Bill Text: NJ S1381 | 2014-2015 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Provides for voluntary contributions by taxpayers on gross income tax returns to support autism programs.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-02-27 - Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee [S1381 Detail]

Download: New_Jersey-2014-S1381-Introduced.html

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SENATE, No. 1381

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

216th LEGISLATURE

 

INTRODUCED FEBRUARY 27, 2014

 

 

Sponsored by:

Senator  LINDA R. GREENSTEIN

District 14 (Mercer and Middlesex)

 

 

 

 

SYNOPSIS

     Provides for voluntary contributions by taxpayers on gross income tax returns to support autism programs.

 

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

     As introduced.

  

An Act concerning voluntary contributions through gross income tax returns to support autism programs, 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 "Autism Programs 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 "Autism Programs Fund" in accordance with the provisions of section 1 of P.L.1999, c.21 (C.54A:9-25.14). 

     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 into the "Autism Programs Fund."

     d.    The Legislature shall annually appropriate all funds deposited in the "Autism Programs Fund" to the Department of Health and Senior Services for distribution to autism programs throughout the State.

 

     2.    This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to taxable years beginning on or after January 1 next following the date of enactment.

 

 

STATEMENT

 

     This bill provides for voluntary contributions by taxpayers on gross income tax returns to support autism programs.  The bill establishes a special fund in the Department of the Treasury, to be known as the "Autism Programs Fund," to which all donations collected from voluntary contributions are deposited.  The bill requires the Legislature to appropriate all funds deposited in the special fund to the Department of Health and Senior Services for distribution to autism programs throughout the State.