AB 829: Richard Paul Hemann Parkinson’s Disease Program: Parkinson’s Disease Research Voluntary Tax Contribution Fund.

Existing law establishes the Richard Paul Hemann Parkinsons Disease Program, which, among other things, requires the State Department of Public Health to collect data on the incidence of Parkinsons disease in California, as specified.

Existing law allows an individual taxpayer to contribute amounts in excess of their personal income tax liability for the support of specified funds and accounts, including, among others, to the California Alzheimers Disease and Related Dementia Research Voluntary Tax Contribution Fund.

This bill would also allow an individual to designate on their tax return that a specified amount in excess of their tax liability be transferred to the Parkinsons Disease Research Voluntary Tax Contribution Fund, which would be created by this bill. The bill would continuously appropriate the moneys in the fund to the State Department of Public Health to support the above-referenced program relating to Parkinsons disease in California. The bill would require the Franchise Tax Board to revise the tax return form to include a space for the designation of contributions to the fund when another voluntary designation is removed from the form or there is space, whichever occurs first. By establishing a continuously appropriated fund, this bill would make an appropriation.