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90_HB1476

      35 ILCS 5/211 new
          Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act to  create  an  income
      tax  credit  for  individuals  in  an amount equal to the sum
      expended by the taxpayer for job  training  if  the  taxpayer
      lost  his or her job and was unable to obtain other full-time
      employment. Sunsets the  credit  after  10  years.  Effective
      immediately.
                                                     LRB9004479KDsb
                                               LRB9004479KDsb
 1        AN  ACT  to  amend  the Illinois Income Tax Act by adding
 2    Section 211.
 3        Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
 4    represented in the General Assembly:
 5        Section  5.  The  Illinois  Income  Tax Act is amended by
 6    adding Section 211 as follows:
 7        (35 ILCS 5/211 new)
 8        Sec. 211.  Displaced  worker  job  training  tax  credit.
 9    Beginning with tax years ending on or after December 31, 1997
10    and  ending  with  tax years ending on or before December 31,
11    2006, every individual is entitled to a  credit  against  the
12    tax  imposed  by  this  Act  in  an  amount  equal to the sum
13    expended during the taxable year  by  the  taxpayer  for  job
14    training  or  retraining  if  the  taxpayer  (i)  has lost or
15    resigned from his or her job due to the closing or moving  of
16    the  facility  at  which he or she was employed or due to the
17    abolishing of the position or shift at the facility in  which
18    the  taxpayer  was  employed  and (ii) did not obtain another
19    full-time job during the taxable year at which  the  taxpayer
20    was employed for more than 20 hours a week.
21        Section  99.  Effective  date. This Act takes effect upon
22    becoming law.

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