NY State Senate Bill S5952

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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Nov 08, 2021	approval memo.34 signed chap.589
Oct 27, 2021	delivered to governor
Jun 10, 2021	returned to assembly passed senate 3rd reading cal.1203 substituted for s5952
Jun 10, 2021	substituted by a2111
May 24, 2021	advanced to third reading
May 20, 2021	2nd report cal.
May 19, 2021	1st report cal.1203
May 04, 2021	reported and committed to finance
Mar 23, 2021	referred to budget and revenue

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S5952 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A2111
Law Section:: Tax Law
Laws Affected:: Add §630-i, Tax L; add §86, St Fin L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2015-2016: A9224
2017-2018: A7021
2019-2020: A7539

S5952 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides taxpayer gifts for gun violence research; requires the tax commission to include space on the personal income tax return to enable a taxpayer to make such contribution; establishes the gun violence research fund.

S5952 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

 
BILL NUMBER: S5952

SPONSOR: REICHLIN-MELNICK
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the tax law, in relation to providing taxpayer gifts for
gun violence research; and to amend the state finance law, in relation
to establishing the gun violence research fund

 
PURPOSE:

Provides taxpayer gifts for gun violence research; establishes the gun
violence research fund.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1. The tax law is amended by adding a new section 630-i.

§ 630-i. a taxpayer in any taxable year may elect to contribute to the
gun violence research fund. Such contribution shall be in any whole
dollar amount and shall not reduce the amount of state tax owed. The

commissioner shall include space on the personal income tax to allow
such contribution. All revenues collected shall be credited solely to
gun violence research.

Section 2. The state finance law is amended by adding a new section 86.

§ 86. Gun Violence Research Fund

1. establishes in joint custody of the state comptroller and commission-
er of taxation and finance the "gun violence research fund".

2. Funds shall consist of all revenues received by the department of
taxation and finance and all other monies appropriated, credited, or
transferred. Nothing contained shall prevent the state from receiving
grants, gifts, or bequests for the purposes of the fund and depositing
them into the fund.

3. Distribution of Monies

a. Monies of the fund shall be expended to the department of health and
the state university of New York for gun violence research who shall
provide grants for the purpose of advancing and financing gun violence
and research.

b. The commissioner of health and the chancellor of the state university
of New York are authorized to enter into a contract or contracts.

i.Elaborates on the bidding process for the grants.

4. Reporting of Awards

a. On or before the first day of February each year, the comptroller
shall certify to the governor, temporary president of the senate finance
committee and chair of the assembly ways and means committee the amount
of money deposited by each source in the New York state gun violence
research fund during the preceding calendar year as the result of reven-
ue.

b. On or before the first day of February each year, the commissioner of
health in coordination with the chancellor of the state university of
New York shall provide a written report to the temporary president of
the senate, speaker of the assembly, chair of the senate finance commit-
tee, chair of the assembly ways and means committee, chair of the senate
committee on health, chair of the assembly health committee, the state
comptroller and the public. Such report shall include how monies of the
fund were utilized during the preceding calendar year and shall include:

i. amount of money disbursed from the fund and the award process used
for such disbursements;

ii. recipients of awards from the fund;

iii. the amount awarded to each;

iv. the purpose for which such awards were granted; and

v. a summary financial plan for such monies which shall include esti-
mates of all receipts and all disbursements for the current and succeed-
ing fiscal years, along with the actual results from the prior fiscal
year.

5. Monies shall be payable from the fund on the audit and warrant of the
comptroller on vouchers approved by the comptroller.

6. Contractors awarded grants from funds disbursed for the purpose of
gun violence research shall, when their research has concluded, provide
a written report of their findings to the temporary president of the
senate, the speaker of the assembly, the chair of the senate finance
committee, the chair of the assembly ways and means committee, the chair
of the senate committee on health, the chair of the assembly health
committee, the state comptroller and the public.

Section 3. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to all
tax 9 years commencing on and after January 1, 2021.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Gun violence killed 33,636 Americans in the year 2013, which is compara-
ble to the 33,804 Americans killed by motor vehicles in 2013.  However,
the funding provided by Congress to research prevention for these deaths
is far from comparable. In fiscal year 2015 congress provided $170
million for injury prevention and control to the CDC, which includes car
accidents. Additionally the National Highway Traffic Safety Adminis-
tration received $830 million in 2015 devoted to vehicle and traffic
safety research and grants. In 2013, Congress has provided no money to
the CDC to fund research for gun safety. The National Institutes of
Health and Department of Justice have commissioned around $5 million in
gun violence related research. This disparity shows a complete disregard
on the part of the United States Congress to end gun violence which is
plaguing this country. Congress has not funded research into gun
violence since 1996, essentially stopping the country& 39;s leading
experts on public health from finding solutions to ending the gun prob-
lem. Today, gun violence has become a major threat to Americans. The
public health threat from guns does not just come from mass shooting
which are covered heavily by the media, but also from suicides, domestic
violence and accidental deaths. This bill would give the taxpayers of
New York State the option to donate money for the sole purpose of
research on gun violence. Our federal legislators have failed to provide
funds in order to research this issue which is plaguing our nation.
Ultimately the goal of this legislation is to give the State of New York
the resources to find a solution to curb deaths by gun violence in this
country.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2015-16: S.6890 - Referred to Investigations and Government Operations

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS: None.


