New York S 8829: Relates to the Nassau county civil divisions act

Bill Text

Bill Search and Legislative Information | New York State Assembly 

• 

• 

• 

• 

• 

• 

• 

• 

 Skip to main content 

 New York State Assembly

 Speaker Carl E. Heastie

 --> 
 --> 

 --> 

• 
 Assembly Members 

• 
 Legislative Info 

• 
 Public Hearings 

• 
 Speaker's Press 

• 
 Assembly Reports 

• 
 Committees & More 

• Bill Search Home
• Laws
• Legislative Calendar
• Public Hearing Schedule
• Assembly Calendars
• Assembly Committee Agenda 

 Javascript must be enabled to properly view this page. 

 Bill No.: 

• Summary 
• Actions 
• Committee&nbspVotes 
• Floor&nbspVotes 
• Memo 
• Text 
• LFIN 
• Chamber&nbspVideo/Transcript 
S08829 Summary:

BILL NOS08829 

&nbsp

SAME ASSAME AS A09431

&nbsp

SPONSORLIU

&nbsp

COSPNSR

&nbsp

MLTSPNSR

&nbsp

Rpld §171-k sub 2, amd §171-k, Tax L; amd §2, Chap of 2025 (as proposed in S.52 & A.249)

&nbsp

Directs the commissioner of taxation and finance to develop procedures for the use or acceptance of signatures in digital or other electronic form on any declaration, statement, or other document utilized by the department and authorizes the use of an electronic signature by a person granted a power of attorney by a taxpayer with respect to documents submitted to the New York state department of taxation and finance.

Go to top S08829 Actions:

BILL NOS08829 

&nbsp

01/08/2026REFERRED TO RULES

01/20/2026ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.95

01/28/2026SUBSTITUTED BY A9431

&nbspA09431 AMEND= Magnarelli

&nbsp01/05/2026referred to governmental operations

&nbsp01/07/2026referred to governmental operations

&nbsp01/12/2026reported referred to ways and means

&nbsp01/13/2026reported referred to rules

&nbsp01/13/2026reported 

&nbsp01/13/2026rules report cal.19

&nbsp01/13/2026ordered to third reading rules cal.19

&nbsp01/20/2026passed assembly

&nbsp01/20/2026delivered to senate

&nbsp01/20/2026REFERRED TO RULES

&nbsp01/28/2026SUBSTITUTED FOR S8829

&nbsp01/28/20263RD READING CAL.95

&nbsp01/28/2026PASSED SENATE

&nbsp01/28/2026RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY

&nbsp02/13/2026delivered to governor

&nbsp02/13/2026signed chap.3

Go to topS08829 Committee&nbspVotes:

Go to topS08829 Floor&nbspVotes:

There are no Assembly votes for this bill in this legislative session.

Go to topS08829 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 8829

 IN SENATE

 January 8, 2026
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. LIU -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules

 AN ACT to amend the tax law, in relation to procedures for the use of an
 electronic signature on documents submitted to the New York state
 department of taxation and finance; to amend a chapter of the laws of
 2025 amending the tax law relating to authorizing the use of an elec-
 tronic signature by a person granted a power of attorney by a taxpayer
 with respect to documents submitted to the New York state department
 of taxation and finance and the New York city department of finance,
 as proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 52 and A. 249, in relation
 to the effectiveness thereof; 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. Subdivision 2 of section 171-k of the tax law, as added by
 2 a chapter of the laws of 2025 amending the tax law relating to authoriz-
 3 ing the use of an electronic signature by a person granted a power of
 4 attorney by a taxpayer with respect to documents submitted to the New
 5 York state department of taxation and finance and the New York city
 6 department of finance, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 52
 7 and A. 249, is REPEALED.
 8 § 2. Section 171-k of the tax law is amended by adding two new subdi-
 9 visions 2 and 3 to read as follows:
 10 (2) The commissioner shall develop procedures for the use or accept-
 11 ance of signatures in digital or other electronic form on any declara-
 12 tion, statement, or other document utilized by the department. Such
 13 electronic signature procedures shall conform, to the extent practica-
 14 ble, with electronic signature procedures that are used by the federal
 15 internal revenue service.
 16 (3) Any person authorized pursuant to a valid power of attorney form
 17 administered by the department or the New York city department of
 18 finance to act on behalf of a taxpayer, may electronically sign any
 19 declaration, statement, or other document required to be signed by such
 20 department or departments pursuant to and consistent with the electronic

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD00476-02-6

 S. 8829 2

 1 signature procedures set forth in this section. The use of such an elec-
 2 tronic signature shall have the same validity and effect as the use of a
 3 signature affixed by hand.
 4 § 3. Section 2 of a chap