Bill Text: NY A06045 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Amended

New York Assembly Bill 6045 (Prior Session Legislation)

Amended

Bill Title: Authorizes a tax check-off for gifts to food banks; establishes the gifts to food banks fund; authorizes and directs the commissioner of temporary and disability assistance to promulgate rules and regulations necessary to distribute grants to local not-for-profit corporations for the distribution of food to persons in need.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 10-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2010-03-03 - REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS [A06045 Detail]

Download: New_York-2009-A06045-Amended.html

                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                        6045--A
                                                               Cal. No. 421
                              2009-2010 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   February 24, 2009
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       Introduced by M. of A. MAGEE, MARKEY, DelMONTE, CLARK -- Multi-Sponsored
         by  -- M. of A. GLICK, McENENY, MORELLE, PERRY, SWEENEY, TOWNS -- read
         once and referred to the Committee on Ways and Means -- reported  from
         committee, advanced 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
         authorizing a tax check-off for gifts to food banks
         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 625-a to
    2  read as follows:
    3    S 625-A. GIFTS TO FOOD BANKS. EFFECTIVE FOR ANY TAXABLE YEAR  COMMENC-
    4  ING ON OR AFTER JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND ELEVEN, AN INDIVIDUAL IN ANY
    5  TAXABLE  YEAR  MAY  ELECT TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE STATE GIFTS TO FOOD BANKS
    6  FUND FOR FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR REGIONAL FOOD  BANKS.  SUCH  CONTRIBUTION
    7  SHALL  BE  IN ANY WHOLE DOLLAR AMOUNT AND SHALL NOT REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF
    8  STATE TAX OWED BY SUCH INDIVIDUAL. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL INCLUDE  SPACE
    9  ON  THE  PERSONAL  INCOME  TAX  RETURN TO ENABLE A TAXPAYER TO MAKE SUCH
   10  CONTRIBUTION. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF  LAW  ALL  REVENUES
   11  COLLECTED  PURSUANT  TO  THIS  SECTION SHALL BE CREDITED TO THE GIFTS TO
   12  FOOD BANKS FUND AND USED ONLY FOR THOSE PURPOSES ENUMERATED  IN  SECTION
   13  EIGHTY-TWO OF THE STATE FINANCE LAW.
   14    S  2.  The  state finance law is amended by adding a new section 82 to
   15  read as follows:
   16    S 82. GIFTS TO FOOD BANKS FUND. THE GIFTS TO  FOOD  BANKS  FUND  SHALL
   17  CONSIST OF ALL MONEYS RECEIVED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND FINANCE
   18  FROM  GIFTS  TO FOOD BANKS PURSUANT TO SECTION SIX HUNDRED TWENTY-FIVE-A
   19  OF THE TAX LAW. SUCH MONEYS, AFTER  APPROPRIATION  BY  THE  LEGISLATURE,
   20  SHALL  BE AVAILABLE TO THE OFFICE OF TEMPORARY AND DISABILITY ASSISTANCE
   21  FOR THE DISTRIBUTION OF GRANTS TO REGIONAL FOOD BANKS ORGANIZED TO SERVE
   22  SPECIFIC REGIONS THAT GENERALLY COLLECT AND REDISTRIBUTE FOOD  DONATIONS
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD09544-02-0
       A. 6045--A                          2
    1  TO  ORGANIZATIONS SERVING PERSONS IN NEED. THE COMMISSIONER OF TEMPORARY
    2  AND DISABILITY ASSISTANCE IS HEREBY AUTHORIZED AND DIRECTED  TO  PROMUL-
    3  GATE  RULES  AND  REGULATIONS  NECESSARY  FOR  THE  DISTRIBUTION OF SUCH
    4  GRANTS.
    5    S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.