 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to all tax years
beginning on or after January 1, 2021.

S5952 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5952
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              March 23, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. REICHLIN-MELNICK -- read twice and ordered printed,
   and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Budget and Reven-
   ue
 
 AN ACT to amend the tax law, in relation to providing taxpayer gifts for
   gun violence research; and to amend the state finance law, in relation
   to establishing the gun violence research 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 630-i to
 read as follows:
   § 630-I. GIFT FOR THE GUN VIOLENCE RESEARCH FUND.  EFFECTIVE  FOR  ANY
 TAX  YEAR COMMENCING ON OR AFTER JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-ONE,
 A TAXPAYER IN ANY TAXABLE YEAR  MAY  ELECT  TO  CONTRIBUTE  TO  THE  GUN
 VIOLENCE RESEARCH FUND ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO SECTION EIGHTY-SIX OF THE
 STATE FINANCE LAW. SUCH CONTRIBUTION SHALL BE IN ANY WHOLE DOLLAR AMOUNT
 AND SHALL NOT REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF STATE TAX OWED BY SUCH TAXPAYER.  THE
 COMMISSIONER  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 GUN VIOLENCE RESEARCH FUND AND USED  ONLY  FOR  THOSE
 PURPOSES ENUMERATED IN SECTION EIGHTY-SIX OF THE STATE FINANCE LAW.
   §  2.  The  state finance law is amended by adding a new section 86 to
 read as follows:
   § 86. GUN VIOLENCE RESEARCH FUND. 1.  THERE IS HEREBY  ESTABLISHED  IN
 THE JOINT CUSTODY OF THE STATE COMPTROLLER AND THE COMMISSIONER OF TAXA-
 TION  AND  FINANCE  A  SPECIAL  FUND  TO  BE  KNOWN AS THE "GUN VIOLENCE
 RESEARCH FUND".
   2. SUCH FUND SHALL CONSIST OF ALL REVENUES RECEIVED BY THE  DEPARTMENT
 OF  TAXATION  AND  FINANCE,  PURSUANT  TO  THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION SIX
 HUNDRED THIRTY-I OF THE TAX LAW AND ALL OTHER MONIES APPROPRIATED, CRED-
 ITED, OR TRANSFERRED THERETO FROM ANY OTHER FUND OR SOURCE  PURSUANT  TO
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                            LBD01111-01-1

