Senate File 2082 - Introduced SENATE FILE 2082 BY APPEL A BILL FOR An Act relating to the income tax checkoff for the child 1 abuse prevention program fund and including retroactive 2 applicability provisions. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 5582XS (7) 83 tw/sc
S.F. 2082 Section 1. Section 235A.2, subsection 1, Code 2009, is 1 amended to read as follows: 2 1. A child abuse prevention program fund is created in 3 the state treasury under the control of the department of 4 human services. The fund is composed of moneys appropriated 5 or available to and obtained or accepted by the treasurer of 6 state for deposit in the fund. The fund shall include moneys 7 transferred to the fund as provided in section 422.12K 422.12F . 8 All interest earned on moneys in the fund shall be credited to 9 and remain in the fund. Section 8.33 does not apply to moneys 10 in the fund. 11 Sec. 2. NEW SECTION . 422.12F Income tax checkoff for child 12 abuse prevention program fund. 13 1. A person who files an individual or a joint income tax 14 return with the department of revenue under section 422.13 may 15 designate one dollar or more to be paid to the child abuse 16 prevention program fund created in section 235A.2. If the 17 refund due on the return or the payment remitted with the 18 return is insufficient to pay the additional amount designated 19 by the taxpayer to the child abuse prevention program fund, 20 the amount designated shall be reduced to the remaining amount 21 remitted with the return. The designation of a contribution 22 to the child abuse prevention program fund under this section 23 is irrevocable. 24 2. The director of revenue shall draft the income tax form 25 to allow the designation of contributions to the child abuse 26 prevention program fund on the tax return. The department of 27 revenue, on or before January 31, shall transfer the total 28 amount designated on the tax return forms due in the preceding 29 calendar year to the child abuse prevention program fund. 30 However, before a checkoff pursuant to this section shall be 31 permitted, all liabilities on the books of the department of 32 administrative services and accounts identified as owing under 33 section 8A.504 and the political contribution allowed under 34 section 68A.601 shall be satisfied. 35 -1- LSB 5582XS (7) 83 tw/sc 1/ 2
S.F. 2082 3. The department of human services may authorize payment 1 of moneys from the child abuse prevention program fund, in 2 accordance with section 235A.2. 3 4. The department of revenue shall adopt rules to administer 4 this section. 5 5. This section is subject to repeal under section 422.12E. 6 Sec. 3. REPEAL. Section 422.12K, Code Supplement 2009, is 7 repealed. 8 Sec. 4. RETROACTIVE APPLICABILITY. This Act applies 9 retroactively to January 1, 2010, for tax years beginning on 10 or after that date. 11 EXPLANATION 12 This bill relates to the income tax checkoff for the child 13 abuse prevention program fund. 14 Code section 422.12E limits to four the number of income tax 15 checkoffs that can appear on the income tax return. When the 16 same four income tax return checkoffs have been provided on the 17 income tax return for two consecutive years, the two checkoffs 18 for which the least amount has been contributed through March 19 15 of the second tax year are automatically repealed. 20 The bill repeals the existing checkoff for the child abuse 21 prevention program fund and reenacts it as a new checkoff. 22 The bill applies retroactively to January 1, 2010, for tax 23 years beginning on or after that date. 24 -2- LSB 5582XS (7) 83 tw/sc 2/ 2