HOUSE BILL No. 6119


     May 23, 2002, Introduced by Reps. Birkholz, Toy, Pumford, Richardville, Mead, Stewart, Basham, Middaugh, Voorhees, Schauer,
Vander Veen, Hager, Kolb, Lockwood, Gosselin, Scranton, Richner, Cameron Brown, Spade, Ruth Johnson, Rocca, Caul, Stamas, Hart,
Tabor, Faunce, Godchaux and Lemmons 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:

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             SEC. 438.  (1) FOR THE 2001 TAX YEAR AND EACH TAX YEAR AFTER

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        THE 2001 TAX YEAR, AN INDIVIDUAL MAY DESIGNATE ON HIS OR HER

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        ANNUAL RETURN THAT A CONTRIBUTION OF $2.00 OR MORE OF HIS OR HER

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        REFUND BE CREDITED TO THE AMANDA'S FUND FOR BREAST CANCER

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        RESEARCH CREATED IN THE AMANDA'S FUND FOR BREAST CANCER RESEARCH

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        ACT.  IF AN INDIVIDUAL'S REFUND IS NOT SUFFICIENT TO MAKE A CON-

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        TRIBUTION UNDER THIS SECTION, THE INDIVIDUAL MAY DESIGNATE A CON-

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        TRIBUTION AMOUNT AND THAT CONTRIBUTION AMOUNT SHALL BE ADDED TO

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        THE INDIVIDUAL'S TAX LIABILITY FOR THE TAX YEAR.





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             (2) THE TAX DESIGNATION AUTHORIZED IN THIS SECTION SHALL BE

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        CLEARLY AND UNAMBIGUOUSLY PRINTED ON THE FIRST PAGE OF THE STATE

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        INDIVIDUAL INCOME TAX RETURN FORMS AS AMANDA'S FUND FOR BREAST

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        CANCER RESEARCH.

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             (3) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER ALLOCATIONS OR DISBURSEMENTS

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        REQUIRED BY THIS ACT, EACH YEAR THAT THE CONTRIBUTION DESIGNATION

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        UNDER THIS SECTION IS IN EFFECT, AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO THE CUMULA-

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        TIVE DESIGNATION MADE UNDER THIS SECTION, LESS THE AMOUNT APPRO-

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        PRIATED TO THE DEPARTMENT TO IMPLEMENT THIS SECTION, SHALL BE

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        APPROPRIATED FROM THE GENERAL FUND AND DEPOSITED IN THE AMANDA'S

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        FUND FOR BREAST CANCER RESEARCH CREATED IN THE AMANDA'S FUND FOR

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        BREAST CANCER RESEARCH ACT AND SHALL BE USED SOLELY FOR THE PUR-

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        POSES OF THAT FUND.

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             Enacting section 1.  This amendatory act does not take

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        effect unless Senate Bill No. _______ or House Bill No. 6120

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        (request no. 07333'02 a) of the 91st Legislature is enacted into

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        law.























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