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Senate Bill S309
2015-2016 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D, WF) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Investigations And Government Operations Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
2015-S309 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A1279
- Current Committee:
- Senate Investigations And Government Operations
- Law Section:
- Tax Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd ยง171-h, Tax L
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
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2009-2010:
A1190
2011-2012: A192
2013-2014: S7284, A1594
2017-2018: S2140, A12
2019-2020: S7054, A263
2021-2022: S346, A1242
2015-S309 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S309 TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the tax law, in relation to including certain independent contractors in the state directory of new hires to aid in the administration of the child support enforcement program PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL : This bill addresses the persistent problem of tracking persons whose child support payments are delinquent. It includes independent contractors with contracts in excess of $2,500 in the state directory of new hires to aid in the administration of the child support enforcement program. SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS : Paragraph (a) of subdivision 2 of section 171-h of the tax law (as added by chapter 398 of the laws of 1997) is amended to provide the above addition. EFFECTS OF PRESENT LAW WHICH THIS BILL WOULD ALTER : Existing law does not include independent contractors with contracts in excess of $2,500 in the state directory of new hires. JUSTIFICATION : Self-employed payers are among the most difficult to collect child support payments from. Businesses, although not required, are encouraged to report all independent contractors regardless of contract amount. This legislation provides a much needed requirement to aid in the tracking of these delinquent payers who
2015-S309 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 309 2015-2016 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E (PREFILED) January 7, 2015 ___________ Introduced by Sen. ESPAILLAT -- 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 including certain independ- ent contractors in the state directory of new hires to aid in the administration of the child support enforcement program THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 2 of section 171-h of the tax law, as added by chapter 398 of the laws of 1997, is amended to read as follows: (a) "employee" means an individual who is an employee within the meaning of chapter twenty-four of the internal revenue code of 1986, INCLUDING AN INDIVIDUAL UNDER AN INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR ARRANGEMENT WITH CONTRACTS IN EXCESS OF TWENTY-FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS, and does not include an employee of a federal or state agency performing intelligence or counterintelligence functions if the head of such agency has determined that a report made pursuant to this section with respect to the individ- ual could endanger the safety of the employee or compromise an ongoing investigation or intelligence mission. S 2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed- ing the date on which it shall have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD01904-01-5
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