Bill Text: NJ A1102 | 2012-2013 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Provides for voluntary contributions by taxpayers on gross income tax returns to support the Girl Scouts councils in New Jersey.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-10 - Introduced, Referred to Assembly Appropriations Committee [A1102 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2012-A1102-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
215th LEGISLATURE
PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2012 SESSION
Sponsored by:
Assemblywoman ANNETTE QUIJANO
District 20 (Union)
Assemblyman UPENDRA J. CHIVUKULA
District 17 (Middlesex and Somerset)
Co-Sponsored by:
Assemblyman Benson
SYNOPSIS
Provides for voluntary contributions by taxpayers on gross income tax returns to support the Girl Scouts councils in New Jersey.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative Counsel
An Act concerning voluntary contributions through gross income tax returns to support the Girl Scouts councils in New Jersey, supplementing chapter 9 of Title 54A of the New Jersey Statutes.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. a. There is established in the Department of the Treasury a special fund to be known as the "Girl Scouts Councils in New Jersey Fund."
b. A taxpayer shall have the opportunity to indicate on the taxpayer's New Jersey gross income tax return that a portion of the taxpayer's tax refund or an enclosed contribution shall be deposited in the "Girl Scouts Councils in New Jersey Fund."
c. Any costs incurred by the Division of Taxation for collection or administration attributable to this section may be deducted from receipts collected pursuant to this section, as determined by the Director of the Division of Budget and Accounting in the Department of the Treasury. The State Treasurer shall deposit net contributions collected pursuant to this section to the "Girl Scouts Councils in New Jersey Fund."
d. The Legislature shall annually appropriate all monies deposited in the "Girl Scouts Councils in New Jersey Fund" established pursuant to this section for distribution in equal amounts among the chartered local councils of the Girl Scouts of the United States of America in New Jersey for the purposes of supporting their programs and services.
2. This act shall take effect immediately and apply to taxable years beginning on or after the January 1 following the date of enactment.
STATEMENT
This bill establishes the "Girl Scouts Councils in New Jersey Fund" and provides for a designation on the State gross income tax return that will permit taxpayers to make voluntary contributions to the fund to support the programs and services of the New Jersey councils of the Girl Scouts of the USA.
The four Girl Scouts councils in New Jersey (Girl Scouts of Northern New Jersey, Girl Scouts Heart of New Jersey, Girl Scouts of the Jersey Shore, and Girl Scouts of Central & Southern New Jersey) will receive distributions of equal amounts from the contributions to the "Girl Scouts Councils in New Jersey Fund." These four New Jersey Girl Scouts councils have a membership of about 106,000 girls and 45,000 adult volunteers. There are approximately 2.4 million girl members throughout the USA.
