The Committee on Finance proposed the following amendment (DG\1087C001.NBD.DG22):
Amend the bill, as and if amended, by striking SECTION 5 and inserting:
/ SECTION 5. (A) From the Contingency Reserve Fund, there is appropriated one billion dollars to the Taxpayer Rebate Fund which is created in the State Treasury. The fund is separate and distinct from the general fund and all other funds of the State.
(B) The fund must be used by the Department of Revenue to provide a one-time rebate for taxpayers that filed a return for tax year 2021. Each return filed for 2021 shall receive a rebate equal to the amount of tax liability on the return, except that if a return has one hundred dollars or less of liability, the rebate shall equal one hundred dollars, and if a return has seven hundred dollars or more of liability, the rebate shall equal seven hundred dollars. However, if the department determines that sufficient funds will exist to increase the maximum rebate of seven hundred dollars, the department shall increase the maximum so that all returns with a tax liability over the increased maximum receive the same rebate. The department must issue these refunds by December 31, 2022.
(C) The department may retain up to one percent of the fund, but not to exceed their actual costs, to administer the rebate.
(D) Any funds remaining in the fund after every rebate has been accounted for shall lapse to the Contingency Reserve Fund, at which time the fund is dissolved. /