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A00809 Summary:

A00809 Actions:

A00809 Committee Votes:

Committee:WAYS AND MEANS   Chair:Farrell      
DATE:05/17/2016AYE/NAY:34/0  Action: Favorable         
Farrell
Aye
Oaks
Aye
Lentol
Aye
Crouch
Aye
Schimminger
Aye
Barclay
Aye
Gantt
Aye
Fitzpatrick
Aye
Weinstein
Aye
Saladino
Aye
Glick
Aye
Hawley
Aye
Nolan
Aye
Duprey
Aye
Pretlow
Aye
Corwin
Aye
Perry
Aye
Malliotakis
Aye
Colton
Aye
Walter
Aye
Cook
Aye
Cahill
Aye
Aubry
Aye
Hooper
Aye
Thiele
Aye
Wright
Aye
Cusick
Aye
Ortiz
Aye
Benedetto
Aye
Markey
Aye
Moya
Aye
Weprin
Aye
Rodriguez
Excused
Ramos
Aye
Braunstein
Aye

A00809 Floor Votes:

A00809 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                         809--A
 
                               2015-2016 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                     January 7, 2015
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by M. of A. GUNTHER, ROSENTHAL, JAFFEE, SCHIMMINGER, RIVERA,
          PERRY, BRAUNSTEIN, DUPREY, CURRAN, MAYER -- read once and referred  to
          the  Committee  on  Ways  and Means -- recommitted to the Committee on
          Ways and Means in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee
          discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
          to said committee
 
        AN ACT to amend the tax law and the state finance law,  in  relation  to
          ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis) research and education
 
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. The tax law is amended by adding a  new  section  209-J  to
     2  read as follows:
     3    §  209-J.  Gift for ALS research and education.  Effective for any tax
     4  year commencing on or after January first,  two  thousand  seventeen,  a
     5  taxpayer  in  any taxable year may elect to contribute to the support of
     6  the New York state ALS  (Amyotrophic  Lateral  Sclerosis)  research  and
     7  education  fund.  Such  contribution shall be in any whole dollar amount
     8  and shall not reduce the amount of the state tax owed by such  taxpayer.
     9  The  commissioner shall include space on the corporate income tax return
    10  to enable a taxpayer to  make  such  contribution.  Notwithstanding  any
    11  other  provision of law, all revenues collected pursuant to this section
    12  shall be credited to the New York state ALS research and education  fund
    13  and  shall be used only for those purposes enumerated in section ninety-
    14  five-i of the state finance law.
    15    § 2. The tax law is amended by adding a new section 630-e to  read  as
    16  follows:
    17    §  630-e.  Gift for ALS research and education.  Effective for any tax
    18  year commencing on or after January first, two  thousand  seventeen,  an
    19  individual  in  any taxable year may elect to contribute to the New York
    20  state ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis) research and  education  fund.
    21  Such  contribution  shall  be  in  any whole dollar amount and shall not
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1  reduce the amount of state tax owed by such individual. The commissioner
     2  shall include space on the  personal  income  tax  return  to  enable  a
     3  taxpayer to make such contribution.  Notwithstanding any other provision
     4  of law all revenues collected pursuant to this section shall be credited
     5  to  the New York state ALS research and education fund and used only for
     6  those purposes enumerated in section ninety-five-i of the state  finance
     7  law.
     8    §  3. The state finance law is amended by adding a new section 95-i to
     9  read as follows:
    10    § 95-i. New York state ALS research and education fund. 1.   There  is
    11  hereby  established in the joint custody of the commissioner of taxation
    12  and finance and the comptroller, a special fund to be known as  the  New
    13  York  state  ALS  (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis) research and education
    14  fund.
    15    2. Such fund shall consist of all revenues received  pursuant  to  the
    16  provisions  of  sections  two hundred nine-J and six hundred thirty-e of
    17  the tax law, all revenues received pursuant  to  appropriations  by  the
    18  legislature, and all moneys appropriated, credited, or transferred ther-
    19  eto from any other fund or source pursuant to law.  Nothing contained in
    20  this  section  shall  prevent  the state from receiving grants, gifts or
    21  bequests for the purposes of the fund as defined  in  this  section  and
    22  depositing them into the fund according to law. Any interest received by
    23  the  comptroller  on moneys on deposit in such fund shall be retained in
    24  and become part of such fund.
    25    3. Moneys of the fund shall be expended only to provide grants to  the
    26  Greater  New  York  ALS  Association and the ALS Association Upstate New
    27  York Chapter, not-for-profit  corporations  established  in  this  state
    28  which  are  incorporated  for the purpose of advancing and financing ALS
    29  research and education projects, provided that moneys of the fund  shall
    30  be  expended  only  in support of the Greater New York ALS Association's
    31  ALSA Certified Treatment Centers of Excellence located in New York state
    32  or otherwise in support of the Greater New York ALS  Association's  work
    33  in New York state.
    34    4.  On  or before the first day of February each year, the comptroller
    35  shall certify to the governor, temporary president of the senate, speak-
    36  er of the assembly, chair of the senate finance committee and  chair  of
    37  the  assembly ways and means committee, the amount of money deposited by
    38  source in the New York state ALS research and education fund during  the
    39  preceding  calendar  year  as  the result of revenue derived pursuant to
    40  sections two hundred nine-J and six hundred thirty-e of the tax law  and
    41  from  all  other sources, as well as all disbursements from the New York
    42  state ALS research and education  fund  during  the  preceding  calendar
    43  year.  The comptroller shall expend funds in the year in which they were
    44  donated to the extent practicable. In the event that any such funds were
    45  not expended in the year in which they  were  donated,  the  comptroller
    46  shall  provide  justification,  along with a remedial plan to ensure the
    47  timely and effective use of the funds in the annual report to the gover-
    48  nor, temporary president of the senate, speaker of the  assembly,  chair
    49  of the senate finance committee and chair of the assembly ways and means
    50  committee.
    51    5.  As  a condition of receiving grants from the fund, the Greater New
    52  York ALS Association and the ALS Association Upstate  New  York  Chapter
    53  shall  agree  to  issue  and  shall issue, on or before the first day of
    54  February each year, a report including, but not  limited  to,  financial
    55  statements,  financial  reports  and  reports on the issuance of grants.
    56  Such reports shall be delivered to the governor and the  chairs  of  the
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     1  senate  finance  committee and the assembly ways and means committee and
     2  shall also be made available to the public.  Such  financial  statements
     3  and reports shall be audited by a nationally recognized accounting firm.
     4    6.  Moneys  shall be payable from the fund to the Greater New York ALS
     5  Association and the ALS  Association  Upstate  New  York  Chapter,  with
     6  sixty-five  percent of moneys in the fund to be allocated to the Greater
     7  New York ALS Association and thirty-five percent of moneys in  the  fund
     8  to  be  allocated  to the ALS Association Upstate New York Chapter on an
     9  annual basis, on the audit and warrant of the  comptroller  on  vouchers
    10  approved by the comptroller.
    11    § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.