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90_HB2218
20 ILCS 805/63a36.1 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 Illinois River
Restoration Fund. Amends the Civil Administrative Code of
Illinois to require the Department of Natural Resources to
use moneys deposited into the Fund to investigate dedicated
sources for local soil erosion and water quality initiatives.
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1 AN ACT concerning the Illinois River, amending named
2 Acts.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is
6 amended by adding Section 63a36.1 as follows:
7 (20 ILCS 805/63a36.1 new)
8 Sec. 63a36.1. Illinois River Restoration Fund. There is
9 created the Illinois River Restoration Fund as a special fund
10 in the State Treasury. The Department shall use moneys
11 deposited into the Fund to investigate dedicated funding
12 sources to support research and to sustain and promote soil
13 erosion and water quality initiatives by local communities in
14 the Illinois River Watershed and to support research of model
15 initiatives for those communities.
16 Section 10. The State Finance Act is amended by adding
17 Section 5.449 as follows:
18 (30 ILCS 105/5.449 new)
19 Sec. 5.449. The Illinois River Restoration Fund.
20 Section 15. The Illinois Income Tax Act is amended by
21 adding Section 507R and changing Sections 509 and 510 as
22 follows:
23 (35 ILCS 5/507R new)
24 Sec. 507R. Illinois River Restoration Fund checkoff. The
25 Department shall print on its standard individual income tax
26 form a provision indicating that if the taxpayer wishes to
27 contribute to the Illinois River Restoration Fund, as
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1 authorized by this amendatory Act of 1997, he or she may do
2 so by stating the amount of the contribution (not less than
3 $1) on the return and that the contribution will reduce the
4 taxpayer's refund or increase the amount of payment to
5 accompany the return. Failure to remit any amount of
6 increased payment shall reduce the contribution accordingly.
7 This Section shall not apply to any amended return.
8 (35 ILCS 5/509) (from Ch. 120, par. 5-509)
9 Sec. 509. Tax checkoff explanations. All individual
10 income tax return forms shall contain appropriate
11 explanations and spaces to enable the taxpayers to designate
12 contributions to the Child Abuse Prevention Fund, to the
13 Community Health Center Care Fund, to the Illinois Wildlife
14 Preservation Fund as required by the Illinois Non-Game
15 Wildlife Protection Act, to the Alzheimer's Disease Research
16 Fund as required by the Alzheimer's Disease Research Act, to
17 the Assistance to the Homeless Fund as required by this Act,
18 to the Heritage Preservation Fund as required by the Heritage
19 Preservation Act, to the Child Care Expansion Program Fund as
20 required by the Child Care Expansion Program Act, to the Ryan
21 White AIDS Victims Assistance Fund, to the Assistive
22 Technology for Persons with Disabilities Fund, to the
23 Domestic Violence Shelter and Service Fund, to the United
24 States Olympians Assistance Fund, to the Youth Drug Abuse
25 Prevention Fund, to the Persian Gulf Conflict Veterans Fund,
26 to the Literacy Advancement Fund, to the Ryan White Pediatric
27 and Adult AIDS Fund, to the Illinois Special Olympics
28 Checkoff Fund, to the Breast and Cervical Cancer Research
29 Fund, to the Korean War Memorial Fund, to the Heart Disease
30 Treatment and Prevention Fund, to the Hemophilia Treatment
31 Fund, to the Women in Military Service Memorial Fund, to the
32 Illinois River Restoration Fund, and to the Meals on Wheels
33 Fund. Each form shall contain a statement that the
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1 contributions will reduce the taxpayer's refund or increase
2 the amount of payment to accompany the return. Failure to
3 remit any amount of increased payment shall reduce the
4 contribution accordingly.
5 If, on October 1 of any year, the total contributions to
6 any one of the funds made under this Section do not equal
7 $100,000 or more, the explanations and spaces for designating
8 contributions to the fund shall be removed from the
9 individual income tax return forms for the following and all
10 subsequent years and all subsequent contributions to the fund
11 shall be refunded to the taxpayer.
12 (Source: P.A. 88-85; 88-130; 88-459; 88-666, eff. 9-16-94;
13 88-670, eff. 12-2-94; 89-230, eff. 1-1-96; 89-324, eff.
14 8-13-95.)
15 (35 ILCS 5/510) (from Ch. 120, par. 5-510)
16 Sec. 510. Determination of amounts contributed. The
17 Department shall determine the total amount contributed to
18 each of the following: the Child Abuse Prevention Fund, the
19 Illinois Wildlife Preservation Fund, the Community Health
20 Center Care Fund, the Assistance to the Homeless Fund, the
21 Alzheimer's Disease Research Fund, the Heritage Preservation
22 Fund, the Child Care Expansion Program Fund, the Ryan White
23 AIDS Victims Assistance Fund, the Assistive Technology for
24 Persons with Disabilities Fund, the Domestic Violence Shelter
25 and Service Fund, the United States Olympians Assistance
26 Fund, the Youth Drug Abuse Prevention Fund, the Persian Gulf
27 Conflict Veterans Fund, the Literacy Advancement Fund, the
28 Ryan White Pediatric and Adult AIDS Fund, the Illinois
29 Special Olympics Checkoff Fund, the Breast and Cervical
30 Cancer Research Fund, the Korean War Memorial Fund, the Heart
31 Disease Treatment and Prevention Fund, the Hemophilia
32 Treatment Fund, the Women in Military Service Memorial Fund,
33 the Illinois River Restoration Fund, and the Meals on Wheels
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1 Fund; and shall notify the State Comptroller and the State
2 Treasurer of the amounts to be transferred from the General
3 Revenue Fund to each fund, and upon receipt of such
4 notification the State Treasurer and Comptroller shall
5 transfer the amounts.
6 (Source: P.A. 88-85; 88-130; 88-459; 88-666, eff. 9-16-94;
7 88-670, eff. 12-2-94; 89-230, eff. 1-1-96; 89-324, eff.
8 8-13-95.)