senate Bill S1147

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Provides for the adjustment of the minimum amount of tax delinquency for which the driver's license of a taxpayer may be suspended

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Assembly Actions - Lowercase
Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
May 24, 2023 ordered to third reading rules cal.257
substituted for a5885
Mar 20, 2023 referred to ways and means
delivered to assembly
passed senate
Feb 08, 2023 advanced to third reading
Feb 07, 2023 2nd report cal.
Feb 06, 2023 1st report cal.274
Jan 10, 2023 referred to investigations and government operations

Votes

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Feb 6, 2023 - Investigations and Government Operations committee Vote

S1147
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2
committee
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Aye
2
Nay
0
Aye with Reservations
0
Absent
0
Excused
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Abstained
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Investigations and Government Operations Committee Vote: Feb 6, 2023

nay (2)

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S1147 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A5885
Law Section:
Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §171-v, Tax L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: S3836
2021-2022: S936

S1147 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides for the adjustment of the minimum amount of tax delinquency for which the driver's license of a taxpayer may be suspended, based on inflation; prohibits inclusion in the license suspension program of a taxpayer who receives public assistance or supplemental security income, or whose income does not exceed 250% of the poverty level; authorizes the commissioner to grant exemptions to taxpayers whose payment of past due tax liabilities would create a hardship to the taxpayer in meeting necessary living expenses.

S1147 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

S1147 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1147
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 10, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sens. KRUEGER, BAILEY, LIU, MAY -- read twice and ordered
   printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Investi-
   gations and Government Operations
 
 AN ACT to amend the tax law, in relation to the  enforcement  of  delin-
   quent  tax liabilities by means of the suspension of licenses to oper-
   ate a motor vehicle

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivisions  1, 3 and 5 of section 171-v of the tax law,
 subdivision 1 as added by section 1 of part P of chapter 59 of the  laws
 of 2013, and subdivisions 3 and 5 as amended by section 1 of part EEE of
 chapter 59 of the laws of 2019, are amended to read as follows:
   (1)  The  commissioner  shall  enter into a written agreement with the
 commissioner of motor vehicles, which shall set forth the procedures for
 the two departments to cooperate in a program to improve tax  collection
 through  the  suspension of drivers' licenses of taxpayers with past-due
 tax liabilities equal to or in excess of ten thousand dollars MULTIPLIED
 BY THE APPLICABLE INFLATION  ADJUSTMENT.    For  the  purposes  of  this
 section,  the  term  "tax liabilities" shall mean any tax, surcharge, or
 fee administered by the commissioner, or any penalty or interest due  on
 these  amounts  owed  by an individual with a New York driver's license,
 the term "driver's license" means any license issued by  the  department
 of  motor  vehicles, except for a commercial driver's license as defined
 in section five hundred one-a of the vehicle and traffic  law,  and  the
 term  "past-due  tax liabilities" means any tax liability or liabilities
 which have become fixed and final such that the taxpayer no  longer  has
 any  right  to  administrative  or  judicial review, AND THE "APPLICABLE
 INFLATION ADJUSTMENT" FOR A CALENDAR YEAR SHALL BE DETERMINED UNDER  THE
 PRINCIPLES  OF  SECTION  7345(F)  OF  THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986,
 USING THE CALENDAR YEAR OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE CHAPTER OF THE LAWS
 OF TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-THREE WHICH AMENDED THIS SUBDIVISION AS THE  BASE
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03422-01-3

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