| The director of health shall distribute the contributed funds | 14 |
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to the breast and cervical cancer project funded by the national | 15 |
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breast and cervical cancer early detection program established | 16 |
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under the "Breast and Cervical Cancer Mortality Prevention Act of | 17 |
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1990," 104 Stat. 409, 42 U.S.C. 300k et seq. The contributed funds | 18 |
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shall be used specifically for the provision of breast and | 19 |
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cervical cancer screening, diagnostic, and outreach services to | 20 |
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uninsured and under-insured women. The breast and cervical cancer | 21 |
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project, through its regional agencies, shall first use the | 22 |
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contributed funds to pay for services provided directly by | 23 |
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personnel of local departments of health, federally qualified | 24 |
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health centers as defined by section 3701.047 of the Revised Code, | 25 |
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or other community health centers. If contributed funds remain | 26 |
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after a regional agency pays for all screening, diagnostic, and | 27 |
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outreach services provided by local departments of health, | 28 |
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federally qualified health centers, or other community health | 29 |
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centers, the regional agency may use contributed funds to pay for | 30 |
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services provided by other providers. | 31 |
| Sec. 5747.113. (A) Any taxpayer claiming a refund under | 32 |
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section 5747.11 of the Revised Code who wishes to contribute any | 33 |
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part of the taxpayer's refund to the natural areas and preserves | 34 |
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fund created in section 1517.11 of the Revised Code, the nongame | 35 |
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and endangered wildlife fund created in section 1531.26 of the | 36 |
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Revised Code, the military injury relief fund created in section | 37 |
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5101.98 of the Revised Code, the Ohio historical society income | 38 |
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tax contribution fund created in section 149.308 of the Revised | 39 |
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Code, the breast and cervical cancer project income tax | 40 |
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contribution fund created in section 3701.601 of the Revised Code, | 41 |
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or all of those funds may designate on the taxpayer's income tax | 42 |
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return the amount that the taxpayer wishes to contribute to the | 43 |
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fund or funds. A designated contribution is irrevocable upon the | 44 |
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filing of the return and shall be made in the full amount | 45 |
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designated if the refund found due the taxpayer upon the initial | 46 |
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processing of the taxpayer's return, after any deductions | 47 |
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including those required by section 5747.12 of the Revised Code, | 48 |
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is greater than or equal to the designated contribution. If the | 49 |
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refund due as initially determined is less than the designated | 50 |
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contribution, the contribution shall be made in the full amount of | 51 |
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the refund. The tax commissioner shall subtract the amount of the | 52 |
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contribution from the amount of the refund initially found due the | 53 |
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taxpayer and shall certify the difference to the director of | 54 |
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budget and management and treasurer of state for payment to the | 55 |
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taxpayer in accordance with section 5747.11 of the Revised Code. | 56 |
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For the purpose of any subsequent determination of the taxpayer's | 57 |
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net tax payment, the contribution shall be considered a part of | 58 |
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the refund paid to the taxpayer. | 59 |
| (B) The tax commissioner shall provide a space on the income | 60 |
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tax return form in which a taxpayer may indicate that the taxpayer | 61 |
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wishes to make a donation in accordance with this section. The tax | 62 |
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commissioner shall also print in the instructions accompanying the | 63 |
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income tax return form a description of the purposes for which the | 64 |
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natural areas and preserves fund, the nongame and endangered | 65 |
wildlife fund, the military injury relief fund, and the Ohio | 66 |
|
historical society income tax contribution fund, and the breast | 67 |
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and cervical cancer project income tax contribution fund were | 68 |
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created and the use of moneys from the income tax refund | 69 |
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contribution system established in this section. No person shall | 70 |
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designate on the person's income tax return any part of a refund | 71 |
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claimed under section 5747.11 of the Revised Code as a | 72 |
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contribution to any fund other than the natural areas and | 73 |
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preserves fund, the nongame and endangered wildlife fund, the | 74 |
military injury relief fund, or the Ohio historical society income | 75 |
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tax contribution fund, or the breast and cervical cancer project | 76 |
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income tax contribution fund. | 77 |
| (C) The money collected under the income tax refund | 78 |
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contribution system established in this section shall be deposited | 79 |
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by the tax commissioner into the natural areas and preserves fund, | 80 |
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the nongame and endangered wildlife fund, the military injury | 81 |
relief fund, and the Ohio historical society income tax | 82 |
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contribution fund, and the breast and cervical cancer project | 83 |
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income tax contribution fund in the amounts designated on the tax | 84 |
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returns. | 85 |
| (D) No later than the thirtieth day of September each year, | 86 |
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the tax commissioner shall determine the total amount contributed | 87 |
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to each fund under this section during the preceding eight months, | 88 |
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any adjustments to prior months, and the cost to the department of | 89 |
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taxation of administering the income tax refund contribution | 90 |
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system during that eight-month period. The commissioner shall make | 91 |
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an additional determination no later than the thirty-first day of | 92 |
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January of each year of the total amount contributed to each fund | 93 |
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under this section during the preceding four calendar months, any | 94 |
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adjustments to prior years made during that four-month period, and | 95 |
|
the cost to the department of taxation of administering the income | 96 |
|
tax contribution system during that period. The cost of | 97 |
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administering the income tax contribution system shall be | 98 |
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certified by the tax commissioner to the director of budget and | 99 |
management, who shall transfer an amount equal to one-fourth | 100 |
one-fifth of such administrative costs from the natural areas and | 101 |
preserves fund, one-fourth of such costs from the nongame and | 102 |
endangered wildlife fund, one-fourth of such costs from the | 103 |
military injury relief fund, and one-fourth of such costs from the | 104 |
Ohio historical society income tax contribution fundeach of the | 105 |
five funds to the litter control and natural resourceincome tax | 106 |
| contribution administration fund, which is hereby created, | 107 |
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provided that the moneys that the department receives to pay the | 108 |
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cost of administering the income tax refund contribution system in | 109 |
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any year shall not exceed two and one-half per cent of the total | 110 |
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amount contributed under that system during that year. | 111 |
| (E)(1) The director of natural resources, in January of every | 112 |
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odd-numbered year, shall report to the general assembly on the | 113 |
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effectiveness of the income tax refund contribution system as it | 114 |
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pertains to the natural areas and preserves fund and the nongame | 115 |
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and endangered wildlife fund. The report shall include the amount | 116 |
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of money contributed to each fund in each of the previous five | 117 |
|
years, the amount of money contributed directly to each fund in | 118 |
|
addition to or independently of the income tax refund contribution | 119 |
|
system in each of the previous five years, and the purposes for | 120 |
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which the money was expended. | 121 |
(2) The director of job and family services and, the director | 122 |
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of the Ohio historical society, and the director of health, in | 123 |
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January of every odd-numbered year, each shall report to the | 124 |
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general assembly on the effectiveness of the income tax refund | 125 |
|
contribution system as it pertains to the military injury relief | 126 |
fund and, the Ohio historical society income tax contribution | 127 |
|
fund, and the breast and cervical cancer project income tax | 128 |
|
contribution fund, respectively. The report shall include the | 129 |
|
amount of money contributed to the fund in each of the previous | 130 |
|
five years, the amount of money contributed directly to the fund | 131 |
|
in addition to or independently of the income tax refund | 132 |
|
contribution system in each of the previous five years, and the | 133 |
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purposes for which the money was expended. | 134 |
