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90_SB0083enr

      20 ILCS 2310/55.85 new
      20 ILCS 2310/55.86 new
      30 ILCS 105/5.449 new
      30 ILCS 105/5.433 new
      35 ILCS 5/507Q new
      35 ILCS 5/507S new
      35 ILCS 5/509             from Ch. 120, par. 5-509
      35 ILCS 5/510             from Ch. 120, par. 5-510
          Amends  the  Illinois  Income  Tax  Act  to  create   tax
      checkoffs  for  the  Mental  Health  Research  Fund  and  the
      Children's  Cancer  Fund.   Amends  the  State Finance Act to
      create the Mental Health Research  Fund  and  the  Children's
      Cancer  Fund.    Amends  the  Civil  Administrative  Code  of
      Illinois  to  direct the Department of Human Services to make
      grants to organizations in Illinois for  research  of  mental
      illness and cancer in children.
                                                     SRS90S0009NCsa
SB83 Enrolled                                  SRS90S0009NCsa
 1        AN ACT concerning income tax checkoffs.
 2        Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:
 4        Section 3.  The  Department  of  Human  Services  Act  is
 5    amended by adding Section 10-12 as follows:
 6        (20 ILCS 1305/10-12 new)
 7        Sec. 10-12.  Grants to the American Diabetes Association.
 8    The  Department  of  Human  Services shall make grants to the
 9    American Diabetes Association for research on  diabetes  from
10    appropriations  to  the Department from the American Diabetes
11    Fund, a special fund created in the State Treasury.
12        Section 5. The Civil Administrative Code of  Illinois  is
13    amended by adding Sections 55.85 and 55.86 as follows:
14        (20 ILCS 2310/55.85 new)
15        Sec. 55.85.  Grants from the Mental Health Research Fund.
16    From funds appropriated from the Mental Health Research Fund,
17    the  Department  of  Human  Services  shall  award  grants to
18    organizations in Illinois, for the  purpose  of  research  of
19    mental illness.
20        (20 ILCS 2310/55.86 new)
21        Sec.  55.86.  Children's  Cancer Fund; grants. From funds
22    appropriated from the Children's Cancer Fund, a special  fund
23    created  in  the  State  treasury,  the  Department  of Human
24    Services shall make grants to public or private  entities  in
25    Illinois,  including the Mitchell Ross Children's Cancer Fund
26    and the Cancer Wellness Center, for the purposes  of  funding
27    (i) research into causes, prevention, and treatment of cancer
28    in   children  and  (ii)  direct  community-based  supportive
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 1    services  and  programs  that  address   the   psychological,
 2    emotional, and social needs of children with cancer and their
 3    family members.
 4        Section  10.   The State Finance Act is amended by adding
 5    Sections 5.449, 5.450, and 5.451 as follows:
 6        (30 ILCS 105/5.449 new)
 7        Sec. 5.449.  The Mental Health Research Fund.
 8        (30 ILCS 105/5.450 new)
 9        Sec. 5.450.  The Children's Cancer Fund.
10        (30 ILCS 105/5.451 new)
11        Sec. 5.451.  The American Diabetes Association Fund.
12        Section 15.  The Illinois Income Tax Act  is  amended  by
13    changing Sections 509 and 510 and adding Sections 507R, 507S,
14    and 507T as follows:
15        (35 ILCS 5/507R new)
16        Sec.  507R.   Mental  Health Research Fund checkoff.  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 Mental Health Research Fund, as  authorized
20    by  this  amendatory  Act  of  1997,  he  or she may do so by
21    stating the amount of the contribution (not less than $1)  on
22    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
25    increased payment shall reduce the contribution  accordingly.
26    This Section shall not apply to any amended return.
27        (35 ILCS 5/507S new)
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 1        Sec.   507S.   Children's   Cancer   Fund  checkoff.  The
 2    Department shall print on its standard individual income  tax
 3    form  a  provision  indicating that if the taxpayer wishes to
 4    contribute to the Children's Cancer Fund,  as  authorized  by
 5    this  amendatory  Act of 1997, he or she may do so by stating
 6    the amount of the contribution (not  less  than  $1)  on  the
 7    return  and  that the contribution will reduce the taxpayer's
 8    refund or increase the amount of  payment  to  accompany  the
 9    return.  Failure  to  remit  any  amount of increased payment
10    shall reduce the contribution accordingly. This Section shall
11    not apply to any amended return.
12        (35 ILCS 5/507T new)
13        Sec. 507T.  The American Diabetes  Association  checkoff.
14    The  Department shall print on its standard individual income
15    tax form a provision indicating that if the  taxpayer  wishes
16    to  contribute  to the American Diabetes Association Fund, as
17    authorized by this amendatory Act of 1997, he or she  may  do
18    so  by  stating the amount of the contribution (not less than
19    $1) on the return and that the contribution will  reduce  the
20    taxpayer's  refund  or  increase  the  amount  of  payment to
21    accompany  the  return.   Failure  to  remit  any  amount  of
22    increased payment shall reduce the contribution  accordingly.
23    This Section shall not apply to any amended return.
24        (35 ILCS 5/509) (from Ch. 120, par. 5-509)
25        Sec.  509.  Tax  checkoff  explanations.   All individual
26    income   tax   return   forms   shall   contain   appropriate
27    explanations and spaces to enable the taxpayers to  designate
28    contributions  to  the  Child  Abuse  Prevention Fund, to the
29    Community Health Center Care Fund, to the  Illinois  Wildlife
30    Preservation  Fund  as  required  by  the  Illinois  Non-Game
31    Wildlife  Protection Act, to the Alzheimer's Disease Research
32    Fund as required by the Alzheimer's Disease Research Act,  to
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 1    the  Assistance to the Homeless Fund as required by this Act,
 2    to the Heritage Preservation Fund as required by the Heritage
 3    Preservation Act, to the Child Care Expansion Program Fund as
 4    required by the Child Care Expansion Program Act, to the Ryan
 5    White  AIDS  Victims  Assistance  Fund,  to   the   Assistive
 6    Technology   for  Persons  with  Disabilities  Fund,  to  the
 7    Domestic Violence Shelter and Service  Fund,  to  the  United
 8    States  Olympians  Assistance  Fund,  to the Youth Drug Abuse
 9    Prevention Fund, to the Persian Gulf Conflict Veterans  Fund,
10    to the Literacy Advancement Fund, to the Ryan White Pediatric
11    and  Adult  AIDS  Fund