Rep. William B. Black
Filed: 3/10/2009
 
 

 




 

 		












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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2734 





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    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 2734 by replacing 
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everything after the enacting clause with the following:

 
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    "Section 5. The State Finance Act is amended  by adding 
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Sections 5.719 and 6z-76 as follows:
 
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    (30 ILCS 105/5.719  new)
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    Sec. 5.719. The State Parks and Historic Sites Income Tax 
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Checkoff Fund.
 
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    (30 ILCS 105/6z-76  new)
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    Sec. 6z-76. The State Parks and Historic Sites Income Tax 
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Checkoff Fund; creation.
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    (a) The State Parks and Historic Sties Income Tax Checkoff 
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Fund is created as a special fund in the State treasury. Moneys 
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in the Fund shall be appropriated as follows:  two-thirds shall 
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be appropriated to the Illinois Department of Natural Resources 
 


 






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and one-third shall be appropriated to the Illinois Historic 
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Preservation Agency.  Moneys shall be used for the upkeep and 
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maintenance of State parks and historic sites.
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    (b) Moneys received for the purposes of this Section, 
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including, without limitation, appropriations, gifts, 
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donations, grants, and awards from any public or private entity 
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must be deposited into the Fund. Any interest earned on moneys 
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in the Fund must be deposited into the Fund. 
 
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    Section 10. The Illinois Income Tax Act is amended  by 
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adding Section 507SS as follows:
 
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    (35 ILCS 5/507SS  new)
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    Sec. 507SS. State parks and historic sites checkoff.  For 
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taxable years ending on or after December 31, 2009, the 
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Department shall print, on its standard individual income tax 
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form, a provision indicating that, if the taxpayer wishes to 
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contribute to the State Parks and Historic Sites Income Tax 
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Checkoff Fund, as authorized by this amendatory Act of the 96th 
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General Assembly, then he or she may do so by stating the 
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amount of the contribution (not less than $1) on the return and 
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indicating that the contribution will reduce the taxpayer's 
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refund or increase the amount of payment to accompany the 
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return. The taxpayer's failure to remit any amount of the 
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increased payment reduces the contribution accordingly. This 
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Section does not apply to any amended return.
 

 


 






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