Bill Text: NY A09261 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Establishes the statewide pre-k fund from revenues received through the stock transfer tax; decreases percentage of tax rebate currently allowed in order to fund pre-kindergarten.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-04-04 - referred to ways and means [A09261 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-A09261-Introduced.html
                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         9261
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                     April 4, 2014
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       Introduced  by  M. of A. PEOPLES-STOKES, JAFFEE, SEPULVEDA, ORTIZ, RYAN,
         SALADINO -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. SOLAGES --  read  once  and
         referred to the Committee on Ways and Means
       AN  ACT  to  amend the tax law and the state finance law, in relation to
         the stock transfer tax and to creating the statewide pre-k fund
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  Subdivision 1 of section 280-a of the tax law, as amended
    2  by chapter 578 of the laws of 1981, is amended to read as follows:
    3    1. Except  as  otherwise  provided  in  subdivision  fifteen  of  this
    4  section,  where  a tax shall have been paid under this article a portion
    5  of the amount paid shall be allowed as a rebate and such  portion  shall
    6  be paid to the taxpayer but only to the extent that moneys are available
    7  for  the  payment  of  such rebates in the stock transfer incentive fund
    8  established pursuant to section ninety-two-i of the state  finance  law.
    9  The portion of the amount of tax paid which is to be allowed as a rebate
   10  shall  be  thirty  percent  of the tax incurred and paid on transactions
   11  subject to the stock transfer tax occurring on and after October  first,
   12  nineteen  hundred  seventy-nine  and  on  or before September thirtieth,
   13  nineteen hundred eighty and sixty percent of the tax incurred  and  paid
   14  on  such  transactions  occurring  on  and after October first, nineteen
   15  hundred eighty and on or before September  thirtieth,  nineteen  hundred
   16  eighty-one  and  all  of  the  amount  of tax incurred and paid shall be
   17  allowed as a rebate on transactions subject to the  stock  transfer  tax
   18  occurring on and after October first, nineteen hundred eighty-one AND ON
   19  OR BEFORE SEPTEMBER THIRTIETH, TWO THOUSAND FOURTEEN, AND THIRTY PERCENT
   20  OF THE TAX INCURRED AND PAID SHALL BE ALLOWED AS A REBATE ON SUCH TRANS-
   21  ACTIONS OCCURRING ON AND AFTER OCTOBER FIRST, TWO THOUSAND FOURTEEN.
   22    S  2.  Subdivisions  3 and 4 of section 92-b of the state finance law,
   23  subdivision 3 as amended by chapter 878 of the laws of 1977, subdivision
   24  4 as amended by chapter 724 of the laws of 1979, are amended to read  as
   25  follows:
   26    3.  The  moneys received from such tax and other sources in such fund,
   27  after deducting the amount the  commissioner  of  taxation  and  finance
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD13671-01-4
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    1  shall  determine  to  be necessary for reasonable costs of the state tax
    2  commission in  administering,  collecting  and  distributing  such  tax,
    3  commencing  with  the  fiscal  year  ending March thirty-first, nineteen
    4  hundred  seventy-seven,  shall  be  appropriated  to  (i)  the municipal
    5  assistance corporation for the city of  New  York  created  pursuant  to
    6  title  three  of  article  ten of the public authorities law in order to
    7  enable such corporation to fulfill the terms of any agreements made with
    8  the holders of its notes and  bonds  and  to  carry  out  its  corporate
    9  purposes  including the maintenance of the capital reserve fund and (ii)
   10  to the extent such moneys  are  not  required  by  such  corporation  as
   11  provided  in subdivision seven of section ninety-two-d of this [chapter]
