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35 ILCS 5/509.1

(35 ILCS 5/509.1)
Sec. 509.1. Removal of excess tax-checkoff funds.

Notwithstanding any provisions of this Act to the contrary, beginning on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly, there may not be more than 15 tax-checkoff funds contained on the individual tax return form at any one time. Each year, the Department shall determine whether the sum of (i) the number of new tax-checkoff funds created by the General Assembly during that year plus (ii) the number of tax-checkoff funds that collected at least $100,000 during the previous year exceeds 15. If so, then the Department shall remove a number of tax-checkoff funds that were on the return during the previous year that is equal to the sum of items (i) and (ii) minus 15, starting with the tax-checkoff fund that received the least amount of contributions and working upward until a sufficient number of funds have been removed. The Hunger Relief Fund checkoff established under Section 507SS shall be included among the 15 tax-checkoff funds as provided in subsection (d) of Section 509 of this Act.

For taxable years ending on or after December 31, 2012, the  Diabetes Research Checkoff Fund checkoff contained in Section 507GG of this Act shall be included on the individual tax return form notwithstanding the provisions of this Section.  The Diabetes Research Checkoff Fund checkoff shall not be included when calculating the 15 tax-checkoff fund limitation set forth in this Section.

(Source: P.A. 97-1117, eff. 8-27-12.)