Income taxes: voluntary contributions: Keep Arts in Schools Fund.

The Personal Income Tax Law authorizes taxpayers to contribute amounts in excess of their tax liability for the support of specified funds. This bill would authorize taxpayers to designate on their tax returns that a specified amount in excess of their tax liability be transferred to the Keep Arts in Schools Fund, which is created by this bill. This bill would require that all moneys contributed to the fund pursuant to these provisions, upon appropriation by the Legislature, be allocated to the Franchise Tax Board and the Controller for reimbursement and to the Arts Council for grants, as prescribed. This bill would provide that these voluntary contribution provisions are inoperative on January 1 of the 5th taxable year following the taxable year the fund first appears on the tax return and repealed on December 1 of that year. The bill would further provide that these provisions are inoperative for taxable years beginning on or after January 1 of the calendar year in which the Franchise Tax Board estimates by September 1 that the contributions made on returns filed in that calendar year will be less than $250,000, or an adjusted amount for subsequent taxable years, and are repealed on December 1 of that calendar year.