A6997B-2011 Actions

• Jun 16, 2011: substituted by s5140b
• Jun 16, 2011: rules report cal.373
• Jun 16, 2011: reported
• Jun 16, 2011: reported referred to rules
• Jun 9, 2011: print number 6997b
• Jun 9, 2011: amend (t) and recommit to ways and means
• Jun 6, 2011: print number 6997a
• Jun 6, 2011: amend (t) and recommit to ways and means
• Apr 7, 2011: referred to ways and means

A6997B-2011 Text

 S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 
 6997--B
 2011-2012 Regular Sessions
 I N  ASSEMBLY
 April 7, 2011
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  PERRY, ZEBROWSKI, BARRON, WEPRIN, STEVENSON,
 CRESPO, HOOPER -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. CAMARA, GIBSON, McEN
 ENY, P. RIVERA, SCARBOROUGH, THIELE, TITUS, WEISENBERG  --  read  once
 and  referred  to  the  Committee  on  Ways  and  Means  --  committee
 discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
 to said committee -- again reported from said  committee  with  amend
 ments, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
 AN  ACT  to  amend the tax law, in relation to establishing the taxpayer
 refund choice act and  affirming  the  right  of  state  residents  to
 receive  personal  income tax refunds by paper check and requiring the
 department of taxation and finance to fully describe any debit card or
 direct  deposit  program;  and  providing  for  the  repeal  of   such
 provisions upon expiration thereof
 

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

 

Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as  the  "taxpayer
 refund choice act".
 

S  2.  The  tax law is amended by adding a new section 3013 to read as
 follows:

 

S 3013. METHOD OF PAYMENT OF PERSONAL INCOME TAX REFUNDS; NOTICE.  (A)
 NOTWITHSTANDING  THE  ADOPTION  BY THE COMMISSIONER OF ANY PREPAID DEBIT
 CARD OR DIRECT DEPOSIT  PROGRAM  FOR  PAYMENT  OF  PERSONAL  INCOME  TAX
 REFUNDS, ALL TAXPAYERS ARE ENTITLED:

 (1) TO RECEIVE PERSONAL INCOME TAX REFUNDS BY PAPER CHECK; AND
 (2) TO OPT OUT OF ANY PREPAID DEBIT CARD OR DIRECT DEPOSIT PROGRAM FOR
 PAYMENT OF TAX REFUNDS.
 (B) THE DEPARTMENT SHALL PROVIDE TAXPAYERS WITH A CLEAR WRITTEN STATE
 MENT SETTING FORTH THE TAXPAYER'S RIGHT:

 (1) TO RECEIVE TAX REFUND PAYMENTS BY PAPER CHECK; AND
 (2) TO OPT OUT OF ANY PREPAID DEBIT CARD OR DIRECT DEPOSIT PROGRAM.
 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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 (C)  IN  THE EVENT THAT THE COMMISSIONER ELECTS TO IMPLEMENT A PROGRAM
 PROVIDING FOR PAYMENT OF PERSONAL INCOME TAX REFUNDS  BY  PREPAID  DEBIT
 CARD  OR  DIRECT  DEPOSIT  TO  A DESIGNATED ACCOUNT OF THE TAXPAYER, THE
 DEPARTMENT SHALL AMEND THE  FORMS  USED  TO  FILE  PERSONAL  INCOME  TAX
 RETURNS  TO REFLECT, IN THE AREA DESIGNATED FOR SELECTION OF OPTIONS FOR
 PROCESSING OF REFUNDS, THAT THE TAXPAYER HAS THE OPTION OF RECEIVING HIS
 OR HER TAX REFUND BY PERSONAL CHECK AND SHALL PROVIDE A  BOX  WHICH  THE
 TAXPAYER MAY CHECK TO SELECT THAT OPTION.
 (D)  IN  ANY WRITTEN NOTICE REGARDING A PREPAID DEBIT CARD PROGRAM FOR
 THE PAYMENT OF TAX REFUNDS, THE DEPARTMENT SHALL DESCRIBE  TO  TAXPAYERS
 ALL  OF  THE FEATURES OF THE DEBIT CARD PROGRAM (E.G., WITHDRAWAL AT ANY
 ATM OR POINT-OF-SALE USE), INCLUDING  ANY  FEE  OR  FEES  WHICH  MAY  BE
 CHARGED TO THE TAXPAYER IN ACCESSING HIS OR HER TAX REFUND.
 

S  3.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
 have become a law and shall expire and be  deemed  repealed  five  years
 after such effective date.

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