Bill Text: CA AB2400 | 2017-2018 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Personal income taxes: voluntary contribution fund: Alzheimer’s disease research.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Passed) 2018-09-07 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 299, Statutes of 2018. [AB2400 Detail]

Download: California-2017-AB2400-Introduced.html

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CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2017–2018 REGULAR SESSION

Assembly Bill

No. 2400

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Introduced by Assembly Member Kalra
(Principal coauthor: Assembly Member Reyes)

February 14, 2018

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An act to amend Sections 18763, 18764, 18765, and 18766 of, and to amend the heading of Article 6 (commencing with Section 18761) of Chapter 3 of Part 10.2 of Division 2 of, the Revenue and Taxation Code, relating to taxation, and making an appropriation therefor.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

AB 2400, as introduced, Kalra. Personal income taxes: voluntary contribution fund: Alzheimer’s disease research.

Existing law allows taxpayers, until January 1, 2020, to designate on his or her personal income tax return that a specified amount in excess of his or her personal income tax liability be contributed to the California Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Disorders Research Fund, which is subject to appropriation by the Legislature, to be allocated to the Franchise Tax Board, the Controller, and the appropriate state department as established by the Secretary of California Health and Human Services in consultation with the California Department of Aging, and any others that the secretary deems appropriate to be expended for Alzheimer’s disease research.

Existing law requires that when establishing or extending the operation of these voluntary tax contribution funds the words “voluntary tax contribution” be included in the name of the fund, that the administering agency comply with specified Internet Web site reporting requirements, that the fund provisions remain in effect only until January 1 of the 7th calendar year following the first appearance of the voluntary tax contribution on the personal income tax return, that the required calendar year minimum contribution amount for the fund to continue appearing on the return is $250,000, and that the contributions be continuously appropriated from the fund to the administering entity.

This bill would rename the fund as the California Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementia Research Voluntary Tax Contribution Fund and would instead require the funds to be allocated to the State Department of Public Health to support eligible programs awarded grants under selection criteria established by the State Department of Public Health Alzheimer’s Disease Program.

The bill would also conform with the above-mentioned requirements by extending the operation of the provisions of the California Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Disorders Research Fund to January 1, 2025, renaming the fund, continuously appropriating the fund to the Franchise Tax Board, the Controller, and the State Department of Public Health for purposes of carrying out these provisions, and requiring the State Department of Public Health to comply with those Internet Web site reporting requirements. By continuously appropriating the funds described above, the bill would make an appropriation.

Digest Key

Vote: MAJORITY   Appropriation: YES   Fiscal Committee: YES   Local Program: NO  

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Bill Text

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.

 The heading of Article 6 (commencing with Section 18761) of Chapter 3 of Part 10.2 of Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code is amended to read:

Article  6. California Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementia Research Voluntary Tax Contribution Fund

SEC. 2.

 Section 18763 of the Revenue and Taxation Code is amended to read:

18763.

 (a) Any An individual may designate on the tax return that a contribution in excess of the tax liability, if any, be made to the California Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Disorders Dementia Research Voluntary Tax Contribution Fund, that is established by Section 18764.

(b) The contributions shall be in full dollar amounts and may be made individually by each signatory on the joint return.

(c) A designation under subdivision (a) shall be made for any taxable year on the individual return for that taxable year, and once made shall be irrevocable. In the event that payments and credits reported on the return, together with any other credits associated with the individual’s account, do not exceed the individual’s tax liability, the return shall be treated as though no designation has been made.

(d) The Franchise Tax Board shall revise the forms of the return to include a space labeled the “Alzheimer’s Disease/Related Disorders Disease and Related Dementia Voluntary Tax Contribution Fund” to allow for the designation permitted under subdivision (a). The forms shall also include in the instructions information that the contribution may be in the amount of one dollar ($1) or more and that the contribution shall be used to conduct research relating to the cure and treatment of Alzheimer’s disease.

(e) A deduction shall be allowed under Article 6 (commencing with Section 17201) of Chapter 3 of Part 10 for any contribution made pursuant to subdivision (a).

SEC. 3.

 Section 18764 of the Revenue and Taxation Code is amended to read:

18764.

 There is in the State Treasury the California Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Disorders Dementia Research Voluntary Tax Contribution Fund to receive contributions made pursuant to Section 18763. The Franchise Tax Board shall notify the Controller of both the amount of money paid by individuals in excess of their tax liability and the amount of refund money which that individuals have designated pursuant to Section 18763 to be transferred to the California Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Disorders Dementia Research Voluntary Tax Contribution Fund. The Controller shall transfer from the Personal Income Tax Fund to the California Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Disorders Dementia Research Voluntary Tax Contribution Fund an amount not in excess of the sum of the amounts designated by individuals pursuant to Section 18763 for payment into that fund.

SEC. 4.

 Section 18765 of the Revenue and Taxation Code is amended to read:

18765.

 All (a) (1) Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, all money transferred to the California Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Disorders Dementia Research Fund, upon appropriation by the Legislature, Voluntary Tax Contribution Fund shall be continuously appropriated and allocated as follows:

(a)

(A) To the Franchise Tax Board and the Controller for reimbursement of all costs incurred by the Franchise Tax Board and the Controller in connection with their duties under this article.

(b)

(B) To the appropriate state department as established by the Secretary of California Health and Human Services in consultation with the California Department of Aging, and any others which the secretary deems appropriate. These funds shall be expended for the purpose of conducting research relating to the care, treatment, and the cure of Alzheimer’s disease through contracts or grants developed and awarded as determined by the Secretary of California Health and Human Services, in consultation with the California Department of Aging and any others which the secretary deems appropriate. the State Department of Public Health to support eligible programs awarded grants under the selection criteria established by the State Department of Public Health’s Alzheimer’s Disease Program (Article 4 (commencing with Section 125275) of Chapter 2 of Part 5 of Division 106 of the Health and Safety Code) and for direct program-related expenses.

(2) All moneys allocated pursuant to paragraph (1) may be carried over from the year in which they were received.

(b) The State Department of Public Health shall comply with the Internet Web site reporting requirements described in Section 18873.

SEC. 5.

 Section 18766 of the Revenue and Taxation Code is amended to read:

18766.

 (a) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (2) of subdivision (b), this article shall remain in effect only for taxable years beginning before January 1, 2020, 2025, and as of December 1 of that year is repealed. repealed.

(b) (1) By September 1, 2006, 2019, and by September 1 of each subsequent calendar year that the California Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Disorders Dementia Research Voluntary Tax Contribution Fund appears on a tax return, the Franchise Tax Board shall do all of the following:

(A)Determine the minimum contribution amount required to be received during the next calendar year for the fund to appear on the tax return for the taxable year that includes that next calendar year.

(B)Provide written notification to the Secretary of California Health and Human Services of the amount determined in subparagraph (A).

(C)Determine shall determine whether the amount of contributions estimated to be received during the calendar year will equal or exceed the minimum contributions amount determined by the Franchise Tax Board for the calendar year pursuant to subparagraph (A). paragraph (3). The Franchise Tax Board shall estimate the amount of contributions to be received by using the actual amounts received and an estimate of the contributions that will be received by the end of that calendar year. If the Franchise Tax Board determines that the fund is projected to fall below the minimum contribution amount, the Franchise Tax Board shall provide written notification to the State Department of Public Health.

(2) If the Franchise Tax Board determines that the amount of contributions estimated to be received during a calendar year will not at least equal the minimum contribution amount for the calendar year, this article shall be inoperative with respect to taxable years beginning on or after January 1 of that calendar year and shall be repealed on December 1 of that year.

(3) For purposes of this section, the minimum contribution amount for a calendar year means two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000) for the 2000 calendar year or the minimum contribution amount as adjusted pursuant to subdivision (c). ($250,000).

(c)For each calendar year, beginning with calendar year 2001, the Franchise Tax Board shall adjust, on or before September 1 of that calendar year, the minimum contribution amount specified in subdivision (b) as follows:

(1)The minimum contribution amount for the calendar year shall be an amount equal to the product of the minimum contribution amount for the prior calendar year multiplied by the inflation factor adjustment as specified in paragraph (2) of subdivision (h) of Section 17041, rounded off to the nearest dollar.

(2)The inflation factor adjustment used for the calendar year shall be based on the figures for the percentage change in the California Consumer Price Index received on or before August 1 of the calendar year pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (h) of Section 17041.

(d)Notwithstanding the repeal of this article, any contribution amounts designated pursuant to this article prior to its repeal shall continue to be transferred and disbursed in accordance with this article as in effect immediately prior to that repeal.