NY State Senate Bill 2017-S4362A

Senate Bill S4362A

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Establishes space on the business franchise and personal income tax forms to make a gift for home delivered meals for seniors

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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Jan 29, 2018	print number 4362a
Jan 29, 2018	amend and recommit to investigations and government operations
Jan 03, 2018	referred to investigations and government operations
Feb 10, 2017	referred to investigations and government operations

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2017-S4362 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A5575
Current Committee:: Senate Investigations And Government Operations
Law Section:: Tax Law
Laws Affected:: Add §§209-L & 626-a, Tax L; add §91-g, St Fin L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2009-2010: A5335
2011-2012: A5549
2013-2014: A5806
2015-2016: S7330, A6474
2019-2020: S5987, A4632

2017-S4362 - Summary

Establishes space on the business franchise and personal income tax forms to make a gift for home delivered meals for seniors; creates the senior wellness in nutrition fund.

2017-S4362 - Sponsor Memo

                                 BILL NUMBER:  S4362

 TITLE OF BILL :  An act to amend the tax law and the state finance
law, in relation to establishing a gift for home delivered meals for
seniors on the business franchise and personal income tax forms and
establishing the senior wellness in nutrition fund

 PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL :

This bill would create a new item on the personal income tax form and
the business franchise tax form to make a gift for home delivered
meals for seniors. It would also establish the senior wellness in
nutrition fund.

 SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS :

This bill amends the tax law by adding new sections 209-k and 626-a.
These sections allow a taxpayer or individual to elect to contribute
to the wellness in nutrition program for the purpose of providing home
delivered meals to seniors.  The commissioner shall include space on
the personal income tax form and the business franchise income tax
form, entitled "Meals on Wheels for Seniors," to enable an individual
or a taxpayer to make such a contribution. All revenue collected
pursuant to these sections shall be credited to the wellness in
nutrition program fund and used only for the purpose of providing home
delivered meals to seniors.

A new section 91-g is added to the state finance law to establish the
senior wellness in nutrition fund.

 JUSTIFICATION :

Homebound senior citizens who are unable to shop or cook for
themselves benefit greatly from home delivered meals. The growing need
for this service exceeds the currently available funding. This
legislation would encourage financial contributions to this necessary
program.

 PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY :

2007-08 A9212 referred to ways and means
2009-10 A5335 passed assembly
2011-12 A5549-A passed assembly
2013-14 A5806-B passed assembly
2015-16 A6474-B passed assembly; S7330 referred to investigations and
government operations

 FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS :

None.

 EFFECTIVE DATE :
This act shall take effect immediately.

2017-S4362 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
     S. 4362                                                  A. 5575
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                       S E N A T E - A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 10, 2017
                                ___________
 
 IN SENATE -- Introduced by Sen. LAVALLE -- read twice and ordered print-
   ed,  and  when  printed  to  be committed to the Committee on Investi-
   gations and Government Operations
 
 IN ASSEMBLY -- Introduced by M. of A. ENGLEBRIGHT, PERRY --  Multi-Spon-
   sored  by -- M. of A. GOODELL -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Ways and Means
 
 AN ACT to amend the tax law and the state finance law,  in  relation  to
   establishing  a gift for home delivered meals for seniors on the busi-
   ness franchise and personal income  tax  forms  and  establishing  the
   senior wellness in nutrition fund
 
   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  209-K  to
 read as follows:
   §  209-K. GIFT FOR HOME DELIVERED MEALS FOR SENIORS. EFFECTIVE FOR ANY
 TAX YEAR COMMENCING ON OR AFTER JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND SEVENTEEN, A
 TAXPAYER IN ANY TAXABLE YEAR MAY ELECT TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE  SUPPORT  OF
 THE  SENIOR WELLNESS IN NUTRITION FUND FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING HOME
 DELIVERED MEALS TO SENIORS. SUCH CONTRIBUTION  SHALL  BE  IN  ANY  WHOLE
 DOLLAR  AMOUNT AND SHALL NOT REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF STATE TAX OWED BY SUCH
 TAXPAYER. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL INCLUDE SPACE ON THE BUSINESS FRANCHISE
 INCOME TAX RETURN, ENTITLED "MEALS ON WHEELS FOR SENIORS", TO  ENABLE  A
 TAXPAYER  TO MAKE SUCH CONTRIBUTION. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION
 OF LAW, ALL REVENUES COLLECTED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION SHALL BE CREDIT-
 ED TO THE SENIOR WELLNESS IN NUTRITION FUND AND SHALL ONLY BE  USED  FOR
 THOSE  PURPOSES  ENUMERATED IN SECTION NINETY-ONE-G OF THE STATE FINANCE
 LAW.
   § 2. The tax law is amended by adding a new section 626-a to  read  as
 follows:
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03855-01-7

