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- Referred to investigations and government operations
- Referred to investigations and government operations
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BILL NUMBER:S3890
Title of bill
An act to amend the tax law and the state finance law, in relation to the love your library fund
Purpose
To raise the visibility and public's awareness of libraries, and create an additional revenue source for funding of summer reading programs in libraries.
Summary of provisions
Section 1 amends the Tax Law by adding a new Section 209-I authorizing corporate income taxpayers to contribute to the love your library fund. The contribution can be in any whole dollar amount and shall not reduce the amount of state tax paid. The Commissioner shall include space on the corporate income tax return to enable taxpayers to make these contributions. All revenues thus collected shall be credited to the love your library fund and shall be used only for purposes enumerated in Section 99-4 of the State Finance Law.
Section 2 amends the Tax Law by adding a new Section 630-d with equivalent provisions for personal income taxpayers.
Section 3 amends section 99-1 of the State Finance Law by directing funds generated as a result of these amendments to the Tax law into the "Love Your Library Fund".
Justification
The New York Library Association reports that over 51% of New York's citizens are registered library users. Marist College polls also report that 57% of those polled believe that having a library in their local community is very valuable, while 62% of those polled support an increase of taxes to support library services in their community.
Citizens view libraries as a valuable resource, and this legislation provides a new way for individuals to support increased library funding.
Summer reading programs now reach over 900,000 New York children each summer, keeping their reading skills from deteriorating while school is not in session. The grants that will be made from the "love your library fund" will support these programs. Moneys will be allocated with attention to geographic diversity as well as population served.
Legislative history
2013-14: S.1579A - Referred to Investigations and Gov't Operations 2011-12: S.3032A/A.7044A - Passed Assembly; Referred to Invest. and Gov't Ops 2009-10: S.7551/A.7253 - Veto Memo 6754
Fiscal implications
None
Effective date
Immediately.
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