TO THE RESCUED ANIMALS SPAY AND NEUTER
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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