Bill Text: NJ S2639 | 2012-2013 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Provides for voluntary contributions by taxpayers on gross income tax returns for development of Northern New Jersey Veterans Memorial Cemetery.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-12-16 - Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee [S2639 Detail]

Download: New_Jersey-2012-S2639-Amended.html

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[First Reprint]

SENATE, No. 2639

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

215th LEGISLATURE

INTRODUCED MARCH 11, 2013

 

 

Sponsored by:

Senator  STEVEN V. OROHO

District 24 (Morris, Sussex and Warren)

Senator  PAUL A. SARLO

District 36 (Bergen and Passaic)

 

Co-Sponsored by:

Senator A.R.Bucco

 

 

 

 

SYNOPSIS

     Provides for voluntary contributions by taxpayers on gross income tax returns for development of Northern New Jersey Veterans Memorial Cemetery.

 

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

     As reported by the Senate Military and Veterans' Affairs Committee on December 16, 2013, with amendments.

 

An Act concerning voluntary contributions through gross income tax returns for development of the Northern New Jersey Veterans Memorial Cemetery, 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 "Northern New Jersey Veterans Memorial Cemetery Development 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 tax 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 act may be deducted from receipts collected pursuant to this act, as determined by the Director of the Division of Budget and Accounting. The State Treasurer shall deposit net contributions collected pursuant to this act into the "Northern New Jersey Veterans Memorial Cemetery Development Fund."

     d.    The Legislature shall annually appropriate all funds deposited in the "Northern New Jersey Veterans Memorial Cemetery Development Fund" established pursuant to this section to the Department of Military and Veterans' Affairs for the purposes of facilitating the development and operation of the Northern New Jersey Veterans Memorial Cemetery.

 

     2.    This act shall take effect immediately and apply to taxable years beginning ¹on or¹ after ¹January 1 next following¹ enactment.