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  1  1    Section 1.  NEW SECTION.  236.15B  INCOME TAX CHECKOFF FOR
  1  2 DOMESTIC ABUSE SERVICES.
  1  3    A person who files an individual or a joint income tax
  1  4 return with the department of revenue and finance under
  1  5 section 422.13 may designate any amount to be paid to the
  1  6 general fund of the state and used for the purposes of
  1  7 providing emergency shelter services, support services, and
  1  8 other services to victims of domestic abuse or sexual assault.
  1  9 If the refund due on the return or the payment remitted with
  1 10 the return is insufficient to pay the additional amount
  1 11 designated by the taxpayer to be used for the purposes of
  1 12 providing services to victims of domestic abuse or sexual
  1 13 assault, the amount designated shall be reduced to the
  1 14 remaining amount of refund or the remaining amount remitted
  1 15 with the return.
  1 16    It is the intent of the general assembly that the funds
  1 17 generated from the checkoff be appropriated and used for the
  1 18 purposes of providing services to victims of domestic abuse or
  1 19 sexual assault.
  1 20    The director of revenue and finance shall draft the income
  1 21 tax form to allow the designation of contributions to be used
  1 22 for the purposes of providing services to victims of domestic
  1 23 abuse or sexual assault on the tax return.
  1 24    The department of revenue and finance on or before January
  1 25 31 of the calendar year following the calendar year in which
  1 26 the tax returns were filed shall certify the total amount
  1 27 designated on the tax return forms due in the preceding
  1 28 calendar year and shall report the amount to the treasurer of
  1 29 state.
  1 30    The department of revenue and finance shall consult the
  1 31 crime victim assistance board concerning the adoption of rules
  1 32 to implement this section.  However, before a checkoff
  1 33 pursuant to this section shall be permitted, all liabilities
  1 34 on the books of the department of revenue and finance and
  1 35 accounts identified as owing under section 421.17 and the
  2  1 political contribution allowed under section 56.18 shall be
  2  2 satisfied.
  2  3    Sec. 2.  Section 236.15A, Code 1997, is repealed.
  2  4    Sec. 3.  RETROACTIVE APPLICABILITY.  Section 1 of this Act
  2  5 applies retroactively to January 1, 1997, for tax years
  2  6 beginning on or after that date.  Section 2 of this Act
  2  7 applies retroactively to January 1, 1996, for tax years
  2  8 beginning on or after that date.  
  2  9                           EXPLANATION
  2 10    Present law provides that only three income tax checkoffs
  2 11 may be placed on the state individual income tax return and
  2 12 the checkoff which garners the least amount of money over
  2 13 three years shall be repealed.  Under this provision, the
  2 14 income tax checkoff for domestic abuse services is set for
  2 15 repeal beginning with the 1996 tax year.  This bill reinstates
  2 16 the checkoff.
  2 17    The section of the bill reinstating the domestic abuse
  2 18 services checkoff applies retroactively to tax years beginning
  2 19 on or after January 1, 1997.  
  2 20 LSB 1407HV 77
  2 21 sc/sc/14
     

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