Bill > A4830

Introduced Session

This bill allows a State gross income tax deduction of up to $1,500 for charitable contributions made to a New Jersey-based animal shelter. The bill defines "animal shelter" to mean an establishment that is a licensed animal shelter that receives, houses, and distributes domestic companion animals that have been abandoned or lost or are in physical danger and are in need of temporary care and housing until the animal is relocated to permanent care and housing or is euthanized. The term "animal shelter" also includes, but is not limited to, a shelter and a facility that is contracted by a municipality as an animal control facility to which the animal control officer of the municipality may deliver animals that are found abandoned, lost or in physical danger.

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Aura Dunn (R)*,  John Catalano (R),  Kevin Rooney (R),  Edward Thomson (R), 

Introduced, Referred to Assembly Agriculture and Food Security Committee (on 10/24/2022)

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