Effective for any tax year commencing on or after January first, two thousand twenty-two, a taxpayer in any taxable year may elect to contribute to the support of the Lyme and tick-borne diseases education, research and prevention. Such contribution shall be in any whole dollar amount and shall not reduce the amount of 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 Lyme and tick-borne diseases education, research and prevention fund and shall only be used for those purposes enumerated in section ninety-five-k of the state finance law.
N.Y. Tax Law § 209-P