Assembly Bill A726

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to violations of secrecy provisions of the tax law; increases penalties for disclosure of personal income information from a misdemeanor to class E felony

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2019-A726 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Ways And Means
Law Section:
Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §1825, Tax L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A9565
2013-2014: A3442
2015-2016: A3566
2017-2018: A5883

2019-A726 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to violations of secrecy provisions of the tax law; increases penalties for disclosure of personal income information from a misdemeanor to a class E felony.

2019-A726 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    726
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 9, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. GLICK, JAFFEE -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A.
   COOK -- read once and referred to the Committee on Ways and Means
 
 AN ACT to amend the tax  law,  in  relation  to  violations  of  secrecy
   provisions of the tax law

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 1825 of the tax law, as amended  by  section  3  of
 part  NNN  of  chapter  59  of  the  laws of 2018, is amended to read as
 follows:
   § 1825. Violation of secrecy  provisions  of  the  tax  law.--(A)  Any
 person  who  violates the provisions of subdivision (b) of section twen-
 ty-one, subdivision one of section two hundred two, subdivision eight of
 section two hundred eleven, subdivision (a)  of  section  three  hundred
 fourteen,  subdivision  one or two of section four hundred thirty-seven,
 section four hundred eighty-seven, subdivision one  or  two  of  section
 five  hundred  fourteen,  [subsection (e) of section six hundred ninety-
 seven,] subsection (a) of section nine hundred ninety-four,  subdivision
 (a)  of section eleven hundred forty-six, section twelve hundred eighty-
 seven, section twelve hundred ninety-six, section twelve  hundred  nine-
 ty-nine-F,  subdivision (a) of section fourteen hundred eighteen, subdi-
 vision (a) of section  fifteen  hundred  eighteen,  subdivision  (a)  of
 section  fifteen hundred fifty-five of this chapter, and subdivision (e)
 of section 11-1797 of the administrative code of the city  of  New  York
 shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
   (B)  ANY  PERSON  WHO  VIOLATES  THE  PROVISIONS  OF SUBSECTION (E) OF
 SECTION SIX HUNDRED NINETY-SEVEN OF THIS CHAPTER SHALL BE  GUILTY  OF  A
 CLASS E FELONY.
   §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
 have become a law.

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

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