Authorizes a tax check-off for gifts to food banks; establishes the gifts to food banks fund; authorizes and directs the commissioner of temporary and disability assistance to promulgate rules and regulations necessary to distribute grants to local not-for-profit corporations for the distribution of food to persons in need.

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S5790A-2011 Actions

• Apr 18, 2012: REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE
• Jan 9, 2012: PRINT NUMBER 5790A
• Jan 9, 2012: AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS
• Jan 4, 2012: REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS
• Jun 16, 2011: REFERRED TO RULES

S5790A-2011 Meetings

Investigations and Government Operations: Apr 18, 2012

S5790A-2011 Votes

S5790A-2011 Memo

BILL NUMBER:S5790A

TITLE OF BILL:
An act
to amend the tax law and the state finance law, in relation to
authorizing a tax check-off for gifts to food banks

PURPOSE:
Authorizes a tax check-off for gifts to the regional food banks to
assist in providing food and nutritious supplement to those in need
throughout New York State.

SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
The Tax Law is amended by adding a new Section 625-a and the State
Finance Law is amended by adding a new Section 82 to allow taxpayers
to make contributions to the regional food banks in New York State on
their tax returns.

JUSTIFICATION:
Clearly, in both good times and bad, there will always be families
that are, sadly, unable to afford good food and proper nutrition and
this is even more evident as both the state and federal governments
create limitations for financial assistance for those in need. More
than that, as more and more families rely on not-for-profit
organizations, religious groups and regional food banks, we must
ensure that these associations have the needed resources to respond.

With that said, this legislation would provide a great and growing
opportunity for food banks and the like to increase their outreach
and ability to serve the neediest of our residents at a time when
they need that assistance to, in some cases, simply sustain
themselves and their families from one paycheck to the next.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
1999-00: A.6511/S.5056
2001-02: A.1447/S.538
2003-04: A.865/S.191
2005-06: A.602/S.1131
2007-08: A.1604/S.240
2009-10: A.6045A

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
None.

EFFECTIVE DATE:
Immediately.

S5790A-2011 Text

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

                                   5790--A

                         2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                              I N  SENATE

                                June 16, 2011
                                 ___________

  Introduced  by  Sen.  LARKIN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
    printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules  --  recommitted  to
    the  Committee  on Investigations and Government Operations in accord-
    ance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill amended,
    ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

  AN ACT to amend the tax law and the state finance law,  in  relation  to
    authorizing a tax check-off for gifts to food banks

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


    Section 1. The tax law is amended by adding a  new  section  625-a  to
  read as follows:

    S  625-A. GIFTS TO FOOD BANKS. EFFECTIVE FOR ANY TAXABLE YEAR COMMENC-
  ING ON OR AFTER JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND THIRTEEN, AN  INDIVIDUAL  IN
  ANY  TAXABLE  YEAR  MAY  ELECT  TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE STATE GIFTS TO FOOD
  BANKS FUND FOR FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR REGIONAL FOOD BANKS. SUCH  CONTRIB-
  UTION  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 CONTRIBUTION. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF  LAW  ALL
  REVENUES  COLLECTED  PURSUANT  TO  THIS SECTION SHALL BE CREDITED TO THE
  GIFTS TO FOOD BANKS FUND AND USED ONLY FOR THOSE PURPOSES ENUMERATED  IN
  SECTION EIGHTY-TWO OF THE STATE FINANCE LAW.
    S  2.  The  state finance law is amended by adding a new section 82 to
  read as follows:

    S 82. GIFTS TO FOOD BANKS FUND. THE GIFTS TO  FOOD  BANKS  FUND  SHALL
  CONSIST OF ALL MONEYS RECEIVED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND FINANCE
  FROM  GIFTS  TO FOOD BANKS PURSUANT TO SECTION SIX HUNDRED TWENTY-FIVE-A
  OF THE TAX LAW. SUCH MONEYS, AFTER  APPROPRIATION  BY  THE  LEGISLATURE,
  SHALL  BE AVAILABLE TO THE OFFICE OF TEMPORARY AND DISABILITY ASSISTANCE
  FOR THE DISTRIBUTION OF GRANTS TO REGIONAL FOOD BANKS ORGANIZED TO SERVE
  SPECIFIC REGIONS THAT GENERALLY COLLECT AND REDISTRIBUTE FOOD  DONATIONS

   EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                        [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                             LBD03558-02-1

 S. 5790--A                          2

  TO  ORGANIZATIONS SERVING PERSONS IN NEED. THE COMMISSIONER OF TEMPORARY
  AND DISABILITY ASSISTANCE IS HEREBY AUTHORIZED AND DIRECTED  TO  PROMUL-
  GATE  RULES  AND  REGULATIONS  NECESSARY  FOR  THE  DISTRIBUTION OF SUCH
  GRANTS.
    S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.