Senate Bill S971A

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Creates a personal income tax check-off box for donations to the school-based health centers fund

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  • 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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2015-S971 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A4913
Current Committee:
Senate Investigations And Government Operations
Law Section:
Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Add §630-e, Tax L; add §81, St Fin L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S4158, A6536
2011-2012: S326, A306
2013-2014: S1378, A2577
2017-2018: S4487, A2660

2015-S971 - Summary

Creates a personal income tax check-off box for donations to the school-based health centers fund; creates the school-based health centers fund; specifies the use for which moneys of the fund may be expended.

2015-S971 - Sponsor Memo

2015-S971 - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                   971

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             January 7, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  MONTGOMERY  -- read twice and ordered printed, and
  when printed to be committed to the Committee  on  Investigations  and
  Government Operations

AN  ACT  to  amend the tax law and the state finance law, in relation to
  providing a tax check-off box on personal income tax return forms  for
  gifts to the school-based health centers 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  630-d  to
read as follows:
  S  630-D.  GIFT FOR SCHOOL-BASED HEALTH CENTERS. EFFECTIVE FOR ANY TAX
YEAR COMMENCING ON OR AFTER JANUARY  FIRST,  TWO  THOUSAND  SIXTEEN,  AN
INDIVIDUAL   IN  ANY  TAXABLE  YEAR  MAY  ELECT  TO  CONTRIBUTE  TO  THE
SCHOOL-BASED HEALTH CENTERS 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 A TAXPAYER TO MAKE  SUCH  CONTRIBUTION.  THE
COMMISSIONER  SHALL  ALSO  ENSURE  THAT  A DESCRIPTION OF A SCHOOL-BASED
HEALTH CENTER IS INCLUDED WITHIN THE TAX  FORM  PREPARATION  INSTRUCTION
BOOKLET.  NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY  OTHER  PROVISION  OF  LAW  ALL  REVENUES
COLLECTED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION SHALL BE CREDITED TO THE SCHOOL-BASED
HEALTH CENTERS FUND AND USED  ONLY  FOR  THOSE  PURPOSES  ENUMERATED  IN
SECTION EIGHTY-ONE OF THE STATE FINANCE LAW.
  S  2.  The  state finance law is amended by adding a new section 81 to
read as follows:
  S 81. SCHOOL-BASED HEALTH CENTERS FUND. 1. THERE IS HEREBY ESTABLISHED
IN THE JOINT CUSTODY OF THE COMPTROLLER AND THE COMMISSIONER OF  HEALTH,
A SPECIAL FUND TO BE KNOWN AS THE "SCHOOL-BASED HEALTH CENTERS FUND".
  2.  SUCH  FUND  SHALL CONSIST OF ALL REVENUES RECEIVED PURSUANT TO THE
PROVISIONS OF SECTION SIX HUNDRED THIRTY-D OF THE TAX LAW, AND ALL OTHER
MONEYS APPROPRIATED, CREDITED, OR TRANSFERRED  THERETO  FROM  ANY  OTHER

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD02300-01-5
              

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2015-S971A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A4913
Current Committee:
Senate Investigations And Government Operations
Law Section:
Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Add §630-e, Tax L; add §81, St Fin L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S4158, A6536
2011-2012: S326, A306
2013-2014: S1378, A2577
2017-2018: S4487, A2660

2015-S971A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Creates a personal income tax check-off box for donations to the school-based health centers fund; creates the school-based health centers fund; specifies the use for which moneys of the fund may be expended.

2015-S971A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2015-S971A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                 971--A

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             January 7, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced by Sens. MONTGOMERY, LATIMER -- read twice and ordered print-
  ed,  and  when  printed  to  be committed to the Committee on Investi-
  gations and Government Operations -- recommitted to the  Committee  on
  Investigations  and  Government  Operations  in accordance with Senate
  Rule  6,  sec.  8  --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended,  ordered
  reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

AN  ACT  to  amend the tax law and the state finance law, in relation to
  providing a tax check-off box on personal income tax return forms  for
  gifts to the school-based health centers 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  630-e  to
read as follows:
  S  630-E.  GIFT FOR SCHOOL-BASED HEALTH CENTERS. EFFECTIVE FOR ANY TAX
YEAR COMMENCING ON OR AFTER JANUARY FIRST, TWO  THOUSAND  SEVENTEEN,  AN
INDIVIDUAL   IN  ANY  TAXABLE  YEAR  MAY  ELECT  TO  CONTRIBUTE  TO  THE
SCHOOL-BASED HEALTH CENTERS 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 A TAXPAYER TO MAKE  SUCH  CONTRIBUTION.  THE
COMMISSIONER  SHALL  ALSO  ENSURE  THAT  A DESCRIPTION OF A SCHOOL-BASED
HEALTH CENTER IS INCLUDED WITHIN THE TAX  FORM  PREPARATION  INSTRUCTION
BOOKLET.  NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY  OTHER  PROVISION  OF  LAW  ALL  REVENUES
COLLECTED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION SHALL BE CREDITED TO THE SCHOOL-BASED
HEALTH CENTERS FUND AND USED  ONLY  FOR  THOSE  PURPOSES  ENUMERATED  IN
SECTION EIGHTY-ONE OF THE STATE FINANCE LAW.
  S  2.  The  state finance law is amended by adding a new section 81 to
read as follows:
  S 81. SCHOOL-BASED HEALTH CENTERS FUND. 1. THERE IS HEREBY ESTABLISHED
IN THE JOINT CUSTODY OF THE COMPTROLLER AND THE COMMISSIONER OF  HEALTH,
A SPECIAL FUND TO BE KNOWN AS THE "SCHOOL-BASED HEALTH CENTERS FUND".

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD02300-02-6
              

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