Senate Bill S3570

Signed By Governor
2019-2020 Legislative Session

Establishes an arts fund to receive contributions for the support of the New York state council on the arts

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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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2019-S3570 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A7994
Law Section:
Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Add §630-g, Tax L; add §97-yyyy, St Fin L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S3441
2011-2012: S1913
2013-2014: S921
2015-2016: S948
2017-2018: S3453

2019-S3570 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes an arts fund to receive contributions for the support of the New York state council on the arts through a personal income tax return check-off; provides that for tax years on or after January 1, 2019, any individual may elect to contribute to the arts fund by indicating such intent on a tax form.

2019-S3570 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S3570 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3570
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 8, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens. SERRANO, BAILEY, KRUEGER, SAVINO -- read twice and
   ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee  on
   Budget and Revenue
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend the tax law and the state finance law, in relation to
   gifts for the support of the New York state council on the arts

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  The  legislature hereby finds and determines that, due to
 severe budgetary constraints, the amount of state  funds  available  for
 the  support  of the New York state council on the arts has been sharply
 diminished over the past few years.  This decrease in support has had  a
 devastating  effect  upon  many  of New York's cultural institutions, as
 well as many related or dependent businesses and employees. Accordingly,
 the legislature hereby finds and determines that taxpayers of the  state
 of  New  York  should  have  the  opportunity  to use the New York state
 personal income tax form as a mechanism for  making  voluntary  contrib-
 utions  for the support of the New York state council on the arts. It is
 the intent of the  legislature  that  any  funds  so  contributed  shall
 supplement  and  not  offset  or diminish in any way the amount of funds
 made available to the New York state council on  the  arts  pursuant  to
 annual budget appropriations.
   §  2.  The tax law is amended by adding a new section 630-g to read as
 follows:
   § 630-G. GIFT TO THE ARTS FUND. EFFECTIVE FOR ANY TAX YEAR  COMMENCING
 ON  OR  AFTER  JANUARY  FIRST,  TWO THOUSAND NINETEEN, AN INDIVIDUAL MAY
 ELECT TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE ARTS FUND CREATED PURSUANT TO  SECTION  NINE-
 TY-SEVEN-YYYY  OF  THE STATE FINANCE LAW FOR THE SUPPORT OF THE NEW YORK
 STATE COUNCIL ON THE ARTS. SUCH  CONTRIBUTION  SHALL  BE  IN  ANY  WHOLE
 DOLLAR  AMOUNT AND SHALL NOT REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF TAX OWED BY SUCH INDI-
 VIDUAL. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL INCLUDE SPACE ON THE PERSONAL INCOME  TAX
 RETURN  TO  ENABLE A TAXPAYER TO MAKE SUCH CONTRIBUTION. NOTWITHSTANDING
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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