New York A 4689: Relates to tax check-off boxes on personal income tax return forms; repealer

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A04689 Summary:

BILL NOA04689 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORMolitor

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §623, rpld §§625 - 630-d, Tax L; amd St Fin L, generally

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Relates to tax check-off boxes on personal income tax return forms.

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BILL NOA04689 

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02/04/2025referred to ways and means

01/07/2026referred to ways and means

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Go to topA04689 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 4689

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 February 4, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. MOLITOR -- 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
 tax check-off boxes on personal income tax return forms; and to repeal
 certain provisions of the tax law relating thereto

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. The tax law is amended by adding a new section 623 to read
 2 as follows:
 3 § 623. Gift on personal income tax forms. Effective for any tax year
 4 commencing on or after January first, two thousand twenty-five, an indi-
 5 vidual in any taxable year may elect to contribute to any charitable
 6 organization registered with the attorney general of the state. The
 7 contribution shall be in whole dollar amount and shall not reduce the
 8 amount of state tax owed by such individual. The commissioner shall
 9 include space on the personal income tax return to enable a taxpayer to
 10 make such contribution.
 11 § 2. Sections 625, 626, 627, 627-a, 627-b, 627-c, 628, 629, 629-a,
 12 630, 630-a, 630-b, 630-c, 630-d and 630-d of the tax law are REPEALED.
 13 § 3. Paragraphs 1 and 1-a of subdivision (a) of section 83 of the
 14 state finance law, paragraph 1 as amended by chapter 512 of the laws of
 15 1994, paragraph 1-a as added by chapter 453 of the laws of 2015, and the
 16 opening paragraph of paragraph 1-a as amended by section 27-a of part UU
 17 of chapter 54 of the laws of 2016, are amended to read as follows:
 18 1. The conservation fund shall consist of all moneys belonging to the
 19 state received by the department of environmental conservation from the
 20 sale of licenses for hunting, for trapping, and for fishing, all moneys
 21 received in actions for penalties under articles eleven and thirteen of
 22 the environmental conservation law and subdivision two of section
 23 71-1929 of the environmental conservation law, or upon the settlement or
 24 compromise thereof, all fines for violation of any of the provisions of

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD08311-01-5

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 1 articles eleven and thirteen of the environmental conservation law, all
 2 moneys arising out of the operation of real property under the jurisdic-
 3 tion of the division of fish and wildlife in the department of environ-
 4 mental conservation heretofore or hereafter acquired by the state of New
 5 York, and from any concessions thereon and from any leases thereof,
 6 including moneys received from the sale thereof when authorized by law,
 7 all moneys received from leases or rentals of shellfish grounds in the
 8 marine and coastal district, [all moneys from gifts for fish and wild-
 9 life management pursuant to section six hundred twenty-five of the tax
 10 law,] moneys received by the department of environmental conservation
 11 from the sale of limited edition prints of fish and wildlife paintings,
 12 as authorized by paragraph t of subdivision two of section 3-0301 of the
 13 environmental conservation law, all moneys received from the reimburse-
 14 ment provided for in paragraph b of subdivision seven of section 8-0109
 15 of the environmental conservation law, and all other moneys arising out
 16 of the application of any provisions of articles eleven and thirteen of
 17 the environmental conservation law. These moneys, after appropriation by
 18 the legislature, and within the amounts set forth and for the several
 19 purposes specified, shall be available to the department