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Assembly Bill A6942

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Establishes the New York state veterans' cemetery operation and maintenance fund

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2009-A6942 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S287
Current Committee:
Assembly Veterans
Law Section:
Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Add §627-a, Tax L; add §89-h, St Fin L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A226, S136
2013-2014: A1774

2009-A6942 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes the New York state veterans' cemetery operation and maintenance fund to provide moneys for the operation and maintenance of state veterans' cemeteries; establishes the gift for veterans' cemetery operation and maintenance to provide revenue to such fund; such a gift may be made on a taxpayer's personal income tax return in whole dollar amounts.

2009-A6942 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  6942

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             March 17, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M. of A. ORTIZ, JAFFEE, CARROZZA, FIELDS, COLTON, CLARK,
  STIRPE, KOON, SAYWARD, PHEFFER, ALFANO, HOOPER, MAGNARELLI, SCHROEDER,
  BARRA, GABRYSZAK, ABBATE, TITONE -- Multi-Sponsored by  --  M.  of  A.
  BOYLAND,  COOK,  DelMONTE,  DESTITO, DIAZ, GOTTFRIED, GREENE, GUNTHER,
  HYER-SPENCER, JACOBS, V. LOPEZ, MAYERSOHN,  McENENY,  PERRY,  SCHIMEL,
  SWEENEY,  TOWNS, WEISENBERG -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Veterans' Affairs

AN ACT to amend the tax law, in relation  to  establishing  a  gift  for
  veterans'  cemetery  operation  and  maintenance  which may be made on
  personal income tax return; and to amend the  state  finance  law,  in
  relation  to establishing the New York state veterans' cemetery opera-
  tion and maintenance 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 627-a to
read as follows:
  S 627-A.   GIFT FOR  VETERANS'  CEMETERY  OPERATION  AND  MAINTENANCE.
EFFECTIVE  FOR  ANY  TAX  YEAR COMMENCING ON OR AFTER JANUARY FIRST, TWO
THOUSAND TEN, AN INDIVIDUAL IN ANY TAXABLE YEAR MAY ELECT TO  CONTRIBUTE
TO THE NEW YORK STATE VETERANS' CEMETERY OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE FUND.
THE  CONTRIBUTIONS  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  A
TAXPAYER  TO MAKE SUCH CONTRIBUTION. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION
OF LAW, ALL REVENUE COLLECTED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION SHALL BE CREDITED
TO THE NEW YORK STATE VETERANS' CEMETERY OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE FUND,
ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO SECTION EIGHTY-NINE-H OF THE STATE FINANCE LAW.
  S 2. The state finance law is amended by adding a new section 89-h  to
read as follows:
  S  89-H.  NEW  YORK STATE VETERANS' CEMETERY OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE
FUND. 1. THERE IS HEREBY ESTABLISHED IN THE JOINT CUSTODY OF THE COMMIS-

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD00201-01-9

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