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A02111 Summary:

A02111 Actions:

A02111 Committee Votes:

Committee:WAYS AND MEANS   Chair:Weinstein      
DATE:05/26/2021AYE/NAY:24/10  Action: Favorable refer to committee Rules        
Weinstein
Aye
Ra
Nay
Glick
Aye
Fitzpatrick
Nay
Nolan
Excused
Hawley
Nay
Pretlow
Aye
Montesano
Nay
Perry
Aye
Blankenbush
Nay
Colton
Aye
Norris
Nay
Cook
Aye
Brabenec
Nay
Cahill
Aye
Palmesano
Nay
Aubry
Aye
Byrne
Nay
Cusick
Aye
Ashby
Nay
Benedetto
Aye
Weprin
Aye
Rodriguez
Aye
Ramos
Aye
Braunstein
Aye
McDonald
Aye
Rozic
Aye
Dinowitz
Aye
Joyner
Aye
Magnarelli
Aye
Zebrowski
Aye
Bronson
Aye
Dilan
Aye
Seawright
Aye
Hyndman
Aye

Committee:RULES   Chair:Gottfried      
DATE:06/08/2021AYE/NAY:22/8  Action: Favorable         
Heastie
Excused
Barclay
Nay
Gottfried
Aye
Hawley
Nay
Nolan
Aye
Giglio
Nay
Weinstein
Aye
Blankenbush
Nay
Pretlow
Aye
Norris
Nay
Cook
Aye
Montesano
Nay
Glick
Aye
Ra
Nay
Aubry
Aye
Brabenec
Nay
Englebright
Aye
Dinowitz
Aye
Colton
Aye
Magnarelli
Aye
Perry
Aye
Paulin
Aye
Peoples-Stokes
Aye
Benedetto
Aye
Lavine
Aye
Lupardo
Aye
Zebrowski
Aye
Thiele
Aye
Braunstein
Aye
Dickens
Aye
Davila
Aye

A02111 Floor Votes:

A02111 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          2111
 
                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                    January 14, 2021
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by M. of A. SIMON, GRIFFIN -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A.
          ABINANTI, DICKENS, ENGLEBRIGHT, EPSTEIN, LAVINE, NIOU, REYES,  SAYEGH,
          SEAWRIGHT,  TAYLOR  -- read once and referred to the Committee on Ways
          and Means
 
        AN ACT to amend the tax law, in relation to providing taxpayer gifts for
          gun violence research; and to amend the state finance law, in relation
          to establishing the gun violence research fund
 