   12  ARTICLE and, after deducting the amount such commissioner  shall  deter-
   13  mine to be necessary for reasonable costs of the state tax commission in
   14  administering and making distributions in accordance with the provisions
   15  of  section  two hundred eighty-a of the tax law from the stock transfer
   16  incentive fund, to the stock transfer incentive fund created pursuant to
   17  section ninety-two-i of this [chapter] ARTICLE to enable rebates  to  be
   18  made from such fund under the provisions of section two hundred eighty-a
   19  of  the  tax law and (iii) to the extent such moneys are not required by
   20  such fund, as certified by the commissioner of taxation and finance, the
   21  balance shall be appropriated to the [city of New York, for the  support
   22  of  local  government]  STATEWIDE  PRE-K  FUND  ESTABLISHED  PURSUANT TO
   23  SECTION NINETY-TWO-O OF THIS ARTICLE.
   24    4. After the deduction of such costs of the state  tax  commission  in
   25  administering, collecting and distributing such tax, the balances in the
   26  stock transfer tax fund so appropriated shall be distributed and paid on
   27  the  last  business  day of September, December, March and June into the
   28  special account established for the municipal assistance corporation for
   29  the city of New York in the municipal assistance  tax  fund  established
   30  pursuant  to  subdivision  one of section ninety-two-d of this [chapter]
   31  ARTICLE, unless and to the extent the balances in such fund on each such
   32  payment day are not required by such corporation  as  provided  in  said
   33  subdivision seven of said section ninety-two-d in which case the balance
   34  not  so required, if any, after the deduction of such costs of the state
   35  tax commission in administering and making distributions  in  accordance
   36  with  the provisions of section two hundred eighty-a of the tax law from
   37  the stock transfer incentive fund shall be distributed and paid  to  the
   38  stock  transfer  incentive  fund  in  the custody of the commissioner of
   39  taxation and finance established pursuant  to  section  ninety-two-i  of
   40  this [chapter] ARTICLE and unless and to the extent that the balances in
   41  the stock transfer tax fund on each such payment day are not required by
   42  the  stock  transfer  incentive fund as provided in such section ninety-
   43  two-i of this [chapter]  ARTICLE  in  which  case  the  balance  not  so
   44  required,  if  any,  shall  be distributed and paid to the [chief fiscal
   45  officer of the city of New York to be paid into the treasury of the city
   46  to the credit of the general fund or paid by the commissioner  of  taxa-
   47  tion  and  finance to such other account or fund as may be designated in
   48  writing by such chief fiscal officer at least ten business days prior to
   49  such last day and on each such day, the]  STATEWIDE  PRE-K  FUND  ESTAB-
   50  LISHED  PURSUANT  TO  SECTION NINETY-TWO-O OF THIS ARTICLE.  THE commis-
   51  sioner of taxation and finance shall  certify  to  the  comptroller  the
   52  amount  deducted for administering, collecting and distributing such tax
   53  during such quarterly period and shall pay such amount into the  general
   54  fund  of  the  state  treasury  to the credit of the state purposes fund
   55  therein.  In no event shall any amount (other  than  the  amount  to  be
   56  deducted  for  administering,  collecting  and distributing such tax) be
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    1  distributed or paid from the stock transfer tax fund to any person other
    2  than the municipal assistance corporation  for  the  city  of  New  York
    3  unless  and  until  the aggregate of all payments certified to the comp-
    4  troller  as  required  by  such  corporation in order to comply with its
    5  agreements with the holders of its notes and bonds and to carry out  its
    6  corporate  purposes,  including  the  maintenance of the capital reserve
    7  fund, which remain unappropriated or unpaid to  such  corporation  shall
    8  have  been  appropriated to such corporation and shall have been paid in
    9  full provided, however, that no person, including  such  corporation  or
   10  the  holders  of  its notes or bonds shall have any lien on such tax and
   11  such agreements shall be executory only to the extent  of  the  balances
   12  available  to  the  state in such fund. If the balances in such fund are
   13  not required by such corporation pursuant  to  the  provisions  of  this
   14  subdivision,  on  each  such  last  business day of September, December,
   15  March and June, the commissioner of taxation and finance  shall  certify
   16  to  the  comptroller  the  amount  deducted for administering and making
   17  distributions in accordance with the provisions of section  two  hundred
   18  eighty-a  of  the  tax law from the stock transfer incentive fund during
   19  such quarterly period and he shall pay such amount into the general fund
   20  of the state treasury to the credit of the state purposes fund  therein.
   21  To  the  extent  such  moneys  are  not required by such corporation, as
   22  provided in subdivision seven of section ninety-two-d of this  [chapter]
   23  ARTICLE,  no  amount  thereof (other than such amount to be deducted for
   24  administering, collecting and distributing such tax and  such  costs  in
   25  administering and making distributions in accordance with the provisions
   26  of  section  two hundred eighty-a of the tax law from the stock transfer
   27  incentive fund) shall be distributed or paid from the stock transfer tax
   28  fund other than to such stock transfer incentive fund OR  THE  STATEWIDE
   29  PRE-K  FUND  in  the custody of the commissioner of taxation and finance
   30  unless and until the aggregate of all payments certified  to  the  comp-
   31  troller  by  such commissioner pursuant to the provisions of such incen-
   32  tive fund as necessary to provide payments on account of rebates author-
   33  ized pursuant to section two hundred  eighty-a  of  the  tax  law  which
   34  remain  unappropriated  or unpaid to such fund shall have been appropri-
   35  ated to such fund and shall have been paid in  full  provided,  however,
   36  that  no  person, including any taxpayer under article twelve of the tax
   37  law or any member or dealer referred to in subdivisions two-a and six of
   38  section two hundred eighty-a of such law, shall have any  lien  on  this
   39  fund or the stock transfer incentive fund.
   40    S  3. The state finance law is amended by adding a new section 92-o to
   41  read as follows:
   42    S 92-O. THE STATEWIDE PRE-K FUND. 1. THERE IS  HEREBY  ESTABLISHED  IN
   43  THE  JOINT  CUSTODY  OF THE COMMISSIONER OF TAXATION AND FINANCE AND THE
   44  COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION A SPECIAL FUND TO BE KNOWN  AS  THE  STATEWIDE
   45  PRE-K FUND.
   46    2.  SUCH  FUND  SHALL  CONSIST  OF  MONEYS PAID THERETO FROM THE STOCK
   47  TRANSFER  TAX  FUND  AS  PROVIDED  IN  SUBDIVISION   FOUR   OF   SECTION
   48  NINETY-TWO-B OF THIS ARTICLE AND ALL OTHER MONEYS APPROPRIATED, CREDITED
   49  OR TRANSFERRED THERETO FROM ANY OTHER FUND OR SOURCE PURSUANT TO LAW.
   50    3.  THE  MONEYS  IN  THIS  FUND SHALL BE DIRECTED FOR THE EXPANSION OF
   51  PRE-KINDERGARTEN THROUGHOUT THE STATE.
   52    4. MONIES SHALL BE PAYABLE FROM THE FUND ON THE AUDIT AND  WARRANT  OF
   53  THE  COMPTROLLER  ON VOUCHERS APPROVED AND CERTIFIED BY THE COMMISSIONER
   54  OF EDUCATION.
   55    S 4. This act shall take effect September 1, 2014.
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