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.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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9053
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
September 5, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. ROSENTHAL -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Ways and Means
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:
1 Section 1. Subsection (e) of section 697 of the tax law is amended by
2 adding a new paragraph 5 to read as follows:
3 (5) Notwithstanding any provisions of this section or any other law to
4 the contrary, the department shall be permitted to share with the office
5 of the state comptroller a person's address, based on such person's most
6 recently filed tax return, for the purpose of enabling the office of the
7 state comptroller to return unclaimed funds to such person in an effi-
8 cient manner.
9 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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