 S. 4362                             2                            A. 5575
 
   §  626-A. GIFT FOR HOME DELIVERED MEALS FOR SENIORS. EFFECTIVE FOR ANY
 TAX YEAR COMMENCING ON OR AFTER JANUARY FIRST, TWO  THOUSAND  SEVENTEEN,
 AN INDIVIDUAL IN ANY TAXABLE YEAR MAY ELECT TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE SUPPORT
 OF  THE  SENIOR  WELLNESS IN NUTRITION FUND FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING
 HOME DELIVERED MEALS TO SENIORS. SUCH 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, ENTITLED "MEALS ON WHEELS FOR SENIORS", 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
 SENIOR WELLNESS IN NUTRITION FUND AND USED ONLY FOR THE PURPOSES ENUMER-
 ATED IN SECTION NINETY-ONE-G OF THE STATE FINANCE LAW.
   § 3. The state finance law is amended by adding a new section 91-g  to
 read as follows:
   §  91-G.  SENIOR WELLNESS IN NUTRITION FUND. 1. THERE IS HEREBY ESTAB-
 LISHED IN THE JOINT CUSTODY OF THE COMMISSIONER OF TAXATION AND  FINANCE
 AND  THE COMPTROLLER, A SPECIAL FUND TO BE KNOWN AS THE "SENIOR WELLNESS
 IN NUTRITION FUND".
   2. SUCH FUND SHALL CONSIST OF ALL REVENUES RECEIVED BY THE  DEPARTMENT
 OF  TAXATION  AND  FINANCE,  PURSUANT  TO  THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION TWO
 HUNDRED NINE-K AND SECTION SIX HUNDRED TWENTY-SIX-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  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. MONIES OF THE FUND SHALL BE EXPENDED SOLELY FOR SENIOR WELLNESS  IN
 NUTRITION  PROGRAMS  APPROVED BY THE STATE OFFICE FOR THE AGING, FOR THE
 PURPOSE OF PROVIDING HOME DELIVERED MEALS TO SENIORS.
   4. MONIES SHALL BE PAYABLE FROM THE FUND ON THE AUDIT AND  WARRANT  OF
 THE  COMPTROLLER  ON  VOUCHERS APPROVED AND CERTIFIED BY THE DIRECTOR OF
 THE STATE OFFICE FOR THE AGING.
   5. TO THE EXTENT PRACTICABLE, THE DIRECTOR OF THE STATE OFFICE FOR THE
 AGING SHALL ENSURE THAT ALL MONIES RECEIVED DURING  A  FISCAL  YEAR  ARE
 EXPENDED PRIOR TO THE END OF SUCH FISCAL YEAR.
   6.  ON  OR BEFORE THE FIRST DAY OF FEBRUARY EACH YEAR, THE COMPTROLLER
 SHALL CERTIFY TO THE GOVERNOR, TEMPORARY PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE, SPEAK-
 ER OF THE ASSEMBLY, CHAIR OF THE SENATE FINANCE COMMITTEE AND  CHAIR  OF
 THE  ASSEMBLY WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE, THE AMOUNT OF MONEY DEPOSITED IN
 THE SENIOR WELLNESS IN NUTRITION FUND DURING THE PRECEDING CALENDAR YEAR
 AS THE RESULT OF REVENUE DERIVED PURSUANT TO SECTIONS TWO HUNDRED NINE-K
 AND SIX HUNDRED TWENTY-SIX-A OF THE TAX LAW.
   7. ON OR BEFORE THE FIRST DAY OF FEBRUARY EACH YEAR, THE  DIRECTOR  OF
 THE  STATE  OFFICE  FOR  THE AGING SHALL PROVIDE A WRITTEN REPORT TO THE
 TEMPORARY PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE, SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY, CHAIR OF THE
 SENATE FINANCE COMMITTEE, CHAIR OF THE ASSEMBLY WAYS AND  MEANS  COMMIT-
 TEE,  CHAIR  OF THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON AGING, AND CHAIR OF THE ASSEMBLY
 AGING COMMITTEE.  SUCH REPORT SHALL INCLUDE HOW THE MONIES OF  THE  FUND
 WERE UTILIZED DURING THE PRECEDING CALENDAR YEAR AND SHALL INCLUDE:
   (I) THE AMOUNT OF MONEY DISPERSED FROM THE FUND;
   (II) RECIPIENTS OF AWARDS FROM THE FUND;
   (III) THE AMOUNT AWARDED TO EACH; AND
   (IV) THE PURPOSES FOR WHICH SUCH AWARDS WERE GRANTED.
   § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.

