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<section article="gtg" article_name="Tax - General" number="2-110" title_number="2" title_name="Administration by Comptroller" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="General Duties">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Comptroller shall include on the individual income tax return form a checkoff designated as the “State Chesapeake Bay and Endangered Species Fund Contribution”.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The checkoff shall state that:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the individual, or each spouse in the case of a joint return, may contribute to the State Chesapeake Bay and Endangered Species Fund the amount designated by the individual; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <level label="1">
          <text>the individual shall deduct the amount of the contribution from any refund to which the individual is entitled; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>if the individual is not entitled to a refund, the individual shall add the amount of the contribution to the income tax to be paid with the return.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The Comptroller shall include, with the individual income tax return package, a description of the purposes for which the State Chesapeake Bay and Endangered Species Fund was established and the purposes for which the Fund may be used.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The Comptroller shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>collect the checkoff contributions and account to the State Treasurer for the money collected;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>from the contributions collected, distribute the amount necessary to administer the checkoff system to an administrative cost account; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>after the distribution under item (2) of this subsection, distribute the remainder of the money collected under this subsection to the Chesapeake Bay and Endangered Species Fund established under § 1-702 of the Natural Resources Article.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
