HOUSE BILL No. 6292


     November 10, 1998, Introduced by Rep. Bodem and referred to the Committee on Tax Policy.


        A bill to amend 1967 PA 281, entitled

   "Income tax act of 1967,"

   (MCL 206.1 to 206.532) by adding section 438.

               THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 1         SEC. 438.  (1) FOR THE 1999 TAX YEAR AND EACH TAX YEAR AFTER

 2    THE 1999 TAX YEAR, A TAXPAYER MAY DESIGNATE ON HIS OR HER ANNUAL

 3    RETURN THAT A CONTRIBUTION OF $2.00 OR MORE OF HIS OR HER REFUND

 4    BE CREDITED TO THE GEORGE ROMNEY VOLUNTEERISM FUND CREATED IN THE

 5    GEORGE ROMNEY VOLUNTEERISM FUND ACT.  IF A TAXPAYER'S REFUND IS

 6    NOT SUFFICIENT TO MAKE A CONTRIBUTION UNDER THIS SECTION, THE

 7    TAXPAYER MAY DESIGNATE A CONTRIBUTION AMOUNT AND THAT CONTRIBU-

 8    TION AMOUNT SHALL BE ADDED TO THE TAXPAYER'S TAX LIABILITY FOR

 9    THE TAX YEAR.

10         (2) THE CONTRIBUTION DESIGNATION AUTHORIZED IN THIS SECTION

11    SHALL BE CLEARLY AND UNAMBIGUOUSLY PRINTED ON THE FIRST PAGE OF


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 1    ALL STATE ANNUAL INDIVIDUAL INCOME TAX RETURN FORMS, IF

 2    PRACTICABLE.

 3         (3) NOTWITHSTANDING THE OTHER ALLOCATIONS AND DISBURSEMENTS

 4    REQUIRED BY THIS ACT, AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO THE CUMULATIVE DESIGNA-

 5    TIONS MADE UNDER THIS SECTION, LESS THE AMOUNT APPROPRIATED TO

 6    THE DEPARTMENT FOR THE PURPOSE OF IMPLEMENTING THIS SECTION,

 7    SHALL BE DEPOSITED IN THE GEORGE ROMNEY VOLUNTEERISM FUND CREATED

 8    IN THE GEORGE ROMNEY VOLUNTEERISM FUND ACT AND SHALL BE APPROPRI-

 9    ATED SOLELY FOR THE PURPOSES OF THAT FUND.






































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