2017-S4362A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A5575
Current Committee:: Senate Investigations And Government Operations
Law Section:: Tax Law
Laws Affected:: Add §§209-L & 626-a, Tax L; add §91-g, St Fin L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2009-2010: A5335
2011-2012: A5549
2013-2014: A5806
2015-2016: S7330, A6474
2019-2020: S5987, A4632

2017-S4362A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes space on the business franchise and personal income tax forms to make a gift for home delivered meals for seniors; creates the senior wellness in nutrition fund.

2017-S4362A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S4362A

SPONSOR: LAVALLE
 
TITLE OF BILL:  An act to amend the tax law and the state finance law,
in relation to establishing a gift for home delivered meals for seniors
on the business franchise and personal income tax forms and establishing
the senior wellness in nutrition fund

 
PURPOSE:

To create a new item on the personal income tax form and the business
franchise ax form to make a gift for home delivered meals for seniors.
It would also establish the senior wellness in nutrition fund.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

This bill amends the tax law by adding new sections 209-1 and 626-a.
These sections allow a taxpayer or individual to elect to contribute to
the wellness in nutrition program for the purpose of providing home
delivered meals to seniors. The commissioner shall include space on the
personal income tax form and the business franchise income tax form,

entitled "Meals on Wheels for Seniors" to enable an individual or a
taxpayer to make such a contribution. All revenue collected pursuant to
these sections shall be credited to the wellness in nutrition program
fund and used only for the purpose of providing home delivered meals to
seniors.

A new section 91-g is added to the state finance law to establish the
senior wellness in nutrition fund.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Homebound senior citizens who are unable to shop or cook for themselves
benefit greatly from home delivered meals. The growing need for this
service exceeds the currently available funding. This legislation would
encourage financial contributions to this necessary program.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2016 S.7330/A.6474B;
2007-08 A.9212;
2009-10 A.5335;
2013-14 A.5806.

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
Immediately.

2017-S4362A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
     S. 4362--A                                            A. 5575--A
                                                         Cal. No. 396
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                       S E N A T E - A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 10, 2017
                                ___________
 
 IN SENATE -- Introduced by Sen. LAVALLE -- read twice and ordered print-
   ed,  and  when  printed  to  be committed to the Committee on Investi-
   gations and Government Operations -- recommitted to the  Committee  on
   Investigations  and  Government  Operations  in accordance with Senate
   Rule  6,  sec.  8  --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended,  ordered
   reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 IN  ASSEMBLY -- Introduced by M. of A. ENGLEBRIGHT, PERRY -- Multi-Spon-
   sored by -- M. of A. GOODELL -- read once and referred to the  Commit-
   tee  on  Ways  and  Means  --  ordered to a third reading, amended and
   ordered reprinted, retaining its place on the order of third reading
 
 AN ACT to amend the tax law and the state finance law,  in  relation  to
   establishing  a gift for home delivered meals for seniors on the busi-
   ness franchise and personal income  tax  forms  and  establishing  the
   senior wellness in nutrition fund
 
   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  209-L  to
 read as follows:
   §  209-L. GIFT FOR HOME DELIVERED MEALS FOR SENIORS. EFFECTIVE FOR ANY
 TAX YEAR COMMENCING ON OR AFTER JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND EIGHTEEN,  A
 TAXPAYER  IN  ANY TAXABLE YEAR MAY ELECT TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE SUPPORT OF
 THE SENIOR WELLNESS IN NUTRITION FUND FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING  HOME
 DELIVERED  MEALS  TO  SENIORS.  SUCH  CONTRIBUTION SHALL BE IN ANY WHOLE
 DOLLAR AMOUNT AND SHALL NOT REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF STATE TAX OWED BY  SUCH
 TAXPAYER. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL INCLUDE SPACE ON THE BUSINESS FRANCHISE
 INCOME  TAX  RETURN, ENTITLED "MEALS ON WHEELS FOR SENIORS", TO ENABLE A
 TAXPAYER TO MAKE SUCH CONTRIBUTION. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER  PROVISION
 OF LAW, ALL REVENUES COLLECTED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION SHALL BE CREDIT-
 ED  TO  THE SENIOR WELLNESS IN NUTRITION FUND AND SHALL ONLY BE USED FOR
 THOSE PURPOSES ENUMERATED IN SECTION NINETY-ONE-G OF THE  STATE  FINANCE
 LAW.
   §  2.  The tax law is amended by adding a new section 626-a to read as

