Full Text of HB0395 94th General Assembly
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| AN ACT concerning public health.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Department of Public Health Powers and | 5 |
| Duties Law of the
Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is | 6 |
| amended by adding Section 2310-612 as follows: | 7 |
| (20 ILCS 2310/2310-612 new) | 8 |
| Sec. 2310-612. Blindness prevention grants. | 9 |
| (a) From funds appropriated from the Blindness Prevention | 10 |
| Fund, a special fund created in the State treasury, the | 11 |
| Department must make grants to charitable or educational | 12 |
| entities in Illinois for the purpose of funding (i) public | 13 |
| education on the importance of eye care and the prevention of | 14 |
| blindness and (ii) the provision of eye care to children, | 15 |
| senior citizens, and other needy individuals whose needs are | 16 |
| not covered by any other source of funds. | 17 |
| (b) Grants under this Section must be awarded on both a | 18 |
| statewide and regional basis, taking into consideration each | 19 |
| region's contributions to the Fund. At least 25% of the grants | 20 |
| must be made to regional grantees. | 21 |
| (c) A grant under this Section shall be made for a period | 22 |
| of one year and, subject to the availability of funds, may be | 23 |
| renewed by the Department. | 24 |
| (d) The Department must create an advisory committee to | 25 |
| make recommendations to the Department concerning grant | 26 |
| proposals. The advisory committee shall consist of one | 27 |
| representative from the Illinois Society for the Prevention of | 28 |
| Blindness, one licensed doctor of optometry, one member of the | 29 |
| Gateway Lions & Partners, one optometric educator from a school | 30 |
| of optometry located within Illinois, and one member from the | 31 |
| general public. Members of the advisory committee may not | 32 |
| receive compensation or reimbursement for their services. |
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| Members of the committee must recuse themselves from | 2 |
| consideration of any grant proposals submitted by any entity | 3 |
| from which they were appointed. | 4 |
| (e) The Department must adopt any rules necessary to | 5 |
| implement and administer this Section, including, without | 6 |
| limitation, a methodology for determining regions of the State.
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| Section 10. The State Finance Act is amended by adding | 8 |
| Section
5.640 as follows:
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| (30 ILCS 105/5.640 new)
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| Sec. 5.640. The Blindness Prevention Fund.
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| Section 15. The Illinois Income Tax Act is amended by | 12 |
| adding Section 507EE and amending Sections 509 and 510 as | 13 |
| follows: | 14 |
| (35 ILCS 5/507EE new) | 15 |
| Sec. 507EE. Blindness Prevention Fund checkoff. For | 16 |
| taxable years ending on or after December 31, 2005, the | 17 |
| Department
shall print on its standard individual income tax | 18 |
| form a provision indicating
that if the taxpayer wishes to | 19 |
| contribute to the Blindness Prevention Fund, as authorized by | 20 |
| this amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly, he or she may | 21 |
| do so by
stating the amount of the contribution (not less than | 22 |
| $1) on the return and
that the contribution will reduce the | 23 |
| taxpayer's refund or increase the amount
of payment to | 24 |
| accompany the return. Failure to remit any amount of increased
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| payment shall reduce the contribution accordingly. This | 26 |
| Section shall not
apply to any amended return. | 27 |
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| (35 ILCS 5/509) (from Ch. 120, par. 5-509)
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| Sec. 509. Tax checkoff explanations. All individual income | 30 |
| tax return forms
shall contain appropriate explanations and | 31 |
| spaces to enable the taxpayers to
designate contributions to |
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| the following funds:
the Child Abuse Prevention Fund,
the | 2 |
| Illinois Wildlife Preservation Fund (as required by the | 3 |
| Illinois
Non-Game Wildlife Protection Act),
the Alzheimer's | 4 |
| Disease Research Fund (as required by the Alzheimer's
Disease | 5 |
| Research Act),
the Assistance to the Homeless Fund (as required | 6 |
| by this Act),
the Penny Severns Breast and Cervical Cancer | 7 |
| Research Fund,
the National World War II Memorial Fund,
the | 8 |
| Prostate Cancer Research Fund,
the Lou Gehrig's Disease (ALS) | 9 |
| Research Fund,
the Multiple Sclerosis Assistance Fund,
the | 10 |
| Leukemia Treatment and Education Fund,
the World War II | 11 |
| Illinois Veterans Memorial Fund,
the Korean War Veterans | 12 |
| National Museum and Library Fund,
the Illinois Military Family | 13 |
| Relief Fund,
the Blindness Prevention Fund, the Illinois | 14 |
| Veterans' Homes Fund, and the Asthma and Lung Research Fund.
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| Each form shall contain a statement that the contributions | 16 |
| will reduce the
taxpayer's refund or increase the amount of | 17 |
| payment to accompany the return.
Failure to remit any amount of | 18 |
| increased payment shall reduce the contribution
accordingly.
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| If, on October 1 of any year, the total contributions to | 20 |
| any one of the
funds made under this Section do not equal | 21 |
| $100,000 or more, the explanations
and spaces for designating | 22 |
| contributions to the fund shall be removed from the
individual | 23 |
| income tax return forms for the following and all subsequent | 24 |
| years
and all subsequent contributions to the fund shall be | 25 |
| refunded to the taxpayer.
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| (Source: P.A. 92-84, eff. 7-1-02; 92-198, eff. 8-1-01; 92-651, | 27 |
| eff. 7-11-02; 92-772, eff. 8-6-02; 92-886, eff. 2-7-03; 93-36, | 28 |
| eff. 6-24-03; 93-131, eff. 7-10-03; 93-292, eff. 7-22-03; | 29 |
| 93-324, eff. 7-23-03; 93-776, eff. 7-21-04.)
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| (35 ILCS 5/510) (from Ch. 120, par. 5-510)
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| Sec. 510. Determination of amounts contributed. The | 32 |
| Department shall
determine the total amount contributed to each | 33 |
| of the following:
the Child Abuse Prevention Fund,
the Illinois | 34 |
| Wildlife Preservation Fund,
the Assistance to the Homeless | 35 |
| Fund,
the Alzheimer's Disease Research Fund,
the Penny Severns |
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| Breast and Cervical Cancer Research Fund,
the National World | 2 |
| War II Memorial Fund,
the Prostate Cancer Research Fund,
the | 3 |
| Illinois Military Family Relief Fund,
the Lou Gehrig's Disease | 4 |
| (ALS) Research Fund,
the Multiple Sclerosis Assistance Fund,
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| the Leukemia Treatment and Education Fund,
the World War II | 6 |
| Illinois Veterans Memorial Fund,
the Korean War Veterans | 7 |
| National Museum and Library Fund, the Illinois Veterans' Homes | 8 |
| Fund, the Blindness Prevention Fund, and
the Asthma and Lung | 9 |
| Research Fund;
and shall notify the State Comptroller and the | 10 |
| State Treasurer of the amounts
to be transferred from the | 11 |
| General Revenue Fund to each fund, and upon receipt
of such | 12 |
| notification the State Treasurer and Comptroller shall | 13 |
| transfer the
amounts.
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| (Source: P.A. 92-84, eff. 7-1-02; 92-198, eff. 8-1-01; 92-651, | 15 |
| eff. 7-11-02; 92-772, eff. 8-6-02; 92-886, eff. 2-7-03; 93-36, | 16 |
| eff. 6-24-03; 93-131, eff. 7-10-03; 93-292, eff. 7-22-03; | 17 |
| 93-324, eff. 7-23-03; 93-776, eff. 7-21-04.)
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 19 |
| becoming law.
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