A04715 Summary:

BILL NOA04715
 
SAME ASNo same as
 
SPONSORJacobs (MS)
 
COSPNSRCymbrowitz, McEneny
 
MLTSPNSRCurran, Glick, Sweeney, Weinstein
 
Add Art 27-CCC S2746, Pub Health L; add SS209-H & 629-a, Tax L; add S92-gg, St Fin L
 
Provides for a corporate franchise tax check-off and a personal income tax check-off for taxpayer gifts for colon cancer research; establishes the colon cancer research fund; provides for such research.
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A04715 Actions:

BILL NOA04715
 
02/07/2011referred to health
01/04/2012referred to health
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A04715 Floor Votes:

There are no votes for this bill in this legislative session.
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A04715 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          4715
 
                               2011-2012 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                    February 7, 2011
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced by M. of A. JACOBS, CYMBROWITZ, McENENY -- Multi-Sponsored by
          -- M. of A. GLICK, SWEENEY, WEINSTEIN -- read once and referred to the
          Committee on Health
 
        AN ACT to amend the public health law, the tax law and the state finance
          law,  in  relation  to  providing  for taxpayer gifts for colon cancer

          research and establishing the colon cancer research fund
 
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section  1.  The  public health law is amended by adding a new article
     2  27-CCC to read as follows:
     3                               ARTICLE 27-CCC
     4                        COLON CANCER RESEARCH PROGRAM
     5  Section 2746. Colon cancer research.
     6    § 2746. Colon cancer research.  The commissioner shall establish with-
     7  in the department a program to promote research regarding colon  cancer.
     8  To  carry  out the purposes of this section, the commissioner shall have
     9  the following powers and duties:
    10    1. to promote research programs designed  to  reduce  or  prevent  the

    11  incidence and severity of colon cancer;
    12    2. to accept and expend any grants, awards or other funds or appropri-
    13  ations  as may be available for these purposes subject to limitations as
    14  to the approval of expenditures and audit as prescribed for state  funds
    15  by the state finance law; and
    16    3.  to  enter  into contracts within the amounts available therefor as
    17  may be necessary to implement the provisions of this section.
    18    § 2. The tax law is amended by adding a new section 209-H to  read  as
    19  follows:
    20    §  209-H.  Gift for colon cancer research.  Effective for any tax year
    21  commencing on or after January first, two thousand twelve, a taxpayer in
    22  any taxable year may elect to contribute to the  support  of  the  colon

    23  cancer  research  fund.  Such  contribution shall be in any whole dollar
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD04269-01-1

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     1  amount and shall not reduce the amount of the state  tax  owed  by  such
     2  taxpayer.  The  commissioner shall include space on the corporate income
     3  tax return to enable a taxpayer to make such contribution. Notwithstand-
     4  ing  any other provision of law, all revenues collected pursuant to this
     5  section shall be credited to the colon cancer research fund and shall be

     6  used only for those purposes enumerated in section ninety-two-gg of  the
     7  state finance law.
     8    §  3.  The tax law is amended by adding a new section 629-a to read as
     9  follows:
    10    § 629-a. Gift for colon cancer research.  Effective for any  tax  year
    11  commencing on or after January first, two thousand twelve, an individual
    12  in any taxable year may elect to contribute to the colon cancer research
    13  fund.  Such  contribution  shall be in any whole dollar amount and shall
    14  not reduce the amount of state tax owed by such individual. The  commis-
    15  sioner shall include space on the personal income tax return to enable a
    16  taxpayer to make such contribution.  Notwithstanding any other provision

    17  of law all revenues collected pursuant to this section shall be credited
    18  to  the  colon  cancer  research  fund  and used only for those purposes
    19  enumerated in section ninety-two-gg of the state finance law.
    20    § 4. The state finance law is amended by adding a new section 92-gg to
    21  read as follows:
    22    § 92-gg. Colon cancer research fund. 1. There is hereby established in
    23  the joint custody of the commissioner of taxation and  finance  and  the
    24  comptroller,  a  special  fund to be known as the "colon cancer research
    25  fund".
    26    2. Such fund shall consist of all revenues received by the  department
    27  of  taxation  and  finance,  pursuant  to  the provisions of section two
    28  hundred nine-H and section six hundred twenty-nine-a of the tax law  and

    29  all other moneys appropriated, credited, or transferred thereto from any
    30  other  fund  or  source  pursuant to law. Nothing contained herein shall
    31  prevent the state from receiving  grants,  gifts  or  bequests  for  the
    32  purposes of the fund as defined in this section and depositing them into
    33  the fund according to law.
    34    3. Monies of the fund shall be expended only for colon cancer research
    35  projects.  As  used  in  this  section, "colon cancer research projects"
    36  means research projects, including grants  for  colon  cancer  research,
    37  which,  pursuant to section twenty-seven hundred forty-six of the public
    38  health law, are approved by the department of health.
    39    4. Monies shall be payable from the fund on the audit and  warrant  of

    40  the  comptroller  on vouchers approved and certified by the commissioner
    41  of health.
    42    5. To the extent practicable, the commissioner of health shall  ensure
    43  that  all monies received during a fiscal year are expended prior to the
    44  end of that fiscal year.
    45    § 5. This act shall take effect immediately.
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