ARTICLE 9.5. Designations to the California Peace Officer Memorial Foundation Voluntary Tax Contribution Fund [18805. - 18808.]

Cal. Revenue and Taxation Code - RTC 9.5.

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Cal. Revenue and Taxation Code - RTC § 18805. Section 18805.

(a) A taxpayer may designate on the tax return that a contribution in excess of the tax liability, if any, be made to the California Peace Officer Memorial Foundation Voluntary Tax Contribution Fund, which is established by Section 18806. That designation is to be used as a voluntary checkoff on the tax return. (b) The contributions shall be in full dollar amounts and may be made individually by each signatory on the joint return. (c) A designation shall be made for any taxable year on the initial return for that taxable year, and once made shall be irrevocable. In the event that payments and credits reported on the return, together with any other credits associated with the taxpayer’s account, do not exceed the taxpayer’s liability, the return shall be treated as though no designation has been made. In the event that no designee is specified, the contribution shall be transferred to the General Fund, after reimbursement of the direct actual costs of the Franchise Tax Board for the collection and the administration of funds under this article. (d) In the event a taxpayer designates a contribution to more than one account or fund listed on the tax return, and the amount available for designation is insufficient to satisfy the total amount designated, the contribution shall be allocated among the designees on a pro rata basis. (e) The Franchise Tax Board shall revise the forms of the return to include a space labeled the “California Peace Officer Memorial Foundation Voluntary Tax Contribution Fund” to allow for the designation permitted. The forms shall also include in the instructions information that the contribution may be in the amount of one dollar ($1) or more and that the contribution shall be used to build and maintain the California Peace Officers’ Memorial in Sacramento, California, and for activities performed by the California Peace Officers Memorial Foundation, Inc. in support of families of slain peace officers. (f) A deduction shall be allowed under Article 6 (commencing with Section 17201) of Chapter 3 for any contribution made pursuant to subdivision (a).

Cal. Revenue and Taxation Code - RTC § 18806. Section 18806.

There is in the State Treasury the California Peace Officer Memorial Foundation Voluntary Tax Contribution Fund to receive contributions made pursuant to Section 18805. The Franchise Tax Board shall notify the Controller of both the amount of money paid by taxpayers in excess of their tax liability and the amount of refund money which taxpayers have designated pursuant to Section 18805 to be transferred to the California Peace Officer Memorial Foundation Voluntary Tax Contribution Fund. The Controller shall transfer from the Personal Income Tax Fund to the California Peace Officer Memorial Foundation Voluntary Tax Contribution Fund an amount not in excess of the sum of the amounts designated by individuals pursuant to Section 18805 for payment into that fund. It is the intent of the Legislature that the tax return for the 1999 taxable year include a space for the California Peace Officer Memorial Foundation Voluntary Tax Contribution Fund.

Cal. Revenue and Taxation Code - RTC § 18807. Section 18807.

All money transferred to the California Peace Officer Memorial Foundation Voluntary Tax Contribution Fund, upon appropriation by the Legislature, shall be allocated as follows: (a) To the Franchise Tax Board and the Controller for reimbursement of all costs incurred by the Franchise Tax Board and the Controller in connection with their duties under this article. (b) To the Department of the California Highway Patrol for allocation to the California Peace Officers’ Memorial Commission for building and maintaining the California Peace Officers’ Memorial in Sacramento, California, and for activities performed by the California Peace Officers Memorial Foundation, Inc. in support of families of slain peace officers. (c) All money transferred to the California Peace Officer Memorial Foundation Voluntary Tax Contribution Fund prior to the enactment of the act adding this subdivision is hereby appropriated for allocation as described in subdivisions (a) and (b). (d) The California Peace Officers Memorial Foundation, Inc. shall annually post on its internet website information regarding the distribution of the funds in categories consistent with purposes outlined in this section for the preceding calendar year.

Cal. Revenue and Taxation Code - RTC § 18808. Section 18808.

(a) This article shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2028, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted statute, which is enacted before January 1, 2028, deletes that date. (b) If the repeal date specified in subdivision (a) has been deleted, all of the following apply: (1) By September 1 of the calendar year beginning after the effective date of the act deleting the repeal date and by September 1 of each subsequent calendar year that the California Peace Officer Memorial Foundation Voluntary Tax Contribution Fund appears on a 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 Peace Officers’ Memorial Commission 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 contributions estimated to be received during a calendar year will not at least equal the minimum contribution amount for the calendar year, this article is repealed with respect to taxable years beginning on or after January 1 of that calendar 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 first calendar year beginning after the effective date of the act that deleted the repeal date specified in subdivision (a), or the minimum contribution amount adjusted pursuant to subdivision (c). (c) For each calendar year, beginning with calendar year 2005, 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 contribution amount for the calendar year shall be an amount equal to the product of the minimum contribution amount for the prior calendar year multiplied by the inflation factor adjustment as specified in 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 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.

Source: CA Legislative Counsel Bulk DataURL: https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zipFetched: 6/27/2026