STATE OF NEW JERSEY
219th LEGISLATURE
PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2020 SESSION
Sponsored by:
Senator VIN GOPAL
District 11 (Monmouth)
Senator NILSA CRUZ-PEREZ
District 5 (Camden and Gloucester)
Assemblyman DANIEL R. BENSON
District 14 (Mercer and Middlesex)
Assemblywoman CAROL A. MURPHY
District 7 (Burlington)
Assemblywoman ANGELICA M. JIMENEZ
District 32 (Bergen and Hudson)
Co-Sponsored by:
Senator Codey, Assemblyman Mukherji, Assemblywomen Vainieri Huttle, McKnight, Swain and Downey
SYNOPSIS
Provides for voluntary contributions by taxpayers on gross income tax returns for ovarian cancer research.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As reported by the Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee with technical review.
An Act concerning voluntary contributions through gross income tax returns to support ovarian cancer research, supplementing chapter 9 of Title 54A of the New Jersey Statutes.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. a. There is established in the Department of the Treasury a special fund to be known as the “New Jersey Ovarian Cancer Research Fund.”
b. Each taxpayer shall have the opportunity to indicate on the taxpayer’s New Jersey gross income tax return that a portion of the taxpayer’s refund or an enclosed contribution shall be deposited in the special fund.
c. Any costs incurred by the Division of Taxation for collection or administration attributable to this section may be deducted from receipts collected pursuant to this section, as determined by the Director of the Division of Budget and Accounting. The State Treasurer shall deposit net contributions collected pursuant to this section into the “New Jersey Ovarian Cancer Research Fund.”
d. The Legislature shall annually appropriate all monies deposited in the "New Jersey Ovarian Cancer Research Fund" established pursuant to this section to the New Jersey State Commission on Cancer Research, established pursuant to section 4 of P.L.1983, c.6 (C.52:9U-4), for ovarian cancer research projects. As used in this section, "ovarian cancer research project" means a scientific research project which is approved by the commission and which focuses on the causes, prevention, education, screening, treatment, or cure of ovarian cancer and may include, but is not limited to, basic, clinical, and epidemiologic research.
2. This act shall take effect immediately and apply to taxable years beginning on or after January 1 next following the date of enactment.