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Senate Bill S10399

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to permitting the department of taxation and finance to share a person's address with the office of the state comptroller for the purpose of returning unclaimed funds

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2025-S10399 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A9053
Current Committee:
Senate Local Government
Law Section:
Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §697, Tax L

2025-S10399 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that the department of taxation and finance shall be permitted to share with the office of the state comptroller a person's address, based on such person's most recently filed tax return, for the purpose of returning unclaimed funds to such person.

2025-S10399 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   10399
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 15, 2026
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. KRUEGER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government
 
 AN ACT to amend the tax law, in relation to permitting the department of
   taxation and finance to share a person's address with  the  office  of
   the state comptroller for the purpose of returning unclaimed funds

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subsection (e) of section 697 of the tax law is amended  by
 adding a new paragraph 5 to read as follows:
   (5) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION OR ANY OTHER LAW TO
 THE CONTRARY, THE DEPARTMENT SHALL BE PERMITTED TO SHARE WITH THE OFFICE
 OF THE STATE COMPTROLLER A PERSON'S ADDRESS, BASED ON SUCH PERSON'S MOST
 RECENTLY FILED TAX RETURN, FOR THE PURPOSE OF ENABLING THE OFFICE OF THE
 STATE  COMPTROLLER  TO RETURN UNCLAIMED FUNDS TO SUCH PERSON IN AN EFFI-
 CIENT MANNER.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13511-01-5

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