Rep. Al Riley
Filed: 5/23/2017
 
 

 

 

 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 886 




2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 886 by replacing 
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:

 
4    "Section 5. The Illinois Income Tax Act is amended by 
5changing Section 509 as follows:
 


6    (35 ILCS 5/509)  (from Ch. 120, par. 5-509)



7    Sec. 509. Tax checkoff explanations. 

8    (a) All individual income tax return forms
shall contain 
9appropriate explanations and
and spaces to enable the taxpayers 
10to
designate contributions to the  funds to which contributions 
11may be made under this Article 5.
12    (b) Each form shall contain a statement that the 
13contributions will reduce the
taxpayer's refund or increase the 
14amount of payment to accompany the return.
Failure to remit any 
15amount of increased payment shall reduce the contribution

16accordingly.

 
 
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1    (c) If, on October 1 of any year, the total contributions 
2to any one of the
funds made under this Article 5 do not equal 
3$100,000 or more, the explanations
and spaces for designating 
4contributions to the fund shall be removed from the
individual 
5income tax return forms for the following and all subsequent 
6years
and all subsequent contributions to the fund shall be 
7refunded to the taxpayer. This contribution requirement does 
8not apply to the Diabetes Research Checkoff Fund checkoff 
9contained in Section 507GG of this Act.

10    (d)  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
11Department shall include the Hunger Relief Fund checkoff 
12established under Section 507SS on the individual income tax 
13form for the taxable year beginning on January 1, 2012.  If, on 
14October 1, 2013, or on October 1 of any subsequent year, the 
15total contributions to the Hunger Relief Fund checkoff do not 
16equal $100,000 or more, the explanations
and spaces for 
17designating contributions to the fund shall be removed from the

18individual income tax return forms for the following and all 
19subsequent years
and all subsequent contributions to the fund 
20shall be refunded to the taxpayer. 
21(Source: P.A. 96-328, eff. 8-11-09; 97-1117, eff. 8-27-12.)".