NY State Senate Bill 2013-S3117

Senate Bill S3117

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Provides for unclaimed and abandoned lottery prize money to be transferred to the state comptroller for deposit into the "Love Your Library Fund"

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2013-S3117 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Investigations And Government Operations
Law Section:: Tax Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §1614, Tax L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2009-2010: S4730
2011-2012: S3373

2013-S3117 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides for unclaimed and abandoned lottery prize money to be transferred to the state comptroller for deposit into the "Love Your Library Fund" and distributed to public library systems and libraries in support of the statewide summer reading program.

2013-S3117 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                BILL NUMBER:S3117

TITLE  OF BILL:   An act to amend the tax law, in relation to permitting
the transfer of unclaimed and abandoned lottery prize money to the "Love
Your Library Fund" to aid summer reading programs

PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:   This  legislation  would  permit  the
transfer  of  unclaimed  and abandoned lottery prize monies to the "Love
Your Library Fund"

SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:  This legislation would  amend  the  Tax
Law  to  permit  the  transfer  of unclaimed and abandoned lottery prize
monies to the state comptroller for deposit into the "Love Your  Library
Fund,"  the  proceeds of which are distributed to the library systems in
support of the statewide summer reading program.

JUSTIFICATION:   Studies have shown that  children  enrolled  in  summer
reading  programs and preschool story hours develop literacy skills that
enhance their academic progress and reduce the need for remedial efforts
upon returning to school from summer hiatus.

Summer reading programs and preschool story hours  are  also  the  chief
source  of  reading  opportunities for children from low-income families
and can help address gaps in academic achievement  between  children  of
low-income and high-income families.

This  legislation would allow additional monies to be deposited into the
"Love Your Library Fund" to support the implementation of the  statewide
summer  reading program at public library systems and libraries through-
out New York.

In 2004, the Legislature passed legislation which created the 'Love Your
Library Fund", into which monies could be deposited  to  provide  grants
for  summer  reading programs at public libraries. In 2003, the Legisla-
ture succeeded in creating a "Love  your  Library"  license  plate,  the
proceeds  from  the  fees for which will go into the Fund.  However, the
goal of child literacy can always benefit from more funding, particular-
ly since research shows that summer reading is  a  key  part  of  school
success and growth in one's IQ.

Children  who  read More, write better, comprehend more and develop good
study skills that translate  into  improved  academic  achievement.  The
facts  speak  plainly,  and  New  York State needs to do more to support
literacy programs at libraries that can deliver these proven educational
services.

PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:    2011-12:  S.3373  -  Referred  to  Racing,
Gaming,  Wagering  Committee  2009-10: S.4730 - Died in Investigations &
Government Operations 2008: S.1958 - Referred to Racing, Gaming & Wager-
ing Committee

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:  None.

EFFECTIVE DATE:  This act should take effect immediately.

2013-S3117 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  3117

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            January 30, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  PARKER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Govern-
  ment Operations

AN ACT to amend the tax law, in relation to permitting the  transfer  of
  unclaimed  and abandoned lottery prize money to the "Love Your Library
  Fund" to aid summer reading programs

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

  Section 1. Subdivision a of section 1614 of the tax law, as amended by
chapter 170 of the laws of 1994, is amended to read as follows:
  a.  No prize claim shall be valid if submitted to the division follow-
ing the expiration of a one-year time period from the date of the  draw-
ing  or  from  the  close  of the game in which a prize was won, and the
person otherwise entitled to such prize shall forfeit any claim or enti-
tlement to such prize  moneys.  Unclaimed  prize  money,  plus  interest
earned  thereon,  shall  be [retained in the lottery prize account to be
used for payment of special lotto or supplemental lotto  prizes  offered
pursuant  to  the plan or plans specified in this article, or for promo-
tional purposes to supplement other games on an occasional basis not  to
exceed sixteen weeks within any twelve month period pursuant to the plan
or plans specified in this article.
  In the event that the director proposes to change any plan for the use
of  unclaimed  prize  funds  or in the event the director intends to use
funds in a game other than the game  from  which  such  unclaimed  prize
funds  were  derived, the director of the budget, the chairperson of the
senate finance committee, and the chairperson of the assembly  ways  and
means  committee  shall  be notified in writing separately detailing the
proposed changes to any plan prior to the implementation of the changes]
TRANSFERRED TO THE STATE COMPTROLLER FOR DEPOSIT  INTO  THE  "LOVE  YOUR
LIBRARY FUND" AND DISTRIBUTED TO PUBLIC LIBRARY SYSTEMS AND LIBRARIES IN
SUPPORT  OF THE STATEWIDE SUMMER READING PROGRAM ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO
SECTION NINETY-NINE-L OF THE STATE FINANCE LAW AND  SUBDIVISION  TEN  OF
SECTION TWO HUNDRED SEVENTY-THREE OF THE EDUCATION 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.
                                                           LBD06836-01-3

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