Senate Bill S244

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Provides for corporate franchise tax and personal income tax check-offs for taxpayer gifts for diabetes research and education; establishes diabetes fund

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Investigations And Government Operations Committee


  • 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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2019-S244 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Investigations And Government Operations
Law Section:
Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Add §§209-M & 630-g, Tax L; add §89-j, St Fin L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: S6512
2021-2022: S5088
2023-2024: S4649

2019-S244 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides for a corporate franchise tax check-off and a personal income tax check-off for taxpayer gifts for diabetes research and education; establishes the diabetes research and education fund.

2019-S244 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S244 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    244
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 9, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. KENNEDY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Govern-
   ment Operations
 
 AN ACT to amend the tax law and the state finance law,  in  relation  to
   providing  for  taxpayer gifts for diabetes research and education and
   establishing the diabetes research and education 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 209-M to
 read as follows:
   § 209-M. GIFT FOR DIABETES RESEARCH AND EDUCATION. EFFECTIVE  FOR  ANY
 TAX  YEAR  COMMENCING  ON OR AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION, A
 TAXPAYER IN ANY TAXABLE YEAR MAY ELECT TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE  SUPPORT  OF
 THE  DIABETES RESEARCH AND EDUCATION FUND. SUCH CONTRIBUTION SHALL BE IN
 ANY WHOLE DOLLAR AMOUNT AND SHALL NOT REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF THE STATE TAX
 OWED BY SUCH TAXPAYER. THE  COMMISSIONER  SHALL  INCLUDE  SPACE  ON  THE
 CORPORATE  INCOME  TAX RETURN TO ENABLE A TAXPAYER TO MAKE SUCH CONTRIB-
 UTION.  NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY  OTHER  PROVISION  OF  LAW,  ALL   REVENUES
 COLLECTED  PURSUANT  TO  THIS  SECTION SHALL BE CREDITED TO THE DIABETES
 RESEARCH AND EDUCATION FUND AND SHALL BE USED ONLY  FOR  THOSE  PURPOSES
 ENUMERATED IN SECTION EIGHTY-NINE-J OF THE STATE FINANCE LAW.
   §  2.  The tax law is amended by adding a new section 630-g to read as
 follows:
   § 630-G. GIFT FOR DIABETES RESEARCH AND EDUCATION. EFFECTIVE  FOR  ANY
 TAX  YEAR  COMMENCING ON OR AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION, AN
 INDIVIDUAL IN ANY TAXABLE YEAR MAY ELECT TO CONTRIBUTE TO  THE  DIABETES
 RESEARCH  AND  EDUCATION  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.    NOTWITH-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
              

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