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CT SB01120

Bill

Status

Introduced

3/3/2011

Primary Sponsor

Roberta Willis

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Origin

Senate

2011 General Assembly

AI Summary

  • Adds the meals on wheels program administered by the Department of Social Services as an option for taxpayers to contribute portions of their tax refunds, alongside existing accounts for organ transplants, AIDS research, endangered species, and breast cancer research.

  • Requires the Commissioner of Revenue Services to revise tax return forms to include a space where taxpayers can indicate voluntary whole dollar contributions to the meals on wheels program and include descriptions of the program in tax return instructions.

  • Establishes a separate, nonlapsing meals on wheels account within the General Fund to receive contributions from the tax refund system and public, private, or federal sources.

  • Limits promotional expenditures from the meals on wheels account to 10 percent of funds raised in the previous fiscal year, with an exception allowing up to $15,000 for reimbursement of prior promotional costs by private organizations.

  • Directs the Commissioner of Social Services to adopt regulations for distributing funds from the meals on wheels account to support the meals on wheels program; takes effect October 1, 2011.

Legislative Description

An Act Concerning Contributions From Tax Refunds To Benefit The Meals On Wheels Program.

Last Action

Public Hearing 03/08

3/4/2011

Committee Referrals

Human Services3/3/2011

Full Bill Text

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