BILL NUMBER: SB 643	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Florez

                        FEBRUARY 22, 2007

   An act to add Section 69982.5 to the Education Code, and to amend
Section 17072 of, and to add Section 17216 to, the Revenue and
Taxation Code, relating to taxation, and making an appropriation
therefor.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 643, as introduced, Florez. Personal income taxes: deductions:
tuition programs: grants.
   The Personal Income Tax Law allows various deductions in computing
the income that is subject to the taxes imposed by that law.
   This bill, for taxable years beginning on or after January 1,
2007, would authorize a deduction under that law for the amounts, as
specified, contributed by a qualified taxpayer, as defined, to a
qualified tuition program, as defined.
   This bill would require the Scholarshare Investment Board to make
a one-time matching contribution in the amount of $50 to any
qualified tuition program, as defined by Section 529 of the Internal
Revenue Code, established for any child born in this state on or
after January 1, 2008, before that child reaches one year of age.
   This bill would appropriate from the General Fund to the board the
amounts necessary to make the contributions. This bill would also
declare the Legislature's intent to enact legislation to establish a
one-time matching contribution program for contributions to qualified
tuition programs for children under 7 years of age.
   Vote: 2/3. Appropriation: yes. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 69982.5 is added to the Education Code, to
read:
   69982.5.  (a) The board shall make a one-time matching
contribution in the amount of fifty dollars ($50) to any qualified
tuition program, as defined by Section 529 of the Internal Revenue
Code, established for any child born in this state on or after
January 1, 2008, before that child reaches one year of age.
   (b) Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, without
regard to fiscal year, there is hereby continuously appropriated from
the General Fund to the board the amounts necessary to make the
contributions required by subdivision (a).
   (c) The Legislature declares its intent to enact legislation to
establish a one-time matching contribution program for contributions
to qualified tuition programs for children under seven years of age.
  SEC. 2.  Section 17072 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, as amended
by Section 4 of Chapter 691 of the Statutes of 2005, is amended to
read:
   17072.  (a) Section 62 of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to
adjusted gross income defined, shall apply, except as otherwise
provided.
   (b) Section 62(a)(2)(D) of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to
certain expenses of elementary and secondary school teachers, shall
not apply. 
   (c) The deduction allowed by Section 17216, relating to
contributions to qualified tuition programs, as defined in Section
529 of the Internal Revenue Code, is allowed in computing adjusted
gross income.  
   (d) The amendments made to this section by the act adding this
subdivision shall apply only to taxable years beginning on or after
January 1, 2007. 
  SEC. 3.  Section 17216 is added to the Revenue and Taxation Code,
to read:
   17216.  (a) For taxable years beginning on or after January 1,
2007, there shall be allowed as a deduction, subject to subdivision
(b), an amount equal to the amount of contributions made by a
qualified taxpayer during the taxable year to a qualified tuition
program, as defined by Section 529 of the Internal Revenue Code, as
modified by Section 17140.3.
   (b) The deduction allowed by this section may not exceed the
following amounts:
   (1) Six thousand dollars ($6,000) in the case of a married couple
filing a joint return or an individual filing a head of household
return. No deduction shall be allowed by this section if the adjusted
gross income on that return exceeds two hundred thousand dollars
($200,000).
   (2) Three thousand dollars ($3,000) in the case of a taxpayer who
is single or is a married individual filing a separate return. No
deduction shall be allowed by this section if the adjusted gross
income on that return exceeds one hundred thousand dollars
($100,000).
   (c) For purposes of this section, "qualified taxpayer" means an
individual who, on behalf of a beneficiary, contributes money to a
qualified tuition program and meets all of the other applicable
requirements of Section 529 of the Internal Revenue Code, as modified
by Section 17140.3.
   (d) The deduction allowable pursuant to this section shall be
taken with respect to the taxable year in which the contribution is
made and shall be limited to the applicable dollar amount determined
under subdivision (b).