Assembly Bill A1310

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Establishes a personal income tax credit for taxpayers who donate blood to a blood bank four or more times in a year

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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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2013-A1310 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Ways And Means
Law Section:
Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง606, Tax L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A8218
2011-2012: A3117
2015-2016: A1506
2017-2018: A1424
2019-2020: A3613

2013-A1310 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes a personal income tax credit for taxpayers who donate blood to a blood bank four or more times in a year; specifies such tax credit to be five hundred dollars.

2013-A1310 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                  1310

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 9, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  ZEBROWSKI, AUBRY, GUNTHER, CASTRO, HOOPER --
  Multi-Sponsored by -- M.  of A. COOK, HEVESI, WEISENBERG -- read  once
  and referred to the Committee on Ways and Means

AN  ACT  to amend the tax law, in relation to providing a tax credit for
  certain taxpayers who donate blood

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

  Section  1.  Section  606  of  the  tax law is amended by adding a new
subsection (vv) to read as follows:
  (VV) BLOOD DONATION CREDIT. (1) ALLOWANCE OF CREDIT.  A  TAXPAYER  WHO
DONATES BLOOD FOUR OR MORE TIMES IN A YEAR TO A BLOOD BANK THAT HAS BEEN
ISSUED  A  VALID PERMIT AS PROVIDED IN SECTION FIVE HUNDRED SEVENTY-FIVE
OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW  SHALL  BE  ALLOWED  A  CREDIT  AS  HEREINAFTER
PROVIDED,  AGAINST  THE  TAX  IMPOSED BY THIS ARTICLE. THE AMOUNT OF THE
CREDIT  SHALL  BE  FIVE  HUNDRED  DOLLARS.  FOR  THE  PURPOSES  OF  THIS
SUBSECTION,  "BLOOD  BANK" MEANS A FACILITY FOR THE COLLECTION, PROCESS-
ING, STORAGE AND/OR DISTRIBUTION OF HUMAN  BLOOD,  BLOOD  COMPONENTS  OR
BLOOD DERIVATIVES.
  (2)  APPLICATION  OF CREDIT. IF THE AMOUNT OF THE CREDIT ALLOWED UNDER
THIS SUBSECTION FOR ANY TAXABLE YEAR SHALL EXCEED THE TAXPAYER'S TAX FOR
SUCH YEAR, THE EXCESS SHALL BE TREATED AS AN OVERPAYMENT OF  TAX  TO  BE
CREDITED  OR  REFUNDED  IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION SIX
HUNDRED EIGHTY-SIX OF THIS ARTICLE, PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT NO  INTEREST
SHALL BE PAID THEREON.
  (3)  PROOF OF CLAIM. THE COMMISSIONER MAY REQUIRE A QUALIFIED TAXPAYER
TO FURNISH PROOF OF HIS OR HER BLOOD DONATIONS IN SUPPORT OF HIS OR  HER
CLAIM FOR CREDIT UNDER THIS SUBSECTION.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to taxable
years beginning on and after January 1, 2015.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD00511-01-3

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