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PAG LIN 1 1 Amend Senate File 542 as follows: 1 2 #1. Page 7, by inserting before line 24 the 1 3 following: 1 4 "DIVISION 1 5 Sec. 100. NEW SECTION. 236.15B INCOME TAX 1 6 CHECKOFF FOR DOMESTIC ABUSE SERVICES. 1 7 A person who files an individual or a joint income 1 8 tax return with the department of revenue and finance 1 9 under section 422.13 may designate any amount to be 1 10 paid to the general fund of the state and used for the 1 11 purposes of providing emergency shelter services, 1 12 support services, and other services to victims of 1 13 domestic abuse or sexual assault. If the refund due 1 14 on the return or the payment remitted with the return 1 15 is insufficient to pay the additional amount 1 16 designated by the taxpayer to be used for the purposes 1 17 of providing services to victims of domestic abuse or 1 18 sexual assault, the amount designated shall be reduced 1 19 to the remaining amount of refund or the remaining 1 20 amount remitted with the return. 1 21 It is the intent of the general assembly that the 1 22 funds generated from the checkoff be appropriated and 1 23 used for the purposes of providing services to victims 1 24 of domestic abuse or sexual assault. 1 25 The director of revenue and finance shall draft the 1 26 income tax form to allow the designation of 1 27 contributions to be used for the purposes of providing 1 28 services to victims of domestic abuse or sexual 1 29 assault on the tax return. 1 30 The department of revenue and finance on or before 1 31 January 31 of the calendar year following the calendar 1 32 year in which the tax returns were filed shall certify 1 33 the total amount designated on the tax return forms 1 34 due in the preceding calendar year and shall report 1 35 the amount to the treasurer of state. 1 36 The department of revenue and finance shall consult 1 37 the crime victim assistance board concerning the 1 38 adoption of rules to implement this section. However, 1 39 before a checkoff pursuant to this section shall be 1 40 permitted, all liabilities on the books of the 1 41 department of revenue and finance and accounts 1 42 identified as owing under section 421.17 and the 1 43 political contribution allowed under section 56.18 1 44 shall be satisfied. 1 45 Sec. 200. Section 236.15A, Code 1997, is repealed. 1 46 Sec. . APPROPRIATION. There is appropriated 1 47 from the general fund of the state to the department 1 48 of justice for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1996, 1 49 and ending June 30, 1997, the following amount, or so 1 50 much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the 2 1 purpose designated: 2 2 To fund domestic abuse and sexual assault grants 2 3 administered by the crime victim assistance division 2 4 of the department of justice for the purposes of 2 5 providing emergency shelter services, support 2 6 services, and other services to victims of domestic 2 7 abuse or sexual assault: 2 8 .................................................. $ 75,000 2 9 Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys appropriated 2 10 in this section shall not revert but shall remain 2 11 available for the purposes designated until the close 2 12 of the fiscal year ending June 30, 1999. 2 13 Sec. . RETROACTIVE APPLICABILITY. Section 100 2 14 of this division of this Act applies retroactively to 2 15 January 1, 1997, for tax years beginning on or after 2 16 that date. Section 200 of this division of this Act 2 17 applies retroactively to January 1, 1996, for tax 2 18 years beginning on or after that date." 2 19 2 20 2 21 2 22 ROBERT E. DVORSKY 2 23 SF 542.707 77 2 24 jp/sc/28
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