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A05532 Summary:

A05532 Actions:

A05532 Committee Votes:

Committee:WAYS AND MEANS   Chair:Weinstein      
DATE:06/03/2021AYE/NAY:33/0  Action: Favorable refer to committee Rules        
Weinstein
Aye
Ra
Aye
Glick
Aye
Fitzpatrick
Aye
Nolan
Excused
Hawley
Aye
Pretlow
Aye
Montesano
Aye
Perry
Aye
Blankenbush
Aye
Colton
Excused
Norris
Aye
Cook
Aye
Brabenec
Aye
Cahill
Aye
Palmesano
Aye
Aubry
Aye
Byrne
Aye
Cusick
Aye
Ashby
Aye
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:06/07/2021AYE/NAY:29/0  Action: Favorable         
Heastie
Excused
Barclay
Aye
Gottfried
Aye
Hawley
Aye
Nolan
Excused
Giglio
Aye
Weinstein
Aye
Blankenbush
Aye
Pretlow
Aye
Norris
Aye
Cook
Aye
Montesano
Aye
Glick
Aye
Ra
Aye
Aubry
Aye
Brabenec
Aye
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

A05532 Floor Votes:

A05532 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                         5532--A
                                                                Cal. No. 177
 
                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                    February 19, 2021
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  M.  of  A. ENGLEBRIGHT, GUNTHER, JOYNER, DAVILA, SAYEGH,
          JEAN-PIERRE, BRABENEC -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. THIELE -- read
          once and referred to the Committee on Ways and Means -- ordered  to  a
          third  reading,  amended and ordered reprinted, retaining its place on
          the order of third reading
 
        AN ACT to amend the tax law and the state finance law,  in  relation  to
          providing  for  taxpayer gifts for diabetes research and education and
          establishing the diabetes research and education 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 209-P to
     2  read as follows:
     3    § 209-P. Gift for diabetes research and education. Effective  for  any
     4  tax  year  commencing  on or after the effective date of this section, a
     5  taxpayer in any taxable year may elect to contribute to the  support  of
     6  the  diabetes research and education fund. Such contribution shall be in
     7  any whole dollar amount and shall not reduce the amount of the state tax
     8  owed by such taxpayer. The  commissioner  shall  include  space  on  the
     9  corporate  income  tax return to enable a taxpayer to make such contrib-
    10  ution.  Notwithstanding  any  other  provision  of  law,  all   revenues
    11  collected  pursuant  to  this  section shall be credited to the diabetes
    12  research and education fund and shall be used only  for  those  purposes
    13  enumerated in section eighty-nine-k of the state finance law.
    14    §  2.  The tax law is amended by adding a new section 630-k to read as
    15  follows:
    16    § 630-k. Gift for diabetes research and education. Effective  for  any
    17  tax  year  commencing on or after the effective date of this section, an
    18  individual in any taxable year may elect to contribute to  the  diabetes
    19  research  and  education  fund.  Such contribution shall be in any whole
    20  dollar amount and shall not reduce the amount of state tax owed by  such
    21  individual.  The commissioner shall include space on the personal income
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD06891-03-2
        A. 5532--A                          2
 
     1  tax return to enable a taxpayer to make  such  contribution.    Notwith-
     2  standing  any  other provision of law all revenues collected pursuant to
     3  this section shall be credited to the diabetes  research  and  education
     4  fund   and   used   only   for  those  purposes  enumerated  in  section
     5  eighty-nine-k of the state finance law.
     6    § 3. The state finance law is amended by adding a new section 89-k  to
     7  read as follows:
     8    §  89-k.  Diabetes  research  and  education  fund. 1. There is hereby
     9  established in the joint custody of the  commissioner  of  taxation  and
    10  finance and the comptroller, a special fund to be known as the "diabetes
    11  research and education fund".
    12    2.  Such fund shall consist of all revenues received by the department
    13  of taxation and finance, pursuant  to  the  provisions  of  section  two
    14  hundred  nine-P  and section six hundred thirty-k of the tax law and all
    15  other moneys appropriated, credited  or  transferred  thereto  from  any
    16  other  fund  or  source  pursuant  to law. Nothing in this section shall
    17  prevent the state from receiving  grants,  gifts  or  bequests  for  the
    18  purposes of the fund as defined in this section and depositing them into
    19  the fund according to law.
    20    3. Monies of the fund shall be expended only for diabetes research and
    21  educational  projects.  As  used in this section, "diabetes research and
    22  education projects" means scientific research or  educational  projects,
    23  including  demonstration  and  education  grants  for diabetes education
    24  research, which are approved by the department of health.
    25    4. Monies shall be payable from the fund on the audit and  warrant  of
    26  the  comptroller  on vouchers approved and certified by the commissioner
    27  of health.
    28    5. To the extent practicable, the commissioner of health shall  ensure
    29  that  all monies received during a fiscal year are expended prior to the
    30  end of that fiscal year.
    31    6. On or before the first day of February each year,  the  comptroller
    32  shall certify to the governor, temporary president of the senate, speak-
    33  er  of  the assembly, chair of the senate finance committee and chair of
    34  the assembly ways and means committee, the amount of money deposited  in
    35  the  diabetes  research and education fund during the preceding calendar
    36  year as the result of revenue derived pursuant to sections  two  hundred
    37  nine-P and six hundred thirty-k of the tax law.
    38    7.  On or before the first day of February each year, the commissioner
    39  of health shall provide a written report to the temporary  president  of
    40  the senate, speaker of the assembly, chair of the senate finance commit-
    41  tee, chair of the assembly ways and means committee, chair of the senate
    42  committee  on  health,  chair  of the assembly health committee, and the
    43  public.   Such report shall include how the  monies  of  the  fund  were
    44  utilized during the preceding calendar year and shall include:
    45    (i) the amount of money dispersed from the fund;
    46    (ii) recipients of awards from the fund;
    47    (iii) the amount awarded to each; and
    48    (iv) the purposes for which such awards were granted.
    49    § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.