Bill Text: GA HB1272 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Income tax returns; make contributions for lupus and kidney disease; authorize

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Vetoed) 2010-06-04 - Veto V13 [HB1272 Detail]

Download: Georgia-2009-HB1272-Amended.html

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10 AM 18 1613

ADOPTED
Senators Heath of the 31st, Rogers of the 21st, Chance of the 16th, Staton of the 18th, Seabaugh of the 28th and others offered the following amendment:

Amend HB 1272 by inserting immediately preceding Section 2 on page 2 the following:

(d) Contributions to the fund shall be deemed supplemental to and shall in no way supplant funding that would otherwise be appropriated for these purposes. The department shall prepare, by February 1 of each year, an accounting of the moneys received in the fund and deposited in the general fund. The report shall be made available to the Governor, the Lieutenant Governor, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the members of the Board of Human Services, and, upon request, to members of the public.

(e)(1) Each Georgia individual income tax return form for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2010, shall contain appropriate language, to be determined by the commissioner, offering the taxpayer the opportunity to contribute to the General Welfare Contribution Fund established in subsection (c) of this Code section by either donating all or any part of any tax refund due, by authorizing a reduction in the refund check otherwise payable, or by contributing any amount over and above any amount of tax owed by adding that amount to the taxpayer's payment. The instructions accompanying the individual income tax return form shall contain a description of the purposes for which this fund was established and the intended use of moneys received from the contributions. Each taxpayer required to file a state individual income tax return who desires to contribute to such fund may designate such contribution as provided in this Code section on the appropriate individual income tax return form.

(2) The department shall determine annually the total amount so contributed, shall withhold therefrom a reasonable amount for administering this voluntary contribution program, and shall deposit the balance in the fund established in subsection (c) of this Code section; provided, however, that the amount retained for administrative costs, including implementation costs, shall not exceed $50,000.00 per year. If, in any tax year, the administrative costs of the department for collecting contributions pursuant to this Code section exceed the sum of such contributions, the administrative costs which the department is authorized to withhold from such contributions shall not exceed the sum of such contributions."