(a)
Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (b), this article shall remain in effect only for taxable years beginning before January 1, 2019, and as of December 1, 2019, is repealed.
(b)
(1)By September 1, 2015, and by September 1 of each subsequent calendar year that the California Senior Legislature Fund appears on the tax return, the Franchise Tax Board shall do all of the following:
(A)
Determine the minimum contribution amount required to be received during the next calendar year for the fund to appear on the tax return for the taxable year
that includes that next calendar year.
(B)
Provide written notification to the California Senior Legislature of the amount determined in subparagraph (A).
(C)
Determine whether the amount of contributions estimated to be received during the calendar year will equal or exceed the minimum contribution amount determined by the Franchise Tax Board for the calendar year pursuant to subparagraph (A). The Franchise Tax Board shall estimate the amount of contributions to be received by using the actual amounts received and an estimate of the contributions that will be received by the end of that calendar year.
(2)
If the Franchise Tax Board determines that the amount of the contributions estimated to be
received during a calendar year will not at least equal the minimum contribution amount for the calendar year, this article shall be inoperative with respect to taxable years beginning on or after January 1 of that calendar year and shall be repealed on December 1 of that year.
(3)
For purposes of this section, the minimum contribution amount for a calendar year means two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000) for the second calendar year after the first appearance of the California Senior Legislature Fund on the personal income tax return or the minimum contribution amount as adjusted pursuant to subdivision (c).
(c)
For each calendar year, beginning with the third calendar year after the first appearance of the California Senior Legislature Fund on the personal income tax return, the Franchise Tax Board shall
adjust, on or before September 1 of that calendar year, the minimum contribution amount specified in subdivision (b) as follows:
(1)
The minimum estimated contribution amount for the calendar year shall be an amount equal to the product of the minimum estimated contribution amount for the calendar year multiplied by the inflation factor adjustment as specified in subparagraph (A) of paragraph (2) of subdivision (h) of Section 17041, rounded off to the nearest dollar.
(2)
The inflation factor adjustment used for the calendar year shall be based on the figures for the percentage change in the California Consumer Price Index for all items received on or before August 1 of the calendar year pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (h) of Section 17041.
(d)
Notwithstanding the repeal of this article, any contribution amounts designated pursuant to this article prior to its repeal shall continue to be transferred and disbursed in accordance with this article as in effect immediately prior to that repeal.