Donation from tax refund – Programs to recruit, train, and supervise volunteers as Court Appointed Special Advocates

Official textoscn.netlast amended Jan 01, 2022

# A.

Each state individual income tax return form for tax years which begin after December 31, 2003, and each state corporate tax return form for tax years beginning after December 31, 2003, shall contain a provision to allow a donation from a tax refund for the benefit of programs to recruit, train, and supervise volunteers as Court Appointed Special Advocates, as follows:
Support of programs for volunteers to act as Court Appointed
Special Advocates for abused or neglected children. Check if you wish to donate from your tax refund: ( ) $2, ( ) $5, or ( ) $____.

# B.

Except as otherwise provided for in this section, all monies generated pursuant to subsection A of this section shall be paid to the State Treasurer by the Oklahoma Tax Commission and placed to the credit of the Income Tax Checkoff Revolving Fund for Court Appointed Special Advocates created in subsection C of this section.

# C.

There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving fund for the Office of the Attorney General to be designated the "Income Tax Checkoff Revolving Fund for Court Appointed Special Advocates". The fund shall be a continuing fund, not subject to fiscal year limitations, and shall consist of all monies apportioned to the fund pursuant to the provisions of this section. All monies accruing to the credit of the fund are hereby appropriated and shall be budgeted and expended by the Office of the Attorney General for the purpose of providing grants to the Oklahoma CASA Association for the purpose of providing support for Court Appointed Special Advocates for abused and neglected children. Expenditures from the fund shall be made upon warrants issued by the State Treasurer against claims filed as prescribed by law with the Director of the Office of State Finance for approval and payment.

# D.

If a taxpayer makes a donation pursuant to subsection A of this section in error, the taxpayer may file a claim for refund at any time within three (3) years from the due date of the tax return.
Such claims shall be filed pursuant to the provisions of Section
2373 of this title. Prior to the apportionment set forth in this section, an amount equal to the total amount of refunds made pursuant to this subsection during any one (1) year shall be deducted from the total donations received pursuant to this section during the following year and such amount deducted shall be paid to the State Treasurer and placed to the credit of the Income Tax Withholding Refund Account.

# E.

Pursuant to Section 2368.18 of this title, the income tax checkoff contained in this section is hereby reauthorized effective January 1, 2022.

Amendment history

Added by Laws 2004, c. 295, § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 2005. Amended by Laws 2012, c. 209, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2012; Laws 2018, c. 92, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2018; Laws 2021, c. 355, § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 2022. NOTE: Editorially renumbered from § 2368.11 of this title to avoid duplication in numbering.

Source: view the official text

Nearby sections (25 sections)

Full table of contents →