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90_HB1014

      20 ILCS 2405/12b new
      30 ILCS 105/5.449 new
      35 ILCS 5/507R new
      35 ILCS 5/509             from Ch. 120, par. 5-509
      35 ILCS 5/510             from Ch. 120, par. 5-510
          Amends the State Finance Act and the Illinois Income  Tax
      Act.   Creates  a  tax  checkoff  for the Network Centers for
      Independent  Living  Fund.   Amends   the   Disabled   Person
      Rehabilitation  Act.   Requires  the Department to use moneys
      deposited in the Network Centers for Independent Living  Fund
      to  support  centers for independent living that are eligible
      to  receive  funds  under  Title  VII  of  the  federal  1973
      Rehabilitation Act.  Requires  the  centers  to  comply  with
      certain  standards  and  to  provide certain assurances to be
      eligible to receive moneys from the Fund.
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 1        AN ACT concerning centers for independent living.
 2        Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:
 4        Section  5.   The  Disabled  Person Rehabilitation Act is
 5    amended by adding Section 12b as follows:
 6        (20 ILCS 2405/12b new)
 7        Sec. 12b.  Network Centers for Independent  Living  Fund.
 8    There  is  hereby created the Network Centers for Independent
 9    Living Fund, a special  fund  in  the  State  Treasury.   The
10    Department  shall  use  moneys  deposited  into  the  Fund to
11    support centers for independent living that are  eligible  to
12    receive   funds   under   Title   VII  of  the  federal  1973
13    Rehabilitation Act. Centers that receive moneys  for  support
14    under  this  Section  shall  comply  with  the  standards and
15    provide and comply with the assurances that are set forth  in
16    the  State  plan established under Section 12a and consistent
17    with Section 725 of the federal 1973 Rehabilitation  Act.  If
18    the  Director  makes  a finding that a center for independent
19    living has failed to comply with the standards and assurances
20    set forth in the State plan or in Section 725 of the  federal
21    1973  Rehabilitation  Act,  then  that  center  shall  not be
22    eligible to receive  moneys  from  the  Network  Centers  for
23    Independent Living Fund.
24        Section  10.   The State Finance Act is amended by adding
25    Section 5.449 as follows:
26        (30 ILCS 105/5.449 new)
27        Sec. 5.449.  The Network Centers for  Independent  Living
28    Fund.
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 1        Section  15.   The  Illinois Income Tax Act is amended by
 2    adding Section 507R and changing  Sections  509  and  510  as
 3    follows:
 4        (35 ILCS 5/507R new)
 5        Sec.  507R.  Network  Centers for Independent Living Fund
 6    checkoff.  The  Department  shall  print  on   its   standard
 7    individual income tax form a provision indicating that if the
 8    taxpayer  wishes  to  contribute  to  the Network Centers for
 9    Independent Living Fund, as authorized by this amendatory Act
10    of 1997, he or she may do so by stating  the  amount  of  the
11    contribution  (not  less  than $1) on the return and that the
12    contribution will reduce the taxpayer's  refund  or  increase
13    the  amount  of  payment  to accompany the return. Failure to
14    remit any  amount  of  increased  payment  shall  reduce  the
15    contribution accordingly. This Section shall not apply to any
16    amended return.
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  Child  Abuse  Prevention Fund, to the
22    Community Health Center Care Fund, to the  Illinois  Wildlife
23    Preservation  Fund  as  required  by  the  Illinois  Non-Game
24    Wildlife  Protection Act, to the Alzheimer's Disease Research
25    Fund as required by the Alzheimer's Disease Research Act,  to
26    the  Assistance to the Homeless Fund as required by this Act,
27    to the Heritage Preservation Fund as required by the Heritage
28    Preservation Act, to the Child Care Expansion Program Fund as
29    required by the Child Care Expansion Program Act, to the Ryan
30    White  AIDS  Victims  Assistance  Fund,  to   the   Assistive
31    Technology   for  Persons  with  Disabilities  Fund,  to  the
32    Domestic Violence Shelter and Service  Fund,  to  the  United
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 1    States  Olympians  Assistance  Fund,  to the Youth Drug Abuse
 2    Prevention Fund, to the Persian Gulf Conflict Veterans  Fund,
 3    to the Literacy Advancement Fund, to the Ryan White Pediatric
 4    and  Adult  AIDS  Fund,  to  the  Illinois  Special  Olympics
 5    Checkoff  Fund,  to  the  Breast and Cervical Cancer Research
 6    Fund, to the Korean War Memorial Fund, to the  Heart  Disease
 7    Treatment  and  Prevention  Fund, to the Hemophilia Treatment
 8    Fund, to the Women in Military Service Memorial Fund, to  the
 9    Network Centers for Independent Living Fund, and to the Meals
10    on  Wheels Fund. Each form shall contain a statement that the
11    contributions will reduce the taxpayer's refund  or  increase
12    the  amount  of  payment to accompany the return.  Failure to
13    remit any  amount  of  increased  payment  shall  reduce  the
14    contribution accordingly.
15        If,  on October 1 of any year, the total contributions to
16    any one of the funds made under this  Section  do  not  equal
17    $100,000 or more, the explanations and spaces for designating
18    contributions   to   the  fund  shall  be  removed  from  the
19    individual income tax return forms for the following and  all
20    subsequent years and all subsequent contributions to the fund
21    shall be refunded to the taxpayer.
22    (Source: P.A.  88-85;  88-130;  88-459; 88-666, eff. 9-16-94;
23    88-670, eff.  12-2-94;  89-230,  eff.  1-1-96;  89-324,  eff.
24    8-13-95.)
25        (35 ILCS 5/510) (from Ch. 120, par. 5-510)
26        Sec.  510.  Determination  of  amounts  contributed.  The
27    Department shall determine the total  amount  contributed  to
28    each  of  the following: the Child Abuse Prevention Fund, the
29    Illinois Wildlife Preservation  Fund,  the  Community  Health
30    Center  Care  Fund,  the Assistance to the Homeless Fund, the
31    Alzheimer's Disease Research Fund, the Heritage  Preservation
32    Fund,  the  Child Care Expansion Program Fund, the Ryan White
33    AIDS Victims Assistance Fund, the  Assistive  Technology  for
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 1    Persons with Disabilities Fund, the Domestic Violence Shelter
 2    and  Service  Fund,  the  United  States Olympians Assistance
 3    Fund, the Youth Drug Abuse Prevention Fund, the Persian  Gulf
 4    Conflict  Veterans  Fund,  the Literacy Advancement Fund, the
 5    Ryan White  Pediatric  and  Adult  AIDS  Fund,  the  Illinois
 6    Special  Olympics  Checkoff  Fund,  the  Breast  and Cervical
 7    Cancer Research Fund, the Korean War Memorial Fund, the Heart
 8    Disease  Treatment  and  Prevention  Fund,   the   Hemophilia
 9    Treatment  Fund, the Women in Military Service Memorial Fund,
10    the Network Centers for  Independent  Living  Fund,  and  the
11    Meals  on Wheels Fund; and shall notify the State Comptroller
12    and the State Treasurer of the amounts to be transferred from
13    the General Revenue Fund to each fund, and  upon  receipt  of
14    such  notification  the State Treasurer and Comptroller shall
15    transfer the amounts.
16    (Source: P.A. 88-85; 88-130; 88-459;  88-666,  eff.  9-16-94;
17    88-670,  eff.  12-2-94;  89-230,  eff.  1-1-96;  89-324, eff.
18    8-13-95.)

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