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House Study Bill 316

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  1  1                          SUBCHAPTER IV
  1  2    Section 1.  NEW SECTION.  15F.306  SULLIVAN BROTHERS FUND.
  1  3    A Sullivan brothers fund is created in the office of the
  1  4 treasurer of state.  The fund is composed of moneys
  1  5 appropriated or available to and obtained or accepted by the
  1  6 treasurer of state for deposit in the fund.  The fund shall
  1  7 include moneys credited to the fund as provided in section
  1  8 422.12F.  All interest earned on moneys in the fund shall be
  1  9 credited to and remain in the fund.  Section 8.33 does not
  1 10 apply to moneys in the fund.
  1 11    Moneys in the fund are subject to appropriation by the
  1 12 general assembly annually for the purposes of providing grants
  1 13 to entities that serve as an official repository of Sullivan
  1 14 brothers documents and artifacts.  The grants may be used to
  1 15 fund projects the purpose of which is to preserve history
  1 16 relating to veterans and, specifically, to educate the public
  1 17 about the Sullivan brothers and their contributions to, and
  1 18 sacrifices for, the war effort during World War II and to
  1 19 preserve historical documents and artifacts relating to
  1 20 veterans and to the Sullivan brothers.
  1 21    The department may authorize payment of moneys appropriated
  1 22 from the fund to the department upon approval of an
  1 23 application from a private or public organization.  The
  1 24 applicant shall submit a plan for educational and historic
  1 25 preservation efforts along with its application.  The
  1 26 department shall establish standards relating to the type of
  1 27 projects and entities eligible for assistance.
  1 28    Sec. 2.  Section 422.12E, Code 2003, is amended by adding
  1 29 the following new unnumbered paragraph:
  1 30    NEW UNNUMBERED PARAGRAPH.  If more than one checkoff is
  1 31 enacted in the same session of the general assembly for
  1 32 inclusion on the individual income tax return form and, by
  1 33 operation of this section, only one new checkoff is allowed on
  1 34 the individual income tax return form, the earliest enacted
  1 35 checkoff shall be included on the return form, or shall be
  2  1 included on the first available opening on the return form,
  2  2 and the inclusion on the return form of any other checkoffs
  2  3 enacted will be for subsequent tax years in the chronological
  2  4 order in which the checkoffs were enacted.
  2  5    Sec. 3.  NEW SECTION.  422.12F  INCOME TAX REFUND CHECKOFF
  2  6 FOR SULLIVAN BROTHERS FUND.
  2  7    1.  A person who files an individual or a joint income tax
  2  8 return with the department of revenue and finance under
  2  9 section 422.13 may designate one dollar or more to be paid to
  2 10 the Sullivan brothers fund as created in section 15F.306.  If
  2 11 the refund due on the return or the payment remitted with the
  2 12 return is insufficient to pay the additional amount designated
  2 13 by the taxpayer to the Sullivan brothers fund, the amount
  2 14 designated shall be reduced to the remaining amount of refund
  2 15 or the remaining amount remitted with the return.  The
  2 16 designation of a contribution to the Sullivan brothers fund
  2 17 under this section is irrevocable.
  2 18    2.  The director of revenue and finance shall draft the
  2 19 income tax form to allow the designation of contributions to
  2 20 the Sullivan brothers fund on the tax return.  The department
  2 21 of revenue and finance, on or before January 31, shall certify
  2 22 the total amount designated on the tax return forms due in the
  2 23 preceding calendar year and shall report the amount to the
  2 24 treasurer of state.  The treasurer of state shall credit the
  2 25 amount to the Sullivan brothers fund.  However, before a
  2 26 checkoff pursuant to this section shall be permitted, all
  2 27 liabilities on the books of the department of revenue and
  2 28 finance and accounts identified as owing under section 421.17
  2 29 and the political contribution allowed under section 56.18
  2 30 shall be satisfied.
  2 31    3.  Moneys in the fund are subject to appropriation as
  2 32 provided in section 15F.306.
  2 33    4.  The department of revenue and finance shall adopt rules
  2 34 to administer this section.
  2 35    5.  This section is subject to repeal under section
  3  1 422.12E.
  3  2    Sec. 4.  EFFECTIVE DATE.  Section 2 of this Act, amending
  3  3 section 422.12E, being deemed of immediate importance, takes
  3  4 effect upon enactment.
  3  5    Sec. 5.  APPLICABILITY.  Section 3 of this Act enacting
  3  6 section 422.12F, applies to tax years beginning on or after
  3  7 January 1, 2004, and the checkoff shall be eligible for
  3  8 placement on the individual income tax return form for the tax
  3  9 year beginning January 1, 2004.  
  3 10                           EXPLANATION
  3 11    This bill provides that taxpayers filing individual income
  3 12 tax returns will be allowed to designate $1 or more on the
  3 13 return to be paid to the Sullivan brothers fund.  The bill
  3 14 requires the department of revenue and finance to annually
  3 15 report to the treasurer of state the amount collected from the
  3 16 checkoff.  The bill establishes the Sullivan brothers fund in
  3 17 the state treasury for deposit of checkoff dollars and other
  3 18 moneys.  The bill provides that moneys generated from the
  3 19 checkoff and other moneys in the fund are appropriated from
  3 20 the fund to the department of economic development for
  3 21 purposes of awarding grants to entities that serve as an
  3 22 official repository of Sullivan brothers documents and
  3 23 artifacts.  The grants may be used for projects whose purpose
  3 24 is to educate the public about veterans and about the Sullivan
  3 25 brothers and to preserve historical documents and artifacts
  3 26 relating to veterans and to the Sullivan brothers.  The bill
  3 27 provides that the checkoff is subject to the limitation on the
  3 28 number of checkoffs allowed on the Iowa individual income tax
  3 29 return, and, for that reason, is subject to repeal.  The
  3 30 section of the bill creating the checkoff applies to tax years
  3 31 beginning on or after January 1, 2004.
  3 32    The bill also amends Code section 422.12E relating to the
  3 33 limitation on the number of checkoffs allowed on the Iowa
  3 34 individual income tax return to provide that if more than one
  3 35 checkoff is enacted during a session of the general assembly
  4  1 and there is space allowed for only one new checkoff on the
  4  2 income tax return form, the checkoff first enacted will take
  4  3 the next available opening on the income tax return form.
  4  4 This section of the bill takes effect upon enactment.  
  4  5 LSB 3430HC 80
  4  6 sc/cl/14.1
     

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