Assembly Bill A2031

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to tax preparation and voter registration software

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee

  • 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-A2031 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1080
Current Committee:
Assembly Election Law
Law Section:
Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §171, Tax L; add §5-231, El L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: A10230, S8108
2021-2022: S935
2023-2024: S2375

2019-A2031 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires that all electronic tax preparation software offered for sale in the state of New York include a prompt providing a link to users of such software to a New York state voter registration application website.

2019-A2031 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2031
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 22, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. ORTIZ -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Election Law
 
 AN ACT to amend the tax law and the election law, in relation to requir-
   ing tax preparation software to provide a link to  voter  registration
   websites
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 171 of the tax law  is  amended  by  adding  a  new
 subdivision twenty-ninth to read as follows:
   TWENTY-NINTH. REQUIRE THAT ALL ELECTRONIC INCOME TAX PREPARATION SOFT-
 WARE  OFFERED  FOR SALE OR USE IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK INCLUDE A PROMPT
 PROVIDING A LINK TO USERS OF SUCH SOFTWARE TO A  NEW  YORK  STATE  VOTER
 REGISTRATION  APPLICATION  WEBSITE  PURSUANT  TO  SECTION  5-231  OF THE
 ELECTION LAW.
   § 2. The election law is amended by adding a new section 5-231 to read
 as follows:
   § 5-231. ELECTRONIC INCOME TAX VOTER REGISTRATION. THE  DEPARTMENT  OF
 TAXATION AND FINANCE, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS,
 SHALL  REQUIRE  THAT  ALL  ELECTRONIC  INCOME  TAX  PREPARATION SOFTWARE
 OFFERED FOR SALE OR USE IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK  INCLUDE  A  PROMPT  TO
 USERS  OF  SUCH  SOFTWARE WHICH SHALL PROVIDE A LINK TO A NEW YORK STATE
 VOTER REGISTRATION APPLICATION WEBSITE.
   § 3. 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.
                                                            LBD00928-01-9

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