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Committee accepts Ways and Means amendment striking animal-welfare tax check-off from H.841
Summary
Legislative counsel explained that Ways and Means removed the proposed Vermont income-tax check-off for the animal-welfare fund from H.841 and made a technical accounting change; the committee registered approval by thumbs despite member objections.
Legislative counsel explained a Ways and Means amendment to H.841 that removes a proposed Vermont income-tax check-off intended to fund the existing animal-welfare fund and makes a bookkeeping change recommended by the Joint Fiscal Office.
Counsel described the change: the bill originally included two related provisions for the animal-welfare fund: (1) statutory language creating an income-tax check-off to allow voluntary taxpayer donations and (2) language authorizing deposit of any donations to…
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