          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 630-i to
     2  read as follows:
     3    § 630-i. Gift for the gun violence research fund.  Effective  for  any
     4  tax  year commencing on or after January first, two thousand twenty-one,
     5  a taxpayer in any taxable year  may  elect  to  contribute  to  the  gun
     6  violence research fund established pursuant to section eighty-six of the
     7  state finance law. Such contribution shall be in any whole dollar amount
     8  and shall not reduce the amount of state tax owed by such taxpayer.  The
     9  commissioner  shall  include  space on the personal income tax return to
    10  enable a taxpayer to make such contribution. Notwithstanding  any  other
    11  provision  of law, all revenues collected pursuant to this section shall
    12  be credited to the gun violence research fund and used  only  for  those
    13  purposes enumerated in section eighty-six of the state finance law.
    14    §  2.  The  state finance law is amended by adding a new section 86 to
    15  read as follows:
    16    § 86. Gun violence research fund. 1.  There is hereby  established  in
    17  the joint custody of the state comptroller and the commissioner of taxa-
    18  tion  and  finance  a  special  fund  to  be  known as the "gun violence
    19  research fund".
    20    2. Such fund shall consist of all revenues received by the  department
    21  of  taxation  and  finance,  pursuant  to  the provisions of section six
    22  hundred thirty-i of the tax law and all other monies appropriated, cred-
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD01111-01-1
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     1  ited, or transferred thereto from any other fund or source  pursuant  to
     2  law.    Nothing  contained herein shall prevent the state from receiving
     3  grants, gifts or bequests for the purposes of the  fund  as  defined  in
     4  this section  and depositing them into the fund according to law.
     5    3.  (a)  Monies  of  the  fund  shall be expended to the department of
     6  health and the state university of New York for gun  violence  research.
     7  The  department  of  health  and  the state university of New York shall
     8  provide grants for the purpose of advancing and financing  gun  violence
     9  research.
    10    (b)  Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of section one hundred
    11  sixty-three of this chapter, the commissioner of health and the chancel-
    12  lor of the state university of New York are authorized to enter  into  a
    13  contract  or contracts under paragraph (a) of this subdivision without a
    14  competitive bid or request  for  proposal  process,  provided,  however,
    15  that:
    16    (i)  The  department  of  health  and the state university of New York
    17  shall post on their websites, for a period of no less than thirty days:
    18    (1) a description of the proposed services to be provided pursuant  to
    19  the contract or contracts;
    20    (2) the criteria for selection of a contractor or contractors;
    21    (3)  the period of time during which a prospective contractor may seek
    22  selection, which shall be no less than thirty days after  such  informa-
    23  tion is first posted on the websites; and
    24    (4)  the  manner  by  which  a  prospective  contractor  may seek such
    25  selection, which may include submission by electronic means.
    26    (ii) All reasonable and responsive submissions that are received  from
    27  prospective  contractors  in  a  timely fashion shall be reviewed by the
    28  commissioner of health and the chancellor of the state university of New
    29  York; and
    30    (iii) The commissioner of health  and  the  chancellor  of  the  state
    31  university of New York shall select such contractor or contractors that,
    32  in  their  discretion,  are  best  suited  to serve the purposes of this
    33  section.
    34    4. (a) On or before the first day of February  each  year,  the  comp-
    35  troller  shall  certify  to  the  governor,  temporary  president of the
    36  senate, speaker of the assembly, chair of the senate  finance  committee
    37  and  chair of the assembly ways and means committee, the amount of money
    38  deposited by each source in the New York  state  gun  violence  research
    39  fund during the preceding calendar year as the result of revenue derived
    40  pursuant  to  section  six  hundred thirty-i of the tax law and from all
    41  other sources.
    42    (b) On or before the first day of February each year, the commissioner
    43  of health in coordination with the chancellor of the state university of
    44  New York shall provide a written report to the  temporary  president  of
    45  the senate, speaker of the assembly, chair of the senate finance commit-
    46  tee, chair of the assembly ways and means committee, chair of the senate
    47  committee  on  health, chair of the assembly health committee, the state
    48  comptroller and the public. Such report shall include how monies of  the
    49  fund were utilized during the preceding calendar year and shall include:
    50    (i)  the amount of money disbursed from the fund and the award process
    51  used for such disbursements;
    52    (ii) recipients of awards from the fund;
    53    (iii) the amount awarded to each;
    54    (iv) the purposes for which such awards were granted; and
    55    (v) a summary financial plan for such monies which shall include esti-
    56  mates of all receipts and all disbursements for the current and succeed-
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     1  ing fiscal years, along with the actual results from  the  prior  fiscal
     2  year.
     3    5.  Monies  shall be payable from the fund on the audit and warrant of
     4  the comptroller on vouchers approved by the comptroller.
     5    6. Contractors awarded grants from funds disbursed from  this  section
     6  for  the purpose of gun violence research shall, when their research has
     7  concluded, provide a written report of their findings to  the  temporary
     8  president  of  the senate, the speaker of the assembly, the chair of the
     9  senate finance committee, the chair  of  the  assembly  ways  and  means
    10  committee, the chair of the senate committee on health, the chair of the
    11  assembly health committee, the state comptroller and the public.
    12    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to all tax
    13  years commencing on and after January 1, 2021.