Introduced
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To allow an individual to choose to automatically contribute $5 or more from his or her state income tax refund to pay for unspecified expenses related to executing “Amber alerts,” which disseminate useful information about a missing child to law enforcement agencies, radio and television stations. The checkoff would have the effect of reducing the amount of a person’s tax refund. A person not receiving a refund could use his or her tax return to contribute to the program.
Referred to the Committee on Government Operations
Passed in the Senate 37 to 0 (details)
Referred to the Committee on Tax Policy
Reported without amendment
With the recommendation that the substitute (H-1) be adopted and that the bill then pass.
Substitute offered
The substitute failed by voice vote
Substitute offered
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To adopt a substitute that authorizes additional tax checkoff programs; see House-passed version for details.
The substitute passed by voice vote
Passed in the House 106 to 1 (details)
To allow an individual to choose to automatically contribute $5 or more from his or her state income tax refund to pay for unspecified expenses related to executing “Amber alerts,” which disseminate useful information about a missing child to law enforcement agencies, radio and television stations. Also, to allow checkoffs for the Michigan Alzheimer's association, a state “military family relief fund” created by a <a href="http://www.michiganvotes.org/2004-HB-5954">2004 law</a>, and to provide government subsidies to research or clinics treating persons with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS or “Lou Gehrig's disease"). The checkoffs would have the effect of reducing the amount of a person’s tax refund. A person not receiving a refund could use his or her tax return to contribute to the programs.
Passed in the Senate 38 to 0 (details)
