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 1        AN ACT in relation to taxes.

 2        Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:

 4        Section 5.  The  Department  of  Human  Services  Act  is
 5    amended by adding Section 10-23 as follows:

 6        (20 ILCS 1305/10-23 new)
 7        Sec.  10-23.   Leukemia  grants.  The Department of Human
 8    Services may make grants to  public  and  private  hospitals,
 9    medical centers, medical schools, and other organizations for
10    education on and treatment of leukemia from appropriations to
11    the  Department  from  the  Leukemia  Treatment and Education
12    Fund, a special fund created in the State Treasury.

13        Section 10.  The State Finance Act is amended  by  adding
14    Section 5.595 as follows:

15        (30 ILCS 105/5.595 new)
16        Sec. 5.595.  The Leukemia Treatment and Education  Fund.

17        Section  15.   The  Illinois Income Tax Act is amended by
18    changing Sections 509 and 510  and  adding  Section  507Y  as
19    follows:

20        (35 ILCS 5/507Y new)
21        Sec.   507Y.    The   Leukemia  Treatment  and  Education
22    checkoff.   The  Department  shall  print  on  its   standard
23    individual income tax form a provision indicating that if the
24    taxpayer  wishes  to contribute to the Leukemia Treatment and
25    Education Fund, as authorized by this amendatory Act  of  the
26    93rd  General  Assembly,  he  or she may do so be stating the
27    amount of the contribution (not less than $1) on  the  return
 
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 1    and  that  the contribution will reduce the taxpayer's refund
 2    or increase the amount of payment to  accompany  the  return.
 3    Failure to remit any amount of increased payment shall reduce
 4    the  contribution  accordingly.  This Section shall not apply
 5    to any amended return.

 6        (35 ILCS 5/509) (from Ch. 120, par. 5-509)
 7        Sec. 509.  Tax  checkoff  explanations.   All  individual
 8    income   tax   return   forms   shall   contain   appropriate
 9    explanations  and spaces to enable the taxpayers to designate
10    contributions to  the  following  funds:    the  Child  Abuse
11    Prevention  Fund,  to the Illinois Wildlife Preservation Fund
12    (as required by the  Illinois  Non-Game  Wildlife  Protection
13    Act),  to  the Alzheimer's Disease Research Fund (as required
14    by the Alzheimer's Disease Research Act), to  the  Assistance
15    to  the Homeless Fund (as required by this Act), to the Penny
16    Severns Breast and Cervical  Cancer  Research  Fund,  to  the
17    National  World  War II Memorial Fund, to the Prostate Cancer
18    Research Fund, the Multiple Sclerosis  Assistance  Fund,  the
19    Leukemia  Treatment and Education Fund, and to the Korean War
20    Veterans National Museum and Library Fund.
21        Each  form   shall   contain   a   statement   that   the
22    contributions  will  reduce the taxpayer's refund or increase
23    the amount of payment to accompany the return.    Failure  to
24    remit  any  amount  of  increased  payment  shall  reduce the
25    contribution accordingly.
26        If, on October 1 of any year, the total contributions  to
27    any  one  of  the  funds made under this Section do not equal
28    $100,000 or more, the explanations and spaces for designating
29    contributions  to  the  fund  shall  be  removed   from   the
30    individual  income tax return forms for the following and all
31    subsequent years and all subsequent contributions to the fund
32    shall be refunded to the taxpayer.
33    (Source: P.A. 91-104, eff.  7-13-99;  91-107,  eff.  7-13-99;
 
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 1    91-357,  eff.  7-29-99;  91-833,  eff.  1-1-01;  91-836, eff.
 2    1-1-01; 92-84, eff. 7-1-02; 92-198, eff. 8-1-01; 92-651, eff.
 3    7-11-02; 92-772, eff. 8-6-02; revised 1-2-03.)

 4        (35 ILCS 5/510) (from Ch. 120, par. 5-510)
 5        Sec. 510.  Determination  of  amounts  contributed.   The
 6    Department  shall  determine  the total amount contributed to
 7    each of the following: the Child Abuse Prevention  Fund,  the
 8    Illinois  Wildlife  Preservation  Fund, the Assistance to the
 9    Homeless Fund, the Alzheimer's  Disease  Research  Fund,  the
10    Penny  Severns  Breast and Cervical Cancer Research Fund, the
11    National World War II  Memorial  Fund,  the  Prostate  Cancer
12    Research  Fund,  the  Multiple Sclerosis Assistance Fund, the
13    Leukemia Treatment and Education Fund,  and  the  Korean  War
14    Veterans  National  Museum and Library Fund; and shall notify
15    the State Comptroller and the State Treasurer of the  amounts
16    to be transferred from the General Revenue Fund to each fund,
17    and upon receipt of such notification the State Treasurer and
18    Comptroller shall transfer the amounts.
19    (Source: P.A.  91-104,  eff.  7-13-99;  91-107, eff. 7-13-99;
20    91-833, eff. 1-1-01; 91-836, eff. 1-1-01; 92-84, eff. 7-1-02;
21    92-198, eff.  8-1-01;  92-651,  eff.  7-11-02;  92-772,  eff.
22    8-6-02.)

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