 follows:
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03855-02-8

 S. 4362--A                          2                         A. 5575--A
 
   § 626-A. GIFT FOR HOME DELIVERED MEALS FOR SENIORS. EFFECTIVE FOR  ANY
 TAX YEAR COMMENCING ON OR AFTER JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND EIGHTEEN, AN
 INDIVIDUAL IN ANY TAXABLE YEAR MAY ELECT TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE SUPPORT OF
 THE  SENIOR WELLNESS IN NUTRITION FUND FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING HOME
 DELIVERED  MEALS  TO  SENIORS.  SUCH  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, ENTITLED "MEALS ON WHEELS FOR SENIORS", 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
 SENIOR WELLNESS IN NUTRITION FUND AND USED ONLY FOR THE PURPOSES ENUMER-
 ATED IN SECTION NINETY-ONE-G OF THE STATE FINANCE LAW.
   §  3. The state finance law is amended by adding a new section 91-g to
 read as follows:
   § 91-G. SENIOR WELLNESS IN NUTRITION FUND. 1. THERE IS  HEREBY  ESTAB-
 LISHED  IN THE JOINT CUSTODY OF THE COMMISSIONER OF TAXATION AND FINANCE
 AND THE COMPTROLLER, A SPECIAL FUND TO BE KNOWN AS THE "SENIOR  WELLNESS
 IN NUTRITION FUND".
   2.  SUCH FUND SHALL CONSIST OF ALL REVENUES RECEIVED BY THE DEPARTMENT
 OF TAXATION AND FINANCE, PURSUANT  TO  THE  PROVISIONS  OF  SECTION  TWO
 HUNDRED  NINE-L AND SECTION SIX HUNDRED TWENTY-SIX-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 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.  MONIES OF THE FUND SHALL BE EXPENDED SOLELY FOR SENIOR WELLNESS IN
 NUTRITION PROGRAMS APPROVED BY THE STATE OFFICE FOR THE AGING,  FOR  THE
 PURPOSE OF PROVIDING HOME DELIVERED MEALS TO SENIORS.
   4.  MONIES  SHALL BE PAYABLE FROM THE FUND ON THE AUDIT AND WARRANT OF
 THE COMPTROLLER ON VOUCHERS APPROVED AND CERTIFIED BY  THE  DIRECTOR  OF
 THE STATE OFFICE FOR THE AGING.
   5. TO THE EXTENT PRACTICABLE, THE DIRECTOR OF THE STATE OFFICE FOR THE
 AGING  SHALL  ENSURE  THAT  ALL MONIES RECEIVED DURING A FISCAL YEAR ARE
 EXPENDED PRIOR TO THE END OF SUCH FISCAL YEAR.
   6. ON OR BEFORE THE FIRST DAY OF FEBRUARY EACH YEAR,  THE  COMPTROLLER
 SHALL CERTIFY TO THE GOVERNOR, TEMPORARY PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE, SPEAK-
 ER  OF  THE ASSEMBLY, CHAIR OF THE SENATE FINANCE COMMITTEE AND CHAIR OF
 THE ASSEMBLY WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE, THE AMOUNT OF MONEY DEPOSITED  IN
 THE SENIOR WELLNESS IN NUTRITION FUND DURING THE PRECEDING CALENDAR YEAR
 AS THE RESULT OF REVENUE DERIVED PURSUANT TO SECTIONS TWO HUNDRED NINE-L
 AND SIX HUNDRED TWENTY-SIX-A OF THE TAX LAW.
   7.  ON  OR BEFORE THE FIRST DAY OF FEBRUARY EACH YEAR, THE DIRECTOR OF
 THE STATE OFFICE FOR THE AGING SHALL PROVIDE A  WRITTEN  REPORT  TO  THE
 TEMPORARY PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE, SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY, CHAIR OF THE
 SENATE  FINANCE  COMMITTEE, CHAIR OF THE ASSEMBLY WAYS AND MEANS COMMIT-
 TEE, CHAIR OF THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON AGING, AND CHAIR OF  THE  ASSEMBLY
 AGING  COMMITTEE.   SUCH REPORT SHALL INCLUDE HOW THE MONIES OF THE FUND
 WERE UTILIZED DURING THE PRECEDING CALENDAR YEAR AND SHALL INCLUDE:
   (I) THE AMOUNT OF MONEY DISPERSED FROM THE FUND;
   (II) RECIPIENTS OF AWARDS FROM THE FUND;
   (III) THE AMOUNT AWARDED TO EACH; AND
   (IV) THE PURPOSES FOR WHICH SUCH AWARDS WERE GRANTED.
   § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.

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