Assembly Bill A9857

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Authorizes gifts, on personal income tax returns, for substance use disorder education and recovery

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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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2017-A9857 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S897
Current Committee:
Senate Finance
Law Section:
Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Add §629-b, Tax L; add §89-i, St Fin L; add §19.45, Ment Hyg L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: S7204
2019-2020: S1117
2021-2022: S4086

2017-A9857 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes gifts, on personal income tax returns, for substance use disorder education and recovery; establishes the substance use disorder education and recovery fund for the receipt and expenditure of monies from such gifts; directs the office of alcoholism and substance abuse services to provide grants to organizations engaged in activities dedicated to providing education, prevention, treatment or recovery to those suffering from substance use disorders.

2017-A9857 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9857
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 14, 2018
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. GALEF -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Ways and Means
 
 AN ACT to amend the tax law, in  relation  to  authorizing  a  gift  for
   substance  use  disorder education and recovery on personal income tax
   returns; to amend the state finance law, in relation  to  establishing
   the  substance  use disorder education and recovery fund; and to amend
   the mental hygiene law, in relation to providing grants for  substance
   use disorder education and recovery
 
   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  629-b  to
 read as follows:
   §  629-B.  GIFT  FOR  SUBSTANCE  USE  DISORDER EDUCATION AND RECOVERY.
 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 SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER EDUCATION  AND  RECOVERY  FUND.
 SUCH  CONTRIBUTION  SHALL  BE  IN  ANY WHOLE DOLLAR AMOUNT AND SHALL NOT
 REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF STATE TAX OWED BY SUCH INDIVIDUAL.  THE COMMISSION-
 ER SHALL INCLUDE SPACE ON THE PERSONAL INCOME TAX  RETURN  TO  ENABLE  A
 TAXPAYER  TO MAKE SUCH CONTRIBUTION. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION
 OF LAW ALL REVENUES COLLECTED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION SHALL BE CREDITED
 TO THE SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER EDUCATION AND RECOVERY FUND AND USED  ONLY
 FOR  THOSE  PURPOSES  ENUMERATED  IN  SECTION EIGHTY-NINE-I OF THE STATE
 FINANCE LAW.
   § 2. The state finance law is amended by adding a new section 89-i  to
 read as follows:
   §  89-I.  SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER EDUCATION AND RECOVERY FUND. 1. THERE
 IS HEREBY ESTABLISHED IN THE JOINT CUSTODY OF THE COMMISSIONER OF  TAXA-
 TION  AND  FINANCE AND THE STATE COMPTROLLER, A SPECIAL FUND TO BE KNOWN
 AS THE "SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER EDUCATION AND RECOVERY FUND".
   2. SUCH FUND SHALL CONSIST OF ALL REVENUES RECEIVED  PURSUANT  TO  THE
 PROVISIONS  OF  SECTION  SIX  HUNDRED  TWENTY-NINE-B OF THE TAX LAW, ALL
 REVENUES RECEIVED PURSUANT TO APPROPRIATIONS BY THE LEGISLATURE, AND ALL
 MONEYS APPROPRIATED, CREDITED OR TRANSFERRED THERETO FROM ANY OTHER FUND
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
              

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