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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10399
IN SENATE
May 15, 2026
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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:
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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