Senate Bill S8939

                            
 
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                                   8939
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               June 6, 2018
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 Introduced  by  Sen.  MURPHY  -- (at request of the Division of Criminal
   Justice Services) -- read twice and ordered printed, and when  printed
   to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend the tax law and the state finance law, in relation to
   the missing and exploited children clearinghouse fund
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Section 628 of the tax law, as added by chapter 579 of the
 laws of 1997, is amended to read as follows:
   § 628. Gift for missing and exploited children AND MISSING  VULNERABLE
 ADULTS  clearinghouse  fund. Effective for any tax year commencing on or
 after January first, nineteen hundred ninety-seven, an individual in any
 taxable year may elect to contribute to the missing and exploited  chil-
 dren  AND  MISSING  VULNERABLE ADULTS clearinghouse fund.  Such contrib-
 ution 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 form to enable a taxpay-
 er to make such contribution.   Notwithstanding any other  provision  of
 law,  all  revenues  collected pursuant to this section shall be paid to
 the missing and exploited children AND MISSING VULNERABLE ADULTS  clear-
 inghouse  fund  established pursuant to and used only for those purposes
 enumerated in section ninety-two-w of the state finance law.
   § 2. The section heading and subdivisions 1, 3 and 4 of  section  92-w
 of  the  state finance law, as added by chapter 530 of the laws of 1994,
 are amended to read as follows:
   Missing and exploited children AND MISSING VULNERABLE ADULTS clearing-
 house fund. 1. A special fund to be known as the "missing and  exploited
 children  AND  MISSING  VULNERABLE  ADULTS clearinghouse fund" is hereby
 established in the custody of the state comptroller and the commissioner
 of taxation and finance.
   3. Monies of the fund, when allocated, shall be available to the divi-
 sion of criminal justice services for the enhancement of public informa-
 tion and prevention education efforts  including  production  of  print,
 video  and radio advertising materials, brochures, pamphlets and outdoor
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
              

                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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 advertising, or for any other activity or purpose that will aid  in  the
 prevention of the exploitation of children or in the recovery of missing
 and  exploited  children AND MISSING VULNERABLE ADULTS, as deemed neces-
 sary  by  the  missing  and exploited children clearinghouse AND MISSING
 VULNERABLE ADULTS CLEARINGHOUSE created pursuant to  [section]  SECTIONS
 eight  hundred  thirty-seven-f AND EIGHT HUNDRED THIRTY-SEVEN-F-1 of the
 executive law.
   4. Monies shall be payable from the fund on the audit and  warrant  of
 the  comptroller  on  vouchers  approved and certified by the [director]
 COMMISSIONER of the division of criminal justice services.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.