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Public Act 91-0107

SB248 Enrolled                                 LRB9102561PTpk

    AN ACT concerning breast and cervical cancer.

    Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:

    Section  5.  The Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is
amended by changing Section 55.70 as follows:

    (20 ILCS 2310/55.70)
    Sec. 55.70. Penny  Severns  Breast  and  Cervical  Cancer
Research Fund. From funds appropriated from the Penny Severns
Breast  and  Cervical Cancer Research Fund, the Department of
Public Health shall  award  grants  to  eligible  physicians,
hospitals,  laboratories,  education  institutions, and other
organizations and persons to enable organizations and persons
to conduct research.   For  the  purposes  of  this  Section,
"research"  includes,  but is not limited to, expenditures to
develop  and  advance  the  understanding,  techniques,   and
modalities  effective  in  early detection, prevention, cure,
screening, and treatment of breast and  cervical  cancer  and
may include clinical trials.
    Moneys   received  for  the  purposes  of  this  Section,
including but not limited to income tax checkoff receipts and
gifts, grants, and awards from private foundations, nonprofit
organizations, other governmental entities and persons  shall
be  deposited  into  the  Penny  Severns  Breast and Cervical
Cancer Research Fund, which is hereby created  as  a  special
fund in the State treasury.
    The  Department of Public Health shall create an advisory
committee with members from, but not limited to, the Illinois
Chapter of the American Cancer Society, Y-Me,  the  Susan  G.
Komen  Foundation,  and  the  State  Board  of Health for the
purpose of  awarding  research  grants  under  this  Section.
Members  of  the advisory committee shall not be eligible for
any financial compensation or reimbursement.
(Source: P.A. 88-85; 88-459; 88-670, eff. 12-2-94.)

    Section 10.  The State Finance Act is amended by changing
Section 5.362 as follows:

    (30 ILCS 105/5.362)
    Sec. 5.362. The Penny Severns Breast and Cervical  Cancer
Research Fund.
(Source:  P.A.  88-85;  88-459; 88-670, eff. 12-2-94; 89-235,
eff. 8-4-95.)

    Section 15.  The Illinois Income Tax Act  is  amended  by
changing Sections 507L, 509, and 510 as follows:

    (35 ILCS 5/507L)
    Sec.  507L.   Penny  Severns  Breast  and Cervical Cancer
Research Fund checkoff.  Beginning with taxable years  ending
on  December 31, 1999 1993, the Department shall print on its
standard individual income tax form  a  provision  indicating
that  if  the  taxpayer  wishes  to  contribute  to the Penny
Severns  Breast  and  Cervical  Cancer   Research   Fund   as
authorized  by  this  amendatory  Act  of  the  91st  General
Assembly Public Acts 88-85 and 88-459, he or she may do so by
stating  the amount of the contribution (not less than $1) on
the  return  and  that  the  contribution  will  reduce   the
taxpayer's  refund  or  increase the amount of the payment to
accompany  the  return.   Failure  to  remit  any  amount  of
increased payment shall reduce the contribution  accordingly.
This Section shall not apply to an amended return.
(Source: P.A. 88-85; 88-459; 88-670, eff. 12-2-94.)

    (35 ILCS 5/509) (from Ch. 120, par. 5-509)
    Sec.  509.  Tax  checkoff  explanations.   All individual
income   tax   return   forms   shall   contain   appropriate
explanations and spaces to enable the taxpayers to  designate
contributions  to  the  Child  Abuse  Prevention Fund, to the
Community Health Center Care Fund, to the  Illinois  Wildlife
Preservation  Fund  as  required  by  the  Illinois  Non-Game
Wildlife  Protection Act, to the Alzheimer's Disease Research
Fund as required by the Alzheimer's Disease Research Act,  to
the  Assistance to the Homeless Fund as required by this Act,
to the Heritage Preservation Fund as required by the Heritage
Preservation Act, to the Child Care Expansion Program Fund as
required by the Child Care Expansion Program Act, to the Ryan
White  AIDS  Victims  Assistance  Fund,  to   the   Assistive
Technology   for  Persons  with  Disabilities  Fund,  to  the
Domestic Violence Shelter and Service  Fund,  to  the  United
States  Olympians  Assistance  Fund,  to the Youth Drug Abuse
Prevention Fund, to the Persian Gulf Conflict Veterans  Fund,
to the Literacy Advancement Fund, to the Ryan White Pediatric
and  Adult  AIDS  Fund,  to  the  Illinois  Special  Olympics
Checkoff  Fund,  to  the  Penny  Severns  Breast and Cervical
Cancer Research Fund, to the Korean War Memorial Fund, to the
Heart  Disease  Treatment  and  Prevention   Fund,   to   the
Hemophilia  Treatment  Fund,  to  the  Mental Health Research
Fund, to the Children's Cancer Fund, to the American Diabetes
Association Fund, to the Women in Military  Service  Memorial
Fund,  and  to  the  Meals  on  Wheels  Fund. Each form shall
contain a statement that the contributions  will  reduce  the
taxpayer's  refund  or  increase  the  amount  of  payment to
accompany  the  return.   Failure  to  remit  any  amount  of
increased payment shall reduce the contribution accordingly.
    If, on October 1 of any year, the total contributions  to
any  one  of  the  funds made under this Section do not equal
$100,000 or more, the explanations and spaces for designating
contributions  to  the  fund  shall  be  removed   from   the
individual  income tax return forms for the following and all
subsequent years and all subsequent contributions to the fund
shall be refunded to the taxpayer.
(Source: P.A. 89-230,  eff.  1-1-96;  89-324,  eff.  8-13-95;
90-171, eff. 7-23-97; revised 10-31-98.)

    (35 ILCS 5/510) (from Ch. 120, par. 5-510)
    Sec.  510.  Determination  of  amounts  contributed.  The
Department shall determine the total  amount  contributed  to
each  of  the following: the Child Abuse Prevention Fund, the
Illinois Wildlife Preservation  Fund,  the  Community  Health
Center  Care  Fund,  the Assistance to the Homeless Fund, the
Alzheimer's Disease Research Fund, the Heritage  Preservation
Fund,  the  Child Care Expansion Program Fund, the Ryan White
AIDS Victims Assistance Fund, the  Assistive  Technology  for
Persons with Disabilities Fund, the Domestic Violence Shelter
and  Service  Fund,  the  United  States Olympians Assistance
Fund, the Youth Drug Abuse Prevention Fund, the Persian  Gulf
Conflict  Veterans  Fund,  the Literacy Advancement Fund, the
Ryan White  Pediatric  and  Adult  AIDS  Fund,  the  Illinois
Special  Olympics Checkoff Fund, the Penny Severns Breast and
Cervical Cancer Research Fund, the Korean War Memorial  Fund,
the   Heart   Disease  Treatment  and  Prevention  Fund,  the
Hemophilia Treatment Fund, the Mental Health  Research  Fund,
the   Children's   Cancer   Fund,   the   American   Diabetes
Association Fund, the  Women  in  Military  Service  Memorial
Fund,  and  the  Meals  on  Wheels Fund; and shall notify the
State Comptroller and the State Treasurer of the  amounts  to
be  transferred  from  the General Revenue Fund to each fund,
and upon receipt of such notification the State Treasurer and
Comptroller shall transfer the amounts.
(Source: P.A. 89-230,  eff.  1-1-96;  89-324,  eff.  8-13-95;
90-171, eff. 7-23-97.)

    Section  99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.

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