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90_HB1480

      20 ILCS 1305/10-22 new
      30 ILCS 105/5.449 new
      35 ILCS 5/507R new
      35 ILCS 5/509             from Ch. 120, par. 5-509
      35 ILCS 5/510             from Ch. 120, par. 5-510
          Amends the Illinois Income Tax  Act  by  creating  a  tax
      checkoff  for  the  Leukemia  Treatment  and  Education Fund.
      Amends the State Finance Act to create the Fund.  Amends  the
      Department   of  Human  Services  Act  to  provide  that  the
      Department may provide grants to public or private hospitals,
      medical centers, and medical schools  for  education  on  and
      treatment  of  leukemia from appropriations to the Department
      from the Leukemia Treatment and  Education  Fund.   Effective
      immediately.
                                                    LRB9004815KDsbA
                                              LRB9004815KDsbA
 1        AN ACT in relation to taxes, amending named Acts.
 2        Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:
 4        Section 5.  The  Department  of  Human  Services  Act  is
 5    amended by adding Section 10-22 as follows:
 6        (20 ILCS 1305/10-22 new)
 7        Sec.  10-22.   Leukemia  grants.  The Department of Human
 8    Services may make grants to  public  and  private  hospitals,
 9    medical  centers,  and  medical  schools for education on and
10    treatment of leukemia from appropriations to  the  Department
11    from  the  Leukemia  Treatment  and Education Fund, a special
12    fund created in the State Treasury.
13        Section 10.  The State Finance Act is amended  by  adding
14    Section 5.449 as follows:
15        (30 ILCS 105/5.449 new)
16        Sec. 5.449.  The Leukemia Treatment and Education  Fund.
17        Section  15.   The  Illinois Income Tax Act is amended by
18    changing Sections 509 and 510  and  adding  Section  507R  as
19    follows:
20        (35 ILCS 5/507R new)
21        Sec.   507R.    The   Leukemia  Treatment  and  Education
22    checkoff.   The  Department  shall  print  on  its   standard
23    individual income tax form a provision indicating that if the
24    taxpayer  wishes  to contribute to the Leukemia Treatment and
25    Education Fund, as authorized by this amendatory Act of 1997,
26    he or she may do so be stating the amount of the contribution
27    (not less than $1) on the return and  that  the  contribution
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 1    will  reduce  the taxpayer's refund or increase the amount of
 2    payment to accompany the return.  Failure to remit any amount
 3    of  increased   payment   shall   reduce   the   contribution
 4    accordingly.   This  Section  shall  not apply to any amended
 5    return.
 6        (35 ILCS 5/509) (from Ch. 120, par. 5-509)
 7        Sec. 509.  Tax  checkoff  explanations.   All  individual
 8    income   tax   return   forms   shall   contain   appropriate
 9    explanations  and spaces to enable the taxpayers to designate
10    contributions to the Child  Abuse  Prevention  Fund,  to  the
11    Community  Health  Center Care Fund, to the Illinois Wildlife
12    Preservation  Fund  as  required  by  the  Illinois  Non-Game
13    Wildlife Protection Act, to the Alzheimer's Disease  Research
14    Fund  as required by the Alzheimer's Disease Research Act, to
15    the Assistance to the Homeless Fund as required by this  Act,
16    to the Heritage Preservation Fund as required by the Heritage
17    Preservation Act, to the Child Care Expansion Program Fund as
18    required by the Child Care Expansion Program Act, to the Ryan
19    White   AIDS   Victims  Assistance  Fund,  to  the  Assistive
20    Technology  for  Persons  with  Disabilities  Fund,  to   the
21    Domestic  Violence  Shelter  and  Service Fund, to the United
22    States Olympians Assistance Fund, to  the  Youth  Drug  Abuse
23    Prevention  Fund, to the Persian Gulf Conflict Veterans Fund,
24    to the Literacy Advancement Fund, to the Ryan White Pediatric
25    and  Adult  AIDS  Fund,  to  the  Illinois  Special  Olympics
26    Checkoff Fund, to the Breast  and  Cervical  Cancer  Research
27    Fund,  to  the Korean War Memorial Fund, to the Heart Disease
28    Treatment and Prevention Fund, to  the  Hemophilia  Treatment
29    Fund,  to  the  Leukemia Treatment and Education Fund, to the
30    Women in Military Service Memorial Fund, and to the Meals  on
31    Wheels  Fund.  Each  form  shall contain a statement that the
32    contributions will reduce the taxpayer's refund  or  increase
33    the  amount  of  payment to accompany the return.  Failure to
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 1    remit any  amount  of  increased  payment  shall  reduce  the
 2    contribution accordingly.
 3        If,  on October 1 of any year, the total contributions to
 4    any one of the funds made under this  Section  do  not  equal
 5    $100,000 or more, the explanations and spaces for designating
 6    contributions   to   the  fund  shall  be  removed  from  the
 7    individual income tax return forms for the following and  all
 8    subsequent years and all subsequent contributions to the fund
 9    shall be refunded to the taxpayer.
10    (Source: P.A.  88-85;  88-130;  88-459; 88-666, eff. 9-16-94;
11    88-670, eff.  12-2-94;  89-230,  eff.  1-1-96;  89-324,  eff.
12    8-13-95.)
13        (35 ILCS 5/510) (from Ch. 120, par. 5-510)
14        Sec.  510.  Determination  of  amounts  contributed.  The
15    Department shall determine the total  amount  contributed  to
16    each  of  the following: the Child Abuse Prevention Fund, the
17    Illinois Wildlife Preservation  Fund,  the  Community  Health
18    Center  Care  Fund,  the Assistance to the Homeless Fund, the
19    Alzheimer's Disease Research Fund, the Heritage  Preservation
20    Fund,  the  Child Care Expansion Program Fund, the Ryan White
21    AIDS Victims Assistance Fund, the  Assistive  Technology  for
22    Persons with Disabilities Fund, the Domestic Violence Shelter
23    and  Service  Fund,  the  United  States Olympians Assistance
24    Fund, the Youth Drug Abuse Prevention Fund, the Persian  Gulf
25    Conflict  Veterans  Fund,  the Literacy Advancement Fund, the
26    Ryan White  Pediatric  and  Adult  AIDS  Fund,  the  Illinois
27    Special  Olympics  Checkoff  Fund,  the  Breast  and Cervical
28    Cancer Research Fund, the Korean War Memorial Fund, the Heart
29    Disease  Treatment  and  Prevention  Fund,   the   Hemophilia
30    Treatment  Fund,  the  Leukemia Treatment and Education Fund,
31    the Women in Military Service Memorial Fund, and the Meals on
32    Wheels Fund; and shall notify the State Comptroller  and  the
33    State  Treasurer  of  the  amounts to be transferred from the
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 1    General Revenue Fund to each fund, and upon receipt  of  such
 2    notification   the  State  Treasurer  and  Comptroller  shall
 3    transfer the amounts.
 4    (Source: P.A. 88-85; 88-130; 88-459;  88-666,  eff.  9-16-94;
 5    88-670,  eff.  12-2-94;  89-230,  eff.  1-1-96;  89-324, eff.
 6    8-13-95.)
 7        Section 99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect  upon
 8    becoming law.

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