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Provides taxpayer gifts for gun violence research; establishes the gun violence research fund
In Assembly Committee · Codes · Sponsor Matthew Titone
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Title of bill
An act to amend the tax law, in relation to providing taxpayer gifts for gun violence research; and to amend the state finance law, in relation to establishing the gun violence research fund
Purpose
Provides taxpayer gifts for gun violence research; establishes the gun violence research fund.
Summary of specific provisions
Section 1 amends the tax law by adding a new section 630-e. This new section allows an individual to contribute to the gun violence research fund established pursuant section 86 of the state finance law.
Section 2 amends the state finance law by adding a new section 86 which establishes the "gun violence research fund" in joint custody of the state comptroller and the commissioner of taxation and finance. Money from the fund may be expended to the department of health and the state university of New York for gun violence research. The department of health and the state university of New York shall provide grants for the purpose of advancing and financing gun violence research. The next part of the section goes into the bidding process for grants.
Section 3 allows this act to take effect immediately and shall apply to all tax years commencing on and after January 1, 2016.
Justification
Gun violence killed 33,636 Americans in the year 2013, which is comparable to the 33,804 Americans killed by motor vehicles in 2013. However, the funding provided by Congress to research prevention for these deaths is far from comparable. In fiscal year 2015 congress provided $170 million for injury prevention and control to the CDC, which includes car accidents. Additionally the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration received $830 million in 2015 devoted to vehicle and traffic safety research and grants.
In 2013, Congress has provided no money to the CDC to fund research for gun safety. The National Institutes of Health and Department of Justice have commissioned around $5 million in gun violence related research. This disparity shows a complete disregard on the part of the United States Congress to end gun violence which is plaguing this country.
Congress has not funded research into gun violence since 1996, essentially stopping the country's leading experts on public health from finding solutions to ending the gun problem. Today, gun violence has become a major threat to Americans. The public health threat from guns does not just come from mass shooting which are covered heavily by the media, but also from suicides, domestic violence and accidental deaths.
This bill would give the taxpayers of New York State the option to donate money for the sole purpose of research on gun violence. Our federal legislators have failed to provide funds in order to research this issue which is plaguing our nation. Ultimately the goal of this legislation is to give the State of New York the resources to find a solution to curb deaths by gun violence in this country.
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Effective date
This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to all tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2016.
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