Public Act 096-1424
 
SB3702 EnrolledLRB096 20382 HLH 36024 b

    AN ACT concerning State government.
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
 
    Section 5. The State Finance Act is amended by adding
Sections 5.777, 5.778, 5.779, 6z-76, 6z-82, and 6z-83 as
follows:
 
    (30 ILCS 105/5.777 new)
    Sec. 5.777. The Illinois Route 66 Fund.
 
    (30 ILCS 105/5.778 new)
    Sec. 5.778. The Habitat for Humanity Fund.
 
    (30 ILCS 105/5.779 new)
    Sec. 5.779. The Disabled Veterans Property Tax Relief Fund.
 
    (30 ILCS 105/6z-76 new)
    Sec. 6z-76. Illinois Route 66 Fund. The Illinois Route 66
Fund is created as a special fund in the State treasury.
Subject to appropriation, the Fund shall be used by the
Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity to make grants
to not-for-profit corporations that have a statewide impact on
Illinois Route 66 and that maintain, improve, or repair
Historic Route 66 in Illinois. Grant moneys may be used for
tourism promotion, matching grant funds, project development
and implementation, grants to units of local government, and
rehabilitation of historic structures.
 
    (30 ILCS 105/6z-82 new)
    Sec. 6z-82. The Habitat for Humanity Fund; creation. The
Habitat for Humanity Fund is created as a special fund in the
State treasury. Moneys in the Fund shall be appropriated to the
Department of Human Services for the purpose of making grants
to Habitat for Humanity of Illinois, Inc., for the purpose of
supporting Habitat for Humanity projects in Illinois.
 
    (30 ILCS 105/6z-83 new)
    Sec. 6z-83. The Disabled Veterans Property Tax Relief Fund;
creation. The Disabled Veterans Property Tax Relief Fund is
created as a special fund in the State treasury. Subject to
appropriation, moneys in the Fund shall be used by the
Department of Veterans' Affairs for the purpose of providing
property tax relief to disabled veterans. The Department of
Veterans' Affairs may adopt rules to implement this Section.
 
    Section 10. The Illinois Income Tax Act is amended by
adding Sections 507UU, 507VV, 507WW, and 507XX as follows:
 
    (35 ILCS 5/507UU new)
    Sec. 507UU. The Illinois Route 66 checkoff. For taxable
years ending on or after December 31, 2010, the Department
shall print, on its standard individual income tax form, a
provision indicating that, if the taxpayer wishes to contribute
to the Illinois Route 66 Fund, as authorized by this amendatory
Act of the 96th General Assembly, then he or she may do so by
stating the amount of the contribution (not less than $1) on
the return and indicating that the contribution will reduce the
taxpayer's refund or increase the amount of payment to
accompany the return. The taxpayer's failure to remit any
amount of the increased payment reduces the contribution
accordingly. This Section does not apply to any amended return.
 
    (35 ILCS 5/507VV new)
    Sec. 507VV. Habitat for Humanity Fund checkoff. For taxable
years ending on or after December 31, 2010, the Department
shall print on its standard individual income tax form a
provision indicating that if the taxpayer wishes to contribute
to the Habitat for Humanity Fund as authorized by this
amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly, 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.
 
    (35 ILCS 5/507WW new)
    Sec. 507WW. The State parks checkoff. For taxable years
ending on or after December 31, 2010, the Department shall
print, on its standard individual income tax form, a provision
indicating that, if the taxpayer wishes to contribute to the
State Parks Fund, as authorized by this amendatory Act of the
96th General Assembly, then he or she may do so by stating the
amount of the contribution (not less than $1) on the return and
indicating that the contribution will reduce the taxpayer's
refund or increase the amount of payment to accompany the
return. The taxpayer's failure to remit any amount of the
increased payment reduces the contribution accordingly. This
Section does not apply to any amended return.
 
    (35 ILCS 5/507XX new)
    Sec. 507XX. The disabled veterans property tax relief
checkoff. For taxable years ending on or after December 31,
2010, the Department shall print, on its standard individual
income tax form, a provision indicating that, if the taxpayer
wishes to contribute to the Disabled Veterans Property Tax
Relief Fund, as authorized by this amendatory Act of the 96th
General Assembly, then he or she may do so by stating the
amount of the contribution (not less than $1) on the return and
indicating that the contribution will reduce the taxpayer's
refund or increase the amount of payment to accompany the
return. The taxpayer's failure to remit any amount of the
increased payment reduces the contribution accordingly. This
Section does not apply to any amended return.
 
    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.