SB1490ham001 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Revenue & Finance Committee

Filed: 4/30/2009

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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1490

AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1490 by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the following:

"Section 5. The Department of Human Services Act is amended by adding Section 10-6 as follows:

(20 ILCS 1305/10-6 new)

Sec. 10-6. The Crisis Nursery Fund. The Crisis Nursery Fund is created as a special fund in the State treasury. From appropriations to the Department from the Fund, the Department shall make grants, in equal amounts, to crisis nurseries located in Illinois. For the purposes of this Section, a "crisis nursery" is an organization licensed by the Department that operates on a continuous basis and provides immediate crisis child care, respite care, parent support, and parent education groups. A child care center does not qualify as a crisis nursery under this Section.

Section 10. The State Finance Act is amended by adding Section 5.723 as follows:

(30 ILCS 105/5.723 new)

Sec. 5.723. The Crisis Nursery Fund.

Section 15. The Illinois Income Tax Act is amended by adding Section 507SS as follows:

(35 ILCS 5/507SS new)

Sec. 507SS. The crisis nursery checkoff. For taxable years ending on or after December 31, 2009, the Department shall print, on its standard individual income tax form, a provision indicating that, if the taxpayer wishes to contribute to the Crisis Nursery 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.".