Income taxes: voluntary contributions: California Sexual Violence Victim Services Fund.

The Personal Income Tax Law authorizes an individual to contribute amounts in excess of his or her tax liability for the support of specified funds. This bill would additionally allow an individual to designate on his or her tax return that a specified amount in excess of his or her tax liability be transferred to the California Sexual Violence Victim Services Fund, which would be created by this bill. The bill would prohibit a voluntary contribution designation for the California Sexual Violence Victim Services Fund from being added on the tax return until another voluntary contribution designation is removed or a space is available. The bill would require moneys in the California Sexual Violence Victim Services Fund, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to be allocated to the Franchise Tax Board and the Controller for reimbursement of costs, as provided, and the balance to the Office of Emergency Services for the distribution of grants to specified rape crisis centers. The bill would provide that these provisions would remain in effect only until January 1 of the 5th taxable year following the first appearance of the California Sexual Violence Victim Services Fund on the tax return, but would further provide for an earlier repeal if the Franchise Tax Board determines that the amount of contributions estimated to be received during a calendar year will not equal or exceed the minimum contribution amount, as defined, for that calendar year, in which case these provisions would be repealed on December 1 of that year.