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                                   5831
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 20, 2025
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 Introduced  by M. of A. FORREST -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Ways and Means
 
 AN ACT to amend the tax law and the state finance law,  in  relation  to
   providing for taxpayer gifts for uterine fibroids education and estab-
   lishing the uterine fibroids education 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  209-R  to
 read as follows:
   §  209-R. GIFT FOR UTERINE FIBROIDS EDUCATION. A TAXPAYER IN ANY TAXA-
 BLE YEAR MAY ELECT TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE SUPPORT OF THE UTERINE  FIBROIDS
 EDUCATION  FUND.  SUCH  CONTRIBUTION SHALL BE IN ANY WHOLE DOLLAR AMOUNT
 AND SHALL NOT REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF THE STATE TAX OWED BY SUCH  TAXPAYER.
 THE  COMMISSIONER SHALL INCLUDE SPACE ON THE CORPORATE 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 UTERINE FIBROIDS EDUCATION FUND  AND  SHALL  BE
 USED ONLY FOR THOSE PURPOSES ENUMERATED IN SECTION NINETY-SEVEN-BBBBB OF
 THE STATE FINANCE LAW.
   §  2.  The tax law is amended by adding a new section 630-M to read as
 follows:
   § 630-M. GIFT FOR UTERINE FIBROIDS EDUCATION.  AN  INDIVIDUAL  IN  ANY
 TAXABLE  YEAR  MAY ELECT TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE UTERINE FIBROIDS EDUCATION
 FUND. SUCH CONTRIBUTION SHALL BE IN ANY WHOLE DOLLAR  AMOUNT  AND  SHALL
 NOT  REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF STATE TAX OWED BY SUCH INDIVIDUAL. THE COMMIS-
 SIONER 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 UTERINE FIBROIDS EDUCATION FUND AND USED ONLY FOR THOSE  PURPOSES
 ENUMERATED IN SECTION NINETY-SEVEN-BBBBB OF THE STATE FINANCE LAW.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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   § 3. The state finance law is amended by adding a new section 97-bbbbb
 to read as follows:
   § 97-BBBBB. UTERINE FIBROIDS EDUCATION FUND. 1. THERE IS HEREBY ESTAB-
 LISHED  IN THE JOINT CUSTODY OF THE COMMISSIONER OF TAXATION AND FINANCE
 AND THE COMPTROLLER, A SPECIAL FUND TO BE KNOWN AS THE "UTERINE FIBROIDS
 EDUCATION FUND".
   2. SUCH FUND SHALL CONSIST OF ALL REVENUES RECEIVED BY THE  DEPARTMENT
 OF  TAXATION  AND  FINANCE,  PURSUANT  TO  THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION TWO
 HUNDRED NINE-R AND SECTION SIX HUNDRED THIRTY-M OF THE TAX LAW, AND  ALL
 OTHER  MONEYS  APPROPRIATED,  CREDITED  OR  TRANSFERRED THERETO FROM ANY
 OTHER FUND OR SOURCE PURSUANT TO LAW. NOTHING CONTAINED IN THIS  SECTION
 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.  MONIES  OF  THE  FUND  SHALL BE EXPENDED ONLY FOR UTERINE FIBROIDS
 EDUCATION PROJECTS. AS USED IN THIS SECTION, "UTERINE FIBROIDS EDUCATION
 PROJECTS" MEANS  EDUCATIONAL  PROJECTS,  INCLUDING  GRANTS  FOR  UTERINE
 FIBROIDS  EDUCATION PROGRAMS FOR HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS AND PUBLIC, WHICH
 ARE APPROVED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH.
   4. MONIES SHALL BE PAYABLE FROM THE FUND ON THE AUDIT AND  WARRANT  OF
 THE  COMPTROLLER  ON VOUCHERS APPROVED AND CERTIFIED BY THE COMMISSIONER
 OF HEALTH.
   5. TO THE EXTENT PRACTICABLE, THE COMMISSIONER OF HEALTH SHALL  ENSURE
 THAT  ALL MONIES RECEIVED DURING A FISCAL YEAR ARE EXPENDED PRIOR TO THE
 END OF THAT FISCAL YEAR.
   § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.