NY State Senate Bill S613A

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Jan 10, 2023	referred to ways and means delivered to assembly passed senate
Jan 09, 2023	ordered to third reading cal.12 reported and committed to rules
Jan 06, 2023	print number 613a
Jan 06, 2023	amend and recommit to elections
Jan 05, 2023	referred to elections

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S613 - Details

Law Section:: Tax Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §612, Tax L; amd §131-a, Soc Serv L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:: S9446

S613 - Summary

Subtracts from the federal adjusted gross income any income earned by election inspectors, poll clerks, or election coordinators earned while working in relation to a general, primary, run-off primary, or special election to the extent includable in gross income for federal tax purposes; exempts such income from being included in the calculation of the amount of benefits under public assistance programs.

S613 - Sponsor Memo

 
BILL NUMBER: S613

SPONSOR: MYRIE
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the tax law, in relation to subtracting from the federal
adjusted gross income any income earned by election inspectors, poll
clerks, or election coordinators; and to amend the social services law,
in relation to exempting income earned by election inspectors, poll
clerks, or election coordinators from being included in the calculation
of the amount of benefits under public assistance programs

 
PURPOSE:

To exempt income earned by election inspectors, poll clerks, or election
coordinators from federal adjusted gross income or in factoring into
state benefits.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1 amends the tax law of subsection (c) of section 612 of the tax
law which subtracts any income earned by election inspectors, poll

clerks, or election coordinators from federal adjusted gross income.

Section 2 amends subdivision 1 of section 131-n of the social services
law, as separately amended by chapters 323 and 329 of the laws of 2019
which exempts income earned by election inspectors, poll clerks, or
election coordinators from being included in the calculation of the
amount of benefits available to any household under public assistance
programs.

Section 3 provides the effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Poll workers are critical employees serving on the front lines of the
democratic process but various challenges, including the length of
Election Day and pay scale, make retention and recruitment difficult.
Allowing poll workers and other Election Day workers to exempt income
earned from this work from their federal adjusted gross income at the
state level will help to incentivize more people to work the polls on
Election Day and during the early voting period.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

S9446 of 2022: Passed Senate.

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

To be determined.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

S613 - Bill Text download pdf

 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    613
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              January 5, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  MYRIE  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Elections
 
 AN ACT to amend the tax law, in relation to subtracting from the federal
   adjusted gross income any income earned by election  inspectors,  poll
   clerks,  or  election  coordinators;  and to amend the social services
   law, in relation to exempting income earned  by  election  inspectors,
   poll  clerks,  or  election  coordinators  from  being included in the
   calculation of the amount of benefits under public assistance programs
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Subsection (c) of section 612 of the tax law is amended by
 adding a new paragraph 47 to read as follows:
   (47) INCOME EARNED WHILE WORKING AS AN ELECTION INSPECTOR, POLL CLERK,
 OR ELECTION COORDINATOR PURSUANT TO TITLE FOUR OF ARTICLE THREE  OF  THE
 ELECTION LAW IN RELATION TO A GENERAL, PRIMARY, RUN-OFF PRIMARY PURSUANT
 TO  SUBDIVISION  ONE  OF  SECTION  6-162 OF THE ELECTION LAW, OR SPECIAL
 ELECTION HELD PURSUANT TO SECTION FORTY-TWO OF THE PUBLIC OFFICERS  LAW,
 TO  THE  EXTENT  INCLUDIBLE  IN  GROSS  INCOME  FOR  FEDERAL  INCOME TAX
 PURPOSES.
   § 2. Subdivision 1 of section 131-n of the  social  services  law,  as
 amended    by  section 5 of part U of chapter 56 of the laws of 2022, is
 amended to read as follows:
   1. The following resources shall be exempt and disregarded  in  calcu-
 lating  the amount of benefits of any household under any public assist-
 ance program: (a) cash and liquid or nonliquid resources up to two thou-
 sand five hundred dollars for applicants, three thousand  seven  hundred
 fifty  dollars for applicants in households in which any member is sixty
 years of age or older or is disabled or ten thousand dollars for recipi-
 ents, (b) an amount up to four thousand six hundred fifty dollars  in  a
 separate  bank  account  established by an individual while currently in
 receipt of assistance for the sole purpose of enabling the individual to
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03155-01-3

