Relates to the monies of the spinal cord injury research trust fund; provides that 5.6 % of monies collected by the mandatory surcharge imposed pursuant to subdivision 1 of section 1809 of the vehicle and traffic law shall be deposited in the trust fund.

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S1883-2013 Actions

• Jan 9, 2013: REFERRED TO FINANCE

S1883-2013 Memo

BILL NUMBER:S1883

TITLE  OF  BILL:   An act to amend the state finance law, in relation to
the monies of the spinal cord injury research trust fund

PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:  To establish a minimum annual level of
funding for the Spinal Cord Injury Research Trust Fund.

SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:

Section 1: Amends subdivision 2 of section 99-f  of  the  State  Finance
Law,  to  require that five and six-tenths percent (5.6%) of the revenue
New York State collects from the mandatory surcharges imposed  on  motor
vehicle  violations  pursuant  to  subdivision  one  of section eighteen
hundred nine of the vehicle and traffic law be allocated to  the  Spinal
Cord Injury Research Trust Fund.

Section 2: Effective date.

JUSTIFICATION:   Chapter 338 of the laws of 1998 created the Spinal Cord
Injury Research Trust Fund with the intent that up to $8.5  million  per
year  would be allocated to it out of the mandatory surcharge imposed by
the state on motor vehicle moving violations.  The  Spinal  Cord  Injury
Research  Board  would  then  distribute  grants  to worthwhile research
projects related to spinal cord injuries. However, in  recent  years  it
has been funded at minimum with no money allocated for new grants.  This
legislation  would  establish  a minimum annual level of funding for the
Spinal Cord Injury Research Trust Fund.

PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:  S.4934 of 2012: Died on Senate Floor  Calen-
dar, Died in Assembly Rules S.4934 of 2011: Died in Senate Finance, Died
in Assembly Ways and Means

FISCAL  IMPLICATIONS:  Cost to State: 5.6% of the revenue collected from
mandatory surcharges on motor  vehicle  moving  violations  up  to  $8.5
million annually for the Spinal Cord Research Trust Fund.

EFFECTIVE DATE:  This act shall take effect immediately.

S1883-2013 Text

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

                                    1883

                         2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                              I N  SENATE

                                 (PREFILED)

                               January 9, 2013
                                 ___________

  Introduced by Sens. BONACIC, GALLIVAN, LARKIN, MAZIARZ -- read twice and
    ordered  printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on
    Finance

  AN ACT to amend the state finance law, in relation to the monies of  the
    spinal cord injury research trust fund

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


    Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 99-f of the state finance law,  as
  amended  by  chapter  612  of  the  laws  of 1999, is amended to read as
  follows:

    2. The fund shall consist of all monies appropriated for its  purpose,
  all  monies required by this section or any other provision of law to be
  paid into or credited to such fund, and FIVE AND SIX-TENTHS  PER  CENTUM
  OF  monies  COLLECTED  BY  THE  MANDATORY SURCHARGES IMPOSED PURSUANT TO
  SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION EIGHTEEN HUNDRED  NINE  OF  THE  VEHICLE  AND
  TRAFFIC  LAW in an amount not to exceed eight million five hundred thou-
  sand dollars [collected by the mandatory surcharges imposed pursuant  to
  subdivision  one  of  section  eighteen  hundred nine of the vehicle and
  traffic law]. Nothing contained herein shall prevent the  department  of
  health  from receiving grants, gifts or bequests for the purposes of the
  fund as defined in this  section  and  depositing  them  into  the  fund
  according to law.
    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.



   EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                        [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                             LBD03957-01-3