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Assembly Bill A9678A

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Authorizes personal income taxpayers to make a gift to the school district they reside in

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2017-A9678 - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Ways And Means
Law Section:
Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Add §627-d, Tax L; add §85, St Fin L; add §1306-b, RPT L

2017-A9678 - Summary

Authorizes personal income taxpayers to make a gift to excellence in public school education whereby the gift is dedicated to the school district in which the taxpayer resides; such monies shall be deposited into the account for the district for which the gift is intended; monies shall be paid to school districts on July 1 for the school year commencing in the succeeding calendar year, and shall reduce the school taxes of each taxpayer making such a gift.

2017-A9678 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9678
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 31, 2018
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  ENGLEBRIGHT -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Ways and Means
 
 AN ACT to amend the tax law, the state finance law and the real property
   tax law, in relation to authorizing personal income taxpayers to  make
   a gift to the school district they reside in
 
   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-d  to
 read as follows:
   §  627-D. GIFT TO EXCELLENCE IN PUBLIC SCHOOL EDUCATION. EFFECTIVE FOR
 ANY TAX YEAR COMMENCING ON OR AFTER JANUARY FIRST,  TWO  THOUSAND  NINE-
 TEEN,  AN  INDIVIDUAL IN ANY TAXABLE YEAR MAY ELECT TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE
 SCHOOL DISTRICT ACCOUNT, WITHIN THE GIFT TO EXCELLENCE IN PUBLIC  SCHOOL
 EDUCATION  FUND,  FOR  THE  SCHOOL  DISTRICT  IN  WHICH  SUCH INDIVIDUAL
 RESIDES. SUCH CONTRIBUTION SHALL BE IN ANY WHOLE DOLLAR AMOUNT AND SHALL
 NOT REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF STATE TAX OWED BY SUCH INDIVIDUAL. THE  COMMIS-
 SIONER SHALL INCLUDE SPACE ON THE PERSONAL INCOME TAX RETURN TO ENABLE A
 TAXPAYER   TO  MAKE  SUCH  A  CONTRIBUTION.  NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY  OTHER
 PROVISION OF LAW ALL REVENUES COLLECTED PURSUANT TO THIS  SECTION  SHALL
 BE  CREDITED  TO  THE  APPROPRIATE  ACCOUNT IN THE GIFT TO EXCELLENCE IN
 PUBLIC SCHOOL EDUCATION FUND AND USED ONLY FOR THOSE PURPOSES ENUMERATED
 IN SECTION EIGHTY-FIVE OF THE STATE FINANCE LAW.
   § 2. The state finance law is amended by adding a new  section  85  to
 read as follows:
   §  85. GIFT TO EXCELLENCE IN PUBLIC SCHOOL EDUCATION FUND. 1. THERE IS
 HEREBY ESTABLISHED IN THE JOINT  CUSTODY  OF  THE  COMPTROLLER  AND  THE
 COMMISSIONER  OF  TAXATION AND FINANCE A SPECIAL FUND TO BE KNOWN AS THE
 "GIFT TO EXCELLENCE IN PUBLIC SCHOOL EDUCATION FUND".
   2. THE COMPTROLLER SHALL ESTABLISH, WITHIN THE GIFT TO  EXCELLENCE  IN
 PUBLIC  SCHOOL  EDUCATION  FUND,  A  SEPARATE  ACCOUNT  FOR  EACH SCHOOL
 DISTRICT IN THE STATE.
   3. SUCH FUND SHALL CONSIST OF ALL REVENUES RECEIVED BY THE  DEPARTMENT
 OF  TAXATION  AND  FINANCE,  PURSUANT  TO  THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION SIX
 HUNDRED TWENTY-SEVEN-D OF THE TAX LAW, AND ALL  OTHER  MONEYS  APPROPRI-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
              

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2017-A9678A (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Ways And Means
Law Section:
Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Add §627-d, Tax L; add §85, St Fin L; add §1306-b, RPT L

2017-A9678A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes personal income taxpayers to make a gift to excellence in public school education whereby the gift is dedicated to the school district in which the taxpayer resides; such monies shall be deposited into the account for the district for which the gift is intended; monies shall be paid to school districts on July 1 for the school year commencing in the succeeding calendar year, and shall reduce the school taxes of each taxpayer making such a gift.

2017-A9678A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  9678--A
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 31, 2018
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  ENGLEBRIGHT,  ZEBROWSKI,  D'URSO, GOTTFRIED,
   PICHARDO, ABINANTI,  DE LA ROSA,  SCHIMMINGER,  GALEF,  CAHILL,  COOK,
   PEOPLES-STOKES, JONES, BLAKE, NIOU, SEAWRIGHT -- Multi-Sponsored by --
   M.  of  A. SIMON, THIELE -- read once and referred to the Committee on
   Ways  and  Means  --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended,   ordered
   reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN ACT to amend the tax law, the state finance law and the real property
   tax  law, in relation to authorizing personal income taxpayers to make
   a gift to the school district they reside in
 
   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-d to
 read as follows:
   § 627-D. GIFT TO EXCELLENCE IN PUBLIC SCHOOL EDUCATION. EFFECTIVE  FOR
 ANY  TAX  YEAR  COMMENCING ON OR AFTER JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND NINE-
 TEEN, AN INDIVIDUAL IN ANY TAXABLE YEAR MAY ELECT TO CONTRIBUTE  TO  THE
 SCHOOL  DISTRICT ACCOUNT, WITHIN THE GIFT TO EXCELLENCE IN PUBLIC SCHOOL
 EDUCATION FUND,  FOR  THE  SCHOOL  DISTRICT  IN  WHICH  SUCH  INDIVIDUAL
 RESIDES. SUCH CONTRIBUTION SHALL BE IN ANY WHOLE DOLLAR AMOUNT AND SHALL
 NOT  REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF STATE TAX OWED BY SUCH INDIVIDUAL. THE COMMIS-
 SIONER SHALL INCLUDE SPACE ON THE PERSONAL INCOME TAX RETURN TO ENABLE A
 TAXPAYER  TO  MAKE  SUCH  A  CONTRIBUTION.  NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY   OTHER
 PROVISION  OF  LAW ALL REVENUES COLLECTED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION SHALL
 BE CREDITED TO THE APPROPRIATE ACCOUNT IN  THE  GIFT  TO  EXCELLENCE  IN
 PUBLIC SCHOOL EDUCATION FUND AND USED ONLY FOR THOSE PURPOSES ENUMERATED
 IN SECTION EIGHTY-FIVE OF THE STATE FINANCE LAW.
   §  2.  The  state finance law is amended by adding a new section 85 to
 read as follows:
   § 85. GIFT TO EXCELLENCE IN PUBLIC SCHOOL EDUCATION FUND. 1. THERE  IS
 HEREBY  ESTABLISHED  IN  THE  JOINT  CUSTODY  OF THE COMPTROLLER AND THE
 COMMISSIONER OF TAXATION AND FINANCE A SPECIAL FUND TO BE KNOWN  AS  THE
 "GIFT TO EXCELLENCE IN PUBLIC SCHOOL EDUCATION FUND".
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD14216-04-8
              

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