 S. 5952                             2
 
 LAW.    NOTHING  CONTAINED HEREIN SHALL PREVENT THE STATE FROM RECEIVING
 GRANTS, GIFTS OR BEQUESTS FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE  FUND  AS  DEFINED  IN
 THIS SECTION  AND DEPOSITING THEM INTO THE FUND ACCORDING TO LAW.
   3.  (A)  MONIES  OF  THE  FUND  SHALL BE EXPENDED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF
 HEALTH AND THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK FOR GUN  VIOLENCE  RESEARCH.
 THE  DEPARTMENT  OF  HEALTH  AND  THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK SHALL
 PROVIDE GRANTS FOR THE PURPOSE OF ADVANCING AND FINANCING  GUN  VIOLENCE
 RESEARCH.
   (B)  NOTWITHSTANDING ANY INCONSISTENT PROVISION OF SECTION ONE HUNDRED
 SIXTY-THREE OF THIS CHAPTER, THE COMMISSIONER OF HEALTH AND THE CHANCEL-
 LOR OF THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK ARE AUTHORIZED TO ENTER  INTO  A
 CONTRACT  OR CONTRACTS UNDER PARAGRAPH (A) OF THIS SUBDIVISION WITHOUT A
 COMPETITIVE BID OR REQUEST  FOR  PROPOSAL  PROCESS,  PROVIDED,  HOWEVER,
 THAT:
   (I)  THE  DEPARTMENT  OF  HEALTH  AND THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK
 SHALL POST ON THEIR WEBSITES, FOR A PERIOD OF NO LESS THAN THIRTY DAYS:
   (1) A DESCRIPTION OF THE PROPOSED SERVICES TO BE PROVIDED PURSUANT  TO
 THE CONTRACT OR CONTRACTS;
   (2) THE CRITERIA FOR SELECTION OF A CONTRACTOR OR CONTRACTORS;
   (3)  THE PERIOD OF TIME DURING WHICH A PROSPECTIVE CONTRACTOR MAY SEEK
 SELECTION, WHICH SHALL BE NO LESS THAN THIRTY DAYS AFTER  SUCH  INFORMA-
 TION IS FIRST POSTED ON THE WEBSITES; AND
   (4)  THE  MANNER  BY  WHICH  A  PROSPECTIVE  CONTRACTOR  MAY SEEK SUCH
 SELECTION, WHICH MAY INCLUDE SUBMISSION BY ELECTRONIC MEANS.
   (II) ALL REASONABLE AND RESPONSIVE SUBMISSIONS THAT ARE RECEIVED  FROM
 PROSPECTIVE  CONTRACTORS  IN  A  TIMELY FASHION SHALL BE REVIEWED BY THE
 COMMISSIONER OF HEALTH AND THE CHANCELLOR OF THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW
 YORK; AND
   (III) THE COMMISSIONER OF HEALTH  AND  THE  CHANCELLOR  OF  THE  STATE
 UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK SHALL SELECT SUCH CONTRACTOR OR CONTRACTORS THAT,
 IN  THEIR  DISCRETION,  ARE  BEST  SUITED  TO SERVE THE PURPOSES OF THIS
 SECTION.
   4. (A) ON OR BEFORE THE FIRST DAY OF FEBRUARY  EACH  YEAR,  THE  COMP-
 TROLLER  SHALL  CERTIFY  TO  THE  GOVERNOR,  TEMPORARY  PRESIDENT OF THE
 SENATE, SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY, CHAIR OF THE SENATE  FINANCE  COMMITTEE
 AND  CHAIR OF THE ASSEMBLY WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE, THE AMOUNT OF MONEY
 DEPOSITED BY EACH SOURCE IN THE NEW YORK  STATE  GUN  VIOLENCE  RESEARCH
 FUND DURING THE PRECEDING CALENDAR YEAR AS THE RESULT OF REVENUE DERIVED
 PURSUANT  TO  SECTION  SIX  HUNDRED THIRTY-I OF THE TAX LAW AND FROM ALL
 OTHER SOURCES.
   (B) ON OR BEFORE THE FIRST DAY OF FEBRUARY EACH YEAR, THE COMMISSIONER
 OF HEALTH IN COORDINATION WITH THE CHANCELLOR OF THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF
 NEW YORK SHALL PROVIDE A WRITTEN REPORT TO THE  TEMPORARY  PRESIDENT  OF
 THE SENATE, SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY, CHAIR OF THE SENATE FINANCE COMMIT-
 TEE, CHAIR OF THE ASSEMBLY WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE, CHAIR OF THE SENATE
 COMMITTEE  ON  HEALTH, CHAIR OF THE ASSEMBLY HEALTH COMMITTEE, THE STATE
 COMPTROLLER AND THE PUBLIC. SUCH REPORT SHALL INCLUDE HOW MONIES OF  THE
 FUND WERE UTILIZED DURING THE PRECEDING CALENDAR YEAR AND SHALL INCLUDE:
   (I)  THE AMOUNT OF MONEY DISBURSED FROM THE FUND AND THE AWARD PROCESS
 USED FOR SUCH DISBURSEMENTS;
   (II) RECIPIENTS OF AWARDS FROM THE FUND;
   (III) THE AMOUNT AWARDED TO EACH;
   (IV) THE PURPOSES FOR WHICH SUCH AWARDS WERE GRANTED; AND
   (V) A SUMMARY FINANCIAL PLAN FOR SUCH MONIES WHICH SHALL INCLUDE ESTI-
 MATES OF ALL RECEIPTS AND ALL DISBURSEMENTS FOR THE CURRENT AND SUCCEED-

 S. 5952                             3
 
 ING FISCAL YEARS, ALONG WITH THE ACTUAL RESULTS FROM  THE  PRIOR  FISCAL
 YEAR.
   5.  MONIES  SHALL BE PAYABLE FROM THE FUND ON THE AUDIT AND WARRANT OF
 THE COMPTROLLER ON VOUCHERS APPROVED BY THE COMPTROLLER.
   6. CONTRACTORS AWARDED GRANTS FROM FUNDS DISBURSED FROM  THIS  SECTION
 FOR  THE PURPOSE OF GUN VIOLENCE RESEARCH SHALL, WHEN THEIR RESEARCH HAS
 CONCLUDED, PROVIDE A WRITTEN REPORT OF THEIR FINDINGS TO  THE  TEMPORARY
 PRESIDENT  OF  THE SENATE, THE SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY, THE CHAIR OF THE
 SENATE FINANCE COMMITTEE, THE CHAIR  OF  THE  ASSEMBLY  WAYS  AND  MEANS
 COMMITTEE, THE CHAIR OF THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON HEALTH, THE CHAIR OF THE
 ASSEMBLY HEALTH COMMITTEE, THE STATE COMPTROLLER AND THE PUBLIC.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to all tax
 years commencing on and after January 1, 2021.

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