Pennsylvania Statutes Title 72 P.S. Taxation and Fiscal Affairs § 7315.4. Contributions for organ and tissue donation awareness

(a) The department shall provide a space on the Pennsylvania individual income tax return form whereby an individual may voluntarily designate a contribution of any amount desired to the Governor Robert P. Casey Memorial Organ and Tissue Donation Awareness Trust Fund established under 20 Pa.C.S. § 8622 (relating to the Governor Robert P. Casey Memorial Organ and Tissue Donation Awareness Trust Fund).

(b) The amount so designated by an individual on the Pennsylvania individual income tax return form shall be deducted from the tax refund to which the individual is entitled and shall not constitute a charge against the income tax revenues due the Commonwealth.

(c) The department shall annually determine the total amount designated pursuant to this section and shall report that amount to the State Treasurer who shall transfer that amount to the Governor Robert P. Casey Memorial Organ and Tissue Donation Awareness Trust Fund.

(d) The department shall, in all taxable years following the effective date of this section, provide on its forms or in its instructions which accompany Pennsylvania individual income tax return forms adequate information concerning the Governor Robert P. Casey Memorial Organ and Tissue Donation Awareness Trust Fund which shall include the listing of an address furnished to it by the Organ Donation Advisory Committee to which contributions may be sent by those taxpayers wishing to contribute to the fund but who do not receive refunds.

(e) This section shall apply to taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 1997.