Senate Bill S7325

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to enacting the taxpayer voter registration act

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Budget And Revenue 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-S7325 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A8624
Current Committee:
Senate Budget And Revenue
Law Section:
Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Add §§664 & 45, Tax L; add §§997 & 997-a, RPT L; add §201-a, V & T L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: S1750, A4896
2023-2024: S680, A1713, A6037

2019-S7325 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Allows taxpayers to register to vote upon paying their taxes or changing their address.

2019-S7325 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S7325 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7325
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 17, 2020
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. BORRELLO -- 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 real property tax law,  in  relation
   to enacting the "taxpayer voter registration act"
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may  be  cited  as
 the "taxpayer voter registration act".
   §  2.  The  tax  law is amended by adding a new section 664 to read as
 follows:
   § 664. VOTER REGISTRATION. THE COMMISSIONER  SHALL  REQUIRE  THAT  ALL
 INCOME  TAX RETURNS ALLOW THE TAXPAYER TO REGISTER TO VOTE BY CHECKING A
 BOX, TO BE INCLUDED ON THE RETURN, THAT  INDICATES  THAT  THE  APPLICANT
 WOULD  LIKE  TO REGISTER TO VOTE. ADJACENT TO SUCH BOX, THERE SHALL BE A
 STATEMENT IN PROMINENT TYPE, "IF YOU CHECK THIS BOX, YOU SWEAR OR AFFIRM
 UNDER PENALTIES OF PERJURY THAT (1) YOU ARE  A  CITIZEN  OF  THE  UNITED
 STATES, (2) YOU WILL HAVE LIVED IN THE COUNTY, CITY OR VILLAGE LISTED AS
 YOUR  ADDRESS  ON  YOUR  TAX RETURN FOR AT LEAST 30 DAYS BEFORE THE NEXT
 ELECTION, (3) YOU MEET ALL THE REQUIREMENTS TO REGISTER,  AND  (4)  YOUR
 SIGNATURE  OR  MARK IS AFFIXED TO THIS TAX RETURN OR IS ON FILE WITH THE
 NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND FINANCE OR THE NEW YORK  STATE
 DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES." THE INCOME TAX RETURNS SHALL ALSO PROVIDE
 A  MEANS  FOR THE INDIVIDUAL TO SELECT A POLITICAL PARTY AFFILIATION, IF
 SO DESIRED BY THE INDIVIDUAL.
   § 3. The real property tax law is amended by adding a new section  997
 to read as follows:
   § 997. VOTER REGISTRATION; GENERAL. THE TAXING ENTITY SHALL INCLUDE ON
 ALL  TAX  BILLS ISSUED UNDER THIS CHAPTER A CHECK BOX, TO BE INCLUDED ON
 THE BILL, THAT INDICATES THAT THE APPLICANT WOULD LIKE  TO  REGISTER  TO
 VOTE.  ADJACENT  TO  SUCH  BOX,  THERE SHALL BE A STATEMENT IN PROMINENT
 TYPE, "IF YOU CHECK THIS BOX, YOU SWEAR OR  AFFIRM  UNDER  PENALTIES  OF
 PERJURY  THAT  (1)  YOU ARE A CITIZEN OF THE UNITED STATES, (2) YOU WILL
 HAVE LIVED IN THE COUNTY, CITY OR VILLAGE LISTED AS YOUR ADDRESS ON YOUR
 TAX RETURN FOR AT LEAST 30 DAYS BEFORE THE NEXT ELECTION, (3)  YOU  MEET
 ALL  THE  REQUIREMENTS  TO  REGISTER,  AND (4) YOUR SIGNATURE OR MARK IS
 AFFIXED TO THIS TAX RETURN OR IS ON FILE WITH THE NEW YORK STATE DEPART-
              

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