Home Table of Contents

§ 2-113.1. Fair Campaign Financing Fund Contributions

West's Annotated Code of MarylandTax-GeneralEffective: July 1, 2015

West's Annotated Code of Maryland
Tax-General (Refs & Annos)
Title 2. Administration by Comptroller (Refs & Annos)
Subtitle 1. General Duties (Refs & Annos)
Effective: July 1, 2015
MD Code, Tax - General, § 2-113.1
§ 2-113.1. Fair Campaign Financing Fund Contributions
Currentness
Checkoff on individual tax return
(a)(1) The Comptroller shall include on the individual income tax return form a checkoff designated as the “Fair Campaign Financing Fund Contribution”.
(2) The checkoff shall state that:
(i) the individual, or each spouse in the case of a joint return, may contribute to the Fair Campaign Financing Fund the amount designated by the individual if the individual or each spouse is a United States citizen or admitted for permanent legal residence in the United States; and
(ii) 1. the individual shall deduct the amount of the contribution from any refund to which the individual is entitled; or
2. if the individual is not entitled to a refund, the individual shall add the amount of the contribution to the income tax to be paid with the return.
(3) The Comptroller shall include with the individual income tax return package a description of the purposes for which the Fair Campaign Financing Fund was established and the purposes for which the Fund may be used.
Collection, accounting, and distribution of checkoff contributions
(b) The Comptroller shall:
(1) collect the checkoff contributions and account to the State Treasurer for the money collected;
(2) from the contributions collected, distribute the amount necessary to administer the checkoff system to an administrative cost account; and
(3) after the distribution under item (2) of this subsection, distribute the remainder of the money collected under this subsection to the Fair Campaign Financing Fund established under § 15-103 of the Election Law Article.

Credits

Added by Acts 2015, c. 312, § 2, eff. July 1, 2015.
MD Code, Tax - General, § 2-113.1, MD TAX GENERAL § 2-113.1
Current through legislation effective through April 9, 2023, from the 2024 Regular Session of the General Assembly. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
End of Document