Provides a tax checkoff box on personal income tax return forms for gifts for the life pass it on trust fund for gifts for organ and tissue donation outreach and research.

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A3297A-2011 Actions

• May 14, 2012: REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS
• May 14, 2012: delivered to senate
• May 14, 2012: passed assembly
• May 10, 2012: advanced to third reading cal.546
• May 8, 2012: reported
• Jan 25, 2012: print number 3297a
• Jan 25, 2012: amend and recommit to ways and means
• Jan 4, 2012: referred to ways and means
• Jan 24, 2011: referred to ways and means

A3297A-2011 Text

                      S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
  ________________________________________________________________________

                                   3297--A

                         2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                            I N  ASSEMBLY

                              January 24, 2011
                                 ___________

  Introduced  by  M. of A. TITUS, BENEDETTO, CONTE, PEOPLES-STOKES, SCHIM-
    MINGER, MILLMAN, CLARK, COLTON, JAFFEE, GALEF, CAHILL  --  Multi-Spon-
    sored  by  --  M.  of  A.    LATIMER,  V. LOPEZ,  McENENY, McLAUGHLIN,
    J. RIVERA, N. RIVERA, SWEENEY, WEISENBERG, ZEBROWSKI -- 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, in relation to providing a tax check off
    box on personal income tax return forms for the life pass it on  trust
    fund

    THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
  BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:


    Section 1. Part 2 of article 22 of the tax law is amended by adding  a
  new section 630-c to read as follows:

    S  630-C.  GIFT  FOR  ORGAN AND TISSUE DONATION OUTREACH AND RESEARCH.
  EFFECTIVE FOR ANY TAX YEAR COMMENCING ON OR  AFTER  JANUARY  FIRST,  TWO
  THOUSAND  THIRTEEN,  AN  INDIVIDUAL  IN  ANY  TAXABLE  YEAR MAY ELECT TO
  CONTRIBUTE TO THE LIFE PASS IT ON TRUST FUND.  THE CONTRIBUTION SHALL BE
  IN ANY WHOLE DOLLAR AMOUNT AND SHALL NOT REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF STATE  TAX
  OWED  BY  SUCH  INDIVIDUAL.  THE COMMISSIONER SHALL INCLUDE SPACE ON THE
  PERSONAL INCOME TAX RETURN TO ENABLE A TAXPAYER TO  MAKE  SUCH  CONTRIB-
  UTION. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW ALL REVENUES COLLECTED
  PURSUANT  TO THIS SECTION SHALL BE CREDITED TO THE LIFE PASS IT ON TRUST
  FUND  AND  USED  ONLY  FOR  THOSE   PURPOSES   ENUMERATED   IN   SECTION
  NINETY-FIVE-D OF THE STATE FINANCE LAW, AS ADDED BY CHAPTER FOUR HUNDRED
  FIFTEEN OF THE LAWS OF TWO THOUSAND THREE.
    S 2. This act shall take effect on December 31 in the year in which it
  shall have become a law and shall apply to taxable years beginning after
  such  date,  provided,  however, that effective immediately, all actions
  and procedures with respect to the proposed adoption, amendment, suspen-
  sion or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the timely imple-
  mentation of this act  are  directed  and  authorized  to  be  made  and
  completed on or before such effective date.

   EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                        [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                             LBD07513-03-1