2004 Senate Bill 1162

Establish prostate cancer fund and income tax checkoff

Introduced in the Senate

April 22, 2004

Introduced by Sen. Samuel B. Thomas (D-4)

To allow an individual to choose to automatically contribute $2 or more from his or her state income tax refund to pay for applied prostate cancer research and “community education programs to raise awareness” about prostate cancer. This 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 fund.

Referred to the Committee on Finance