NY State Senate Bill 2017-S2768

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Jan 03, 2018	referred to finance
Jan 17, 2017	referred to finance

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2017-S2768 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A1081
Current Committee:: Senate Finance
Law Section:: State Finance Law
Laws Affected:: Add §97-ff, St Fin L; add §625-a, Tax L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2015-2016: S7706, A10479
2019-2020: S3804, A1209
2021-2022: S1511, A6282
2023-2024: S2070

2017-S2768 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the creation of the New York farm to school and school garden fund; allows individuals to make a gift on their personal tax form for such fund; such fund will be used to establish school gardens and purchase equipment and educational materials to promote students' consumption of local products conducted in cooperation with the department of agriculture and markets.

2017-S2768 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 BILL NUMBER:  S2768

 TITLE OF BILL :  An act to amend the state finance law and the tax
law, in relation to establishing the New York farm to school and
school garden fund

 PURPOSE :

To create the New York Farm to School and School Garden Fund

 SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS :

Section 1 amends the state finance law by adding a new section
creating the "New York Farm to School and School Garden Fund," for the
purpose of establishing school gardens and purchasing equipment and
educational materials to promote students' consumption of local
products.

Section 2 amends the tax law by adding a new section creating the
"Gift for the New York farm to school and school garden fund,"
enabling an individual, in any taxable year, to contribute to the New
York Farm to School and School Garden fund to help establish school
gardens and purchase equipment and educational material to promote
students' consumption of local products.

Section 3 is the effective date.

 EXISTING LAW :

Article 6 of the State Finance Law provides the funds of the state.
Currently no fund exists for the purpose of establishing school
gardens and purchasing equipment and educational materials to promote
students' consumption of local products. This bill adds a new section
to this article to create such a fund.

Article 22 of the Tax Law provides the sections of law pertaining to
personal income tax. Currently no donation is authorized to support a
fund for the purpose of establishing school gardens and purchasing
equipment and educational materials to promote students' consumption
of local products. This bill adds a new section to this article to
create such a donation opportunity.

 JUSTIFICATION :

From improving nutrition to supporting our state's agriculture
industry, the benefits of eating locally grown foods are many. As
such, it's important to instill in New York's young people the
importance of eating healthy fruits and vegetables, as well as the
significance of supporting the hard work done by farmers.

Through the establishment of the "New York Farm to School and School
Garden Fund"-which would be funded through voluntary contributions
made via personal income tax returns-schools across the state would be
provided with the resources necessary to build school gardens,
purchase gardening equipment and educational materials to promote
students' consumption of local products.

By giving students hands on experience in growing their own healthy
fruits and vegetables, we're not only improving their nutrition, we're
also helping them to learn more about farming and helping them to
become interested in the possibility of one day pursuing a career in
agriculture.

 LEGISLATIVE HISTORY :

S.7706 Referred to Finance/A.10479 Referred to Education.
 FISCAL IMPLICATIONS :

Minimal.

 EFFECTIVE DATE :
This act shall take effect ninety days after it shall have become a
law.

2017-S2768 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2768
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 17, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. RITCHIE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance
 
 AN ACT to amend the state finance law and the tax law,  in  relation  to
   establishing the New York farm to school and school garden fund
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The state finance law is amended by adding  a  new  section
 97-ff to read as follows:
   §  97-FF.  NEW YORK FARM TO SCHOOL AND SCHOOL GARDEN FUND. 1. THERE IS
 HEREBY ESTABLISHED IN THE JOINT CUSTODY OF THE STATE COMPTROLLER AND THE
 COMMISSIONER OF TAXATION AND FINANCE A FUND TO BE KNOWN AS THE "NEW YORK
 FARM TO SCHOOL AND SCHOOL GARDEN FUND".
   2. SUCH FUND SHALL CONSIST OF ALL REVENUES RECEIVED BY THE  DEPARTMENT
 OF  TAXATION  AND  FINANCE,  PURSUANT  TO  THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION SIX
 HUNDRED TWENTY-FIVE-A OF THE TAX LAW, AND ALL OTHER MONEYS APPROPRIATED,
 CREDITED, OR TRANSFERRED THERETO FROM ANY OTHER FUND OR SOURCE  PURSUANT
 TO  LAW. NOTHING IN THIS SECTION SHALL PREVENT THE STATE FROM SOLICITING
 AND RECEIVING GRANTS, GIFTS OR BEQUESTS FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE FUND  AS
 DEFINED  IN  THIS SECTION AND DEPOSITING THEM INTO THE FUND ACCORDING TO
 LAW.
   3. MONEYS OF THE FUND SHALL BE EXPENDED FOR THE PURPOSES OF ESTABLISH-
 ING SCHOOL GARDENS AND PURCHASING EQUIPMENT AND EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS TO
 PROMOTE STUDENTS' CONSUMPTION OF LOCAL PRODUCTS CONDUCTED IN COOPERATION
 WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND MARKETS. SUCH DEPARTMENT SHALL BE
 AUTHORIZED TO CREATE FURTHER CRITERIA AND  LIMITS  ON  SUCH  FUNDING  IF
 NECESSARY. MONEYS SHALL BE PAID OUT OF THE FUND ON THE AUDIT AND WARRANT
 OF  THE  STATE  COMPTROLLER  ON VOUCHERS APPROVED BY THE COMMISSIONER OF
 AGRICULTURE AND MARKETS. ANY INTEREST RECEIVED  BY  THE  COMPTROLLER  ON
 MONEYS  ON DEPOSIT IN THE NEW YORK FARM TO SCHOOL AND SCHOOL GARDEN FUND
 SHALL BE RETAINED IN AND BECOME PART OF SUCH FUND.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02614-01-7

 S. 2768                             2
 
   § 2. The tax law is amended by adding a new section 625-a to  read  as
 follows:
   §  625-A. GIFT FOR THE NEW YORK FARM TO SCHOOL AND SCHOOL GARDEN FUND.
 AN INDIVIDUAL IN ANY TAXABLE YEAR MAY ELECT TO  CONTRIBUTE  TO  THE  NEW
 YORK  FARM  TO  SCHOOL  AND  SCHOOL GARDEN FUND TO HELP ESTABLISH SCHOOL
 GARDENS AND PURCHASE EQUIPMENT  AND  EDUCATIONAL  MATERIALS  TO  PROMOTE
 STUDENTS'  CONSUMPTION  OF  LOCAL PRODUCTS. THE CONTRIBUTION 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  CONTRIB-
 UTION. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW ALL REVENUES COLLECTED
 PURSUANT  TO  THIS  SECTION  SHALL  BE  CREDITED TO THE NEW YORK FARM TO
 SCHOOL AND SCHOOL GARDEN FUND AND USED ONLY FOR THOSE  PURPOSES  ENUMER-
 ATED IN SECTION NINETY-SEVEN-FF OF THE STATE FINANCE LAW.
   § 3. This act shall take effect ninety days after it shall have become
 a law.

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Senate Bill S2768

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Finance Committee

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2017-S2768 (ACTIVE) - Details

2017-S2768 (ACTIVE) - Summary

2017-S2768 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S2768 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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Patty Ritchie

Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Finance Committee

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Luis R. Sepúlveda

2017-S2768 (ACTIVE) - Details

2017-S2768 (ACTIVE) - Summary

2017-S2768 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S2768 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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