 S. 613                              2
 
 purchase a first or replacement  vehicle  for  the  recipient  to  seek,
 obtain or maintain employment, so long as the funds are not used for any
 other  purpose, (c) an amount up to one thousand four hundred dollars in
 a  separate bank account established by an individual while currently in
 receipt of assistance for the purpose of paying tuition at a two-year or
 four-year accredited post-secondary educational institution, so long  as
 the  funds are not used for any other purpose, (d) the home which is the
 usual residence of the household, (e) one automobile, up to ten thousand
 dollars fair market value,  through  March  thirty-first,  two  thousand
 seventeen;  one  automobile,  up  to eleven thousand dollars fair market
 value, from April first, two thousand seventeen  through  March  thirty-
 first,  two thousand eighteen; and one automobile, up to twelve thousand
 dollars fair market value, beginning April first, two thousand  eighteen
 and  thereafter,  or  such other higher dollar value as the local social
 services district may elect to adopt, (f) one burial plot per  household
 member  as  defined  in  department  regulations,  (g) bona fide funeral
 agreements up to a total of one thousand five hundred dollars in  equity
 value  per  household  member,  (h)  funds  in an individual development
 account established in accordance with subdivision five of section three
 hundred fifty-eight of this chapter and section four  hundred  three  of
 the  social  security act, (i) for a period of six months, real property
 which the household is making a good faith effort to sell, in accordance
 with department regulations and tangible personal property necessary for
 business or for employment purposes in accordance with department  regu-
 lations,  [and]  (j) funds in a qualified tuition program that satisfies
 the requirement of section 529 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986,  as
 amended,  [and]  (k) funds in a New York achieving a better life experi-
 ence savings account established in accordance with article  eighty-four
 of  the  mental  hygiene  law, AND (L) INCOME EARNED WHILE WORKING AS AN
 ELECTION INSPECTOR, POLL CLERK, OR  ELECTION  COORDINATOR  PURSUANT   TO
 TITLE  FOUR OF ARTICLE THREE OF THE ELECTION LAW IN RELATION TO A GENER-
 AL, PRIMARY, RUN-OFF PRIMARY PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION  ONE  OF    SECTION
 6-162  OF THE ELECTION LAW, OR SPECIAL ELECTION HELD PURSUANT TO SECTION
 FORTY-TWO OF THE PUBLIC OFFICERS LAW, TO THE EXTENT INCLUDIBLE IN  GROSS
 INCOME  FOR  FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES.
   If  federal  law  or regulations require the exemption or disregard of
 additional income and resources in determining need for  family  assist-
 ance,  or medical assistance not exempted or disregarded pursuant to any
 other provision of this chapter,  the  department  may,  by  regulations
 subject  to  the  approval of the director of the budget, require social
 services officials to exempt or disregard  such  income  and  resources.
 Refunds resulting from earned income tax credits shall be disregarded in
 public assistance programs.
   §  3.  This  act shall take effect immediately, provided, however that
 the amendments to subdivision 1 of section 131-n of the social  services
 law  made  by section two of this act shall not affect the expiration of
 such section and shall be deemed to expire therewith.

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S613A (ACTIVE) - Details

Law Section:: Tax Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §612, Tax L; amd §131-a, Soc Serv L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:: S9446

S613A (ACTIVE) - Summary

S613A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

 
BILL NUMBER: S613A

SPONSOR: MYRIE
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the tax law, in relation to subtracting from the federal
adjusted gross income any income earned by election inspectors, poll
clerks, or election coordinators; and to amend the social services law,
in relation to exempting income earned by election inspectors, poll
clerks, or election coordinators from being included in the calculation
of the amount of benefits under public assistance programs

 
PURPOSE:

To exempt income earned by election inspectors, poll clerks, or election
coordinators from federal adjusted gross income or in factoring into
state benefits.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1 amends the tax law of subsection (c) of section 612 of the tax
law which subtracts any income earned by election inspectors, poll

clerks, or election coordinators from federal adjusted gross income.

Section 2 amends Paragraph (a) of subdivision 8 of section 131-a of the
Social Services Law by adding a new subparagraph (xi) which exempts
income earned by election inspectors, poll clerks, or election coordina-
tors from being included in the calculation of the amount of benefits
available to any household under public assistance programs.

Section 3 provides the effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Poll. workers are critical employees serving on the front lines of the
democratic process but various challenges, including the length of
Election Day and pay scale, make retention and recruitment difficult.
Allowing poll workers and other Election Day workers to exempt income
earned from this work from their federal adjusted gross income at the
state level will help to incentivize more people to work the polls on
Election Day and during the early voting period.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

S9446 of 2022: Passed Senate.

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

To be determined.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

S613A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  613--A
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              January 5, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  MYRIE  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee  on  Elections  --  committee
   discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
   to said committee
 
 AN ACT to amend the tax law, in relation to subtracting from the federal
   adjusted  gross  income any income earned by election inspectors, poll
   clerks, or election coordinators; and to  amend  the  social  services
   law,  in  relation  to exempting income earned by election inspectors,
   poll clerks, or election  coordinators  from  being  included  in  the
   calculation of the amount of benefits under public assistance programs
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subsection (c) of section 612 of the tax law is amended  by
 adding a new paragraph 47 to read as follows:
   (47) INCOME EARNED WHILE WORKING AS AN ELECTION INSPECTOR, POLL CLERK,
 OR  ELECTION  COORDINATOR PURSUANT TO TITLE FOUR OF ARTICLE THREE OF THE
 ELECTION LAW IN RELATION TO A GENERAL, PRIMARY, RUN-OFF PRIMARY PURSUANT
 TO SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION 6-162 OF  THE  ELECTION  LAW,  OR  SPECIAL
 ELECTION  HELD PURSUANT TO SECTION FORTY-TWO OF THE PUBLIC OFFICERS LAW,
 TO THE  EXTENT  INCLUDIBLE  IN  GROSS  INCOME  FOR  FEDERAL  INCOME  TAX
 PURPOSES.
   §  2.  Paragraph  (a)  of subdivision 8 of section 131-a of the social
 services law is amended by adding a new subparagraph  (xi)  to  read  as
 follows:
   (XI) INCOME EARNED WHILE WORKING AS AN ELECTION INSPECTOR, POLL CLERK,
 OR  ELECTION  COORDINATOR PURSUANT TO TITLE FOUR OF ARTICLE THREE OF THE
 ELECTION LAW IN RELATION TO A GENERAL, PRIMARY, RUN-OFF PRIMARY PURSUANT
 TO SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION 6-162 OF  THE  ELECTION  LAW,  OR  SPECIAL
 ELECTION  HELD PURSUANT TO SECTION FORTY-TWO OF THE PUBLIC OFFICERS LAW,
 TO THE  EXTENT  INCLUDIBLE  IN  GROSS  INCOME  FOR  FEDERAL  INCOME  TAX
 PURPOSES.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                            LBD03155-03-3

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Jan 10, 2023 - floor Vote

Floor Vote: Jan 10, 2023

Jan 9, 2023 - Elections committee Vote

Elections Committee Vote: Jan 9, 2023

Jan 9, 2023 - Rules committee Vote

Rules Committee Vote: Jan 9, 2023

Bill Amendments

S613 - Details

S613 - Summary

S613 - Sponsor Memo

S613 - Bill Text download pdf

Co-Sponsors

S613A (ACTIVE) - Details

S613A (ACTIVE) - Summary

S613A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

S613A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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Zellnor Myrie

Current Bill Status - Passed Senate

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Jan 10, 2023 - floor Vote

Floor Vote: Jan 10, 2023

Jan 9, 2023 - Elections committee Vote

Elections Committee Vote: Jan 9, 2023

Jan 9, 2023 - Rules committee Vote

Rules Committee Vote: Jan 9, 2023

Bill Amendments

S613 - Details

S613 - Summary

S613 - Sponsor Memo

S613 - Bill Text download pdf

Co-Sponsors

Lea Webb

S613A (ACTIVE) - Details

S613A (ACTIVE) - Summary

S613A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

S613A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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