TITLE 20 EDUCATION

Section 3. Postsecondary Education, 20-3-1 through 20-3-660.

ARTICLE 7 SCHOLARSHIPS, LOANS, AND GRANTS

20-3-316.1. Selection on tax form of nonprofit corporations established by the Georgia Student Finance Authority for contribution.

1. Each Georgia income tax return form for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2015, shall contain appropriate language, to be determined by the state revenue commissioner, offering the taxpayer the opportunity to contribute to the nonprofit corporations established by subparagraph (Y) of paragraph (1) of Code Section 20-3-316 to assist students with educational expenses by either donating all or any part of any tax refund due and by authorizing a reduction in the refund check otherwise payable, or by contributing any amount over and above any amount of tax owed by adding that amount to the taxpayer's payment. The instructions accompanying the income tax return shall include a description of the purposes for which the nonprofit corporations were established and the intended use of moneys received from the contributions. Each taxpayer required to file a state income tax return who desires to contribute to these nonprofit corporations may designate such contribution as provided on the appropriate income tax return form.
2. The Department of Revenue shall determine annually the total amount so contributed, and shall transmit such amount to the authority for even division among and deposit in the nonprofit corporations established by subparagraph (Y) of paragraph (1) of Code Section 20-3-316.

(Code 1981, §20-3-316.1, enacted by Ga. L. 2014, p. 801, § 6/HB 697.)