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1 AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 865
2 AMENDMENT NO. . Amend House Bill 865 by replacing
3 everything after the enacting clause with the following:
4 "Section 5. The Department of Veterans Affairs Act is
5 amended by adding Section 2e as follows:
6 (20 ILCS 2805/2e new)
7 Sec. 2e. The World War II Illinois Veterans Memorial
8 Fund. There is created in the State treasury the World War
9 II Illinois Veterans Memorial Fund. The Department must make
10 grants from the Fund for the construction of a World War II
11 Illinois Veterans Memorial in Springfield, Illinois.
12 Section 10. The Illinois Income Tax Act is amended by
13 changing Sections 509 and 510 and by adding Section 507Z as
14 follows:
15 (35 ILCS 5/507Z new)
16 Sec. 507Z. World War II Illinois Veterans Memorial Fund
17 checkoff. Beginning with taxable years ending on or after
18 December 31, 2003, the Department shall print on its standard
19 individual income tax form a provision indicating that if the
20 taxpayer wishes to contribute to the World War II Illinois
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1 Veterans Memorial Fund, as authorized by this amendatory Act
2 of the 93rd General Assembly, he or she may do so by stating
3 the amount of the contribution (not less than $1) on the
4 return and that the contribution will reduce the taxpayer's
5 refund or increase the amount of payment to accompany the
6 return. Failure to remit any amount of increased payment
7 shall reduce the contribution accordingly. This Section
8 shall not apply to any amended return.
9 The Department shall clearly state in its instructions to
10 taxpayers and shall make it clear on the tax return form
11 itself that money donated to the World War II Illinois
12 Veterans Memorial Fund will go to fund a World War II
13 memorial to Illinois Veterans located in Springfield,
14 Illinois and will not go to the World War II Memorial Fund
15 created to fund a national World War II memorial in
16 Washington, D.C.
17 (35 ILCS 5/509) (from Ch. 120, par. 5-509)
18 Sec. 509. Tax checkoff explanations. All individual
19 income tax return forms shall contain appropriate
20 explanations and spaces to enable the taxpayers to designate
21 contributions to the following funds: the Child Abuse
22 Prevention Fund, to the Illinois Wildlife Preservation Fund
23 (as required by the Illinois Non-Game Wildlife Protection
24 Act), to the Alzheimer's Disease Research Fund (as required
25 by the Alzheimer's Disease Research Act), to the Assistance
26 to the Homeless Fund (as required by this Act), to the Penny
27 Severns Breast and Cervical Cancer Research Fund, to the
28 National World War II Memorial Fund, to the Prostate Cancer
29 Research Fund, the Multiple Sclerosis Assistance Fund, the
30 World War II Illinois Veterans Memorial Fund, and to the
31 Korean War Veterans National Museum and Library Fund.
32 Each form shall contain a statement that the
33 contributions will reduce the taxpayer's refund or increase
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1 the amount of payment to accompany the return. Failure to
2 remit any amount of increased payment shall reduce the
3 contribution accordingly.
4 If, on October 1 of any year, the total contributions to
5 any one of the funds made under this Section do not equal
6 $100,000 or more, the explanations and spaces for designating
7 contributions to the fund shall be removed from the
8 individual income tax return forms for the following and all
9 subsequent years and all subsequent contributions to the fund
10 shall be refunded to the taxpayer.
11 (Source: P.A. 91-104, eff. 7-13-99; 91-107, eff. 7-13-99;
12 91-357, eff. 7-29-99; 91-833, eff. 1-1-01; 91-836, eff.
13 1-1-01; 92-84, eff. 7-1-02; 92-198, eff. 8-1-01; 92-651, eff.
14 7-11-02; 92-772, eff. 8-6-02; revised 1-2-03.)
15 (35 ILCS 5/510) (from Ch. 120, par. 5-510)
16 Sec. 510. Determination of amounts contributed. The
17 Department shall determine the total amount contributed to
18 each of the following: the Child Abuse Prevention Fund, the
19 Illinois Wildlife Preservation Fund, the Assistance to the
20 Homeless Fund, the Alzheimer's Disease Research Fund, the
21 Penny Severns Breast and Cervical Cancer Research Fund, the
22 National World War II Memorial Fund, the Prostate Cancer
23 Research Fund, the Multiple Sclerosis Assistance Fund, the
24 World War II Illinois Veterans Memorial Fund, and the Korean
25 War Veterans National Museum and Library Fund; and shall
26 notify the State Comptroller and the State Treasurer of the
27 amounts to be transferred from the General Revenue Fund to
28 each fund, and upon receipt of such notification the State
29 Treasurer and Comptroller shall transfer the amounts.
30 (Source: P.A. 91-104, eff. 7-13-99; 91-107, eff. 7-13-99;
31 91-833, eff. 1-1-01; 91-836, eff. 1-1-01; 92-84, eff. 7-1-02;
32 92-198, eff. 8-1-01; 92-651, eff. 7-11-02; 92-772, eff.
33 8-6-02.)
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1 Section 15. The State Finance Act is amended by adding
2 Section 5.595 as follows:
3 (30 ILCS 105/5.595 new)
4 Sec. 5.595. The World War II Illinois Veterans Memorial
5 Fund.
6 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
7 becoming law.".