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                                   1315
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 17, 2023
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 Introduced by M. of A. JOYNER -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Ways and Means
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend the tax law and the state finance law, in relation to
   providing for taxpayer gifts for uterine fibroids education and estab-
   lishing the uterine fibroids education 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-Q to
 read as follows:
   § 209-Q. GIFT FOR UTERINE FIBROIDS EDUCATION. A TAXPAYER IN ANY  TAXA-
 BLE  YEAR MAY ELECT TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE SUPPORT OF THE UTERINE FIBROIDS
 EDUCATION FUND. SUCH CONTRIBUTION SHALL BE IN ANY  WHOLE  DOLLAR  AMOUNT
 AND  SHALL NOT REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF THE STATE TAX OWED BY SUCH TAXPAYER.
 THE COMMISSIONER SHALL INCLUDE SPACE ON THE CORPORATE INCOME TAX  RETURN
 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 UTERINE FIBROIDS EDUCATION FUND AND SHALL BE
 USED ONLY FOR THOSE PURPOSES ENUMERATED IN SECTION NINETY-SEVEN-BBBBB OF
 THE STATE FINANCE LAW.
   § 2. Part 2 of article 22 of the tax law is amended by  adding  a  new
 section 630-l to read as follows:
   §  630-L.  GIFT  FOR  UTERINE FIBROIDS EDUCATION. AN INDIVIDUAL IN ANY
 TAXABLE YEAR MAY ELECT TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE UTERINE  FIBROIDS  EDUCATION
 FUND.  SUCH  CONTRIBUTION  SHALL BE IN ANY WHOLE DOLLAR AMOUNT AND SHALL
 NOT REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF STATE TAX OWED BY SUCH INDIVIDUAL. THE  COMMIS-
 SIONER SHALL INCLUDE SPACE ON THE PERSONAL INCOME TAX RETURN 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 UTERINE FIBROIDS EDUCATION FUND AND USED ONLY FOR THOSE PURPOSES
 ENUMERATED IN SECTION NINETY-SEVEN-BBBBB OF THE STATE FINANCE LAW.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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   § 3. The state finance law is amended by adding a new section 97-bbbbb
 to read as follows:
   § 97-BBBBB. UTERINE FIBROIDS EDUCATION 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 "UTERINE FIBROIDS
 EDUCATION 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-Q AND SECTION SIX HUNDRED THIRTY-L OF THE TAX LAW, AND  ALL
 OTHER  MONEYS  APPROPRIATED,  CREDITED  OR  TRANSFERRED THERETO FROM ANY
 OTHER FUND OR SOURCE PURSUANT TO LAW. NOTHING CONTAINED 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 ONLY FOR UTERINE FIBROIDS
 EDUCATION PROJECTS. AS USED IN THIS SECTION, "UTERINE FIBROIDS EDUCATION
 PROJECTS" MEANS  EDUCATIONAL  PROJECTS,  INCLUDING  GRANTS  FOR  UTERINE
 FIBROIDS  EDUCATION PROGRAMS FOR HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS AND PUBLIC, WHICH
 ARE APPROVED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH.
   4. MONIES SHALL BE PAYABLE FROM THE FUND ON THE AUDIT AND  WARRANT  OF
 THE  COMPTROLLER  ON VOUCHERS APPROVED AND CERTIFIED BY THE COMMISSIONER
 OF HEALTH.
   5. TO THE EXTENT PRACTICABLE, THE COMMISSIONER OF HEALTH SHALL  ENSURE
 THAT  ALL MONIES RECEIVED DURING A FISCAL YEAR ARE EXPENDED PRIOR TO THE
 END OF THAT FISCAL YEAR.
   § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.