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Assembly Bill A1774

2013-2014 Legislative Session

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

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2013-A1774 (ACTIVE) - Details

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:
2009-2010: A6942
2011-2012: A226

2013-A1774 (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.

2013-A1774 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  1774

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 9, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. ORTIZ, JAFFEE, COLTON, CLARK, HOOPER, MAGNARELLI,
  GABRYSZAK,  ABBATE, TITONE, CUSICK, CASTRO -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M.
  of A. BOYLAND, COOK,  GOTTFRIED,  GUNTHER,  JACOBS,  V. LOPEZ,  PERRY,
  SCHIMEL,  SWEENEY, WEISENBERG -- read once and referred to the Commit-
  tee 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 FOURTEEN, AN INDIVIDUAL  IN  ANY  TAXABLE  YEAR  MAY  ELECT  TO
CONTRIBUTE  TO THE NEW YORK STATE VETERANS' CEMETERY OPERATION AND MAIN-
TENANCE 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 MAIN-
TENANCE 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.

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