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<section article="gtg" article_name="Tax - General" number="2-113" 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 “Developmental Disabilities Services and Support 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 Waiting List Equity 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 Waiting List Equity 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 Waiting List Equity Fund established under § 7–205 of the Health – General Article to be used to provide community–based services to individuals who are on the Developmental Disabilities Administration waiting list and are eligible for, but not receiving, services from the Administration.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
