Bill Text: CA SB61 | 2017-2018 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Personal income taxes: voluntary contributions: Emergency Food for Families Voluntary Tax Contribution Fund.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2017-10-12 - Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 723, Statutes of 2017. [SB61 Detail]
Download: California-2017-SB61-Amended.html
Amended
IN
Assembly
June 12, 2017 |
Senate Bill | No. 61 |
Introduced by Senator Hertzberg (Principal coauthor: Senator Wiener) (Coauthors: Senators Anderson, Bates, Newman, Nguyen, and Nielsen) (Coauthors: Assembly Members Acosta, Chávez, Gallagher, Gloria, Lackey, Maienschein, Mathis, Mayes, Salas, and Voepel) |
December 21, 2016 |
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
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Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: YES Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NOBill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
The heading of Article 14 (commencing with Section 18851) of Chapter 3 of Part 10.2 of Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code is amended to read:Article 14. Emergency Food for Families Voluntary Tax Contribution Fund
SEC. 2.
Section 18851 of the Revenue and Taxation Code is amended to read:18851.
(a) An individual may designate on the tax return that a contribution in excess of the tax liability, if any, be made to the Emergency Food for Families Voluntary Tax Contribution Fund, which is established by Section 18852. That designation is to be used as a voluntary checkoff on the tax return.SEC. 3.
Section 18852 of the Revenue and Taxation Code is amended to read:18852.
There is in the State Treasury the Emergency Food for Families Voluntary Tax Contribution Fund to receive contributions made pursuant to Section 18851. The Franchise Tax Board shall notify the Controller of both the amount of money paid by taxpayers in excess of their tax liability and the amount of refund money that taxpayers have designated pursuant to Section 18851 to be transferred to the Emergency Food for Families Voluntary Tax Contribution Fund. The Controller shall transfer from the Personal Income Tax Fund to the Emergency Food for Families Voluntary Tax Contribution Fund an amount not in excess of the sum of the amounts designated by individuals pursuant to Section 18851 for payment into that fund.SEC. 4.
Section 18853 of the Revenue and Taxation Code is amended to read:18853.
All money transferred to the Emergency Food for Families Voluntary Tax Contribution Fund shall be continuously appropriated as follows:SEC. 5.
Section 18854 of the Revenue and Taxation Code is amended to read:18854.
It is the intent of the Legislature that this article create an additional funding source for theSEC. 6.
Section 18855 of the Revenue and Taxation Code is amended to read:18855.
(a) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (b), this article shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2026, and as of December 1 of that year is repealed, unless a later enacted statute, that is enacted before January 1, 2026, deletes or extends that date.(a)On and after January 1, 2017, the State Emergency Food Assistance Program (SEFAP), administered by the State Department of Social Services, shall be renamed as the “CalFood Program.” The CalFood Program shall provide food and funding for the provision of emergency food to food banks established pursuant to the federal Emergency Food Assistance Program (7 C.F.R. Parts 250 and 251) whose ongoing primary function is to facilitate the distribution of food to low-income households.
(b)The CalFood Account is hereby established in the Emergency Food for Families Voluntary Tax
Contribution Fund established pursuant to Section 18852 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, and may receive federal funds and voluntary donations or contributions.
(c)Notwithstanding Section 18853 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, the following shall apply:
(1)All moneys received by the CalFood Account shall, upon appropriation by the Legislature, be allocated to the State Department of Social Services for allocation to the CalFood Program and, with the exception of those contributions made pursuant to Section 18851 of the Revenue and Taxation Code and funds received through Parts 250 and 251 of Title 7 of the Code of Federal Regulations, shall be used for the purchase, storage, and transportation of food grown or produced in California. Storage and transportation expenditures shall not exceed 10 percent of the CalFood Program fund’s annual budget.
(2)Notwithstanding paragraph (1), funds received by the CalFood Account shall, upon appropriation by the Legislature, be allocated to the State Department of Social Services for allocation to the CalFood Program as described in paragraph (1), and shall, in part, be used to pay for the department’s administrative costs associated with the administration of the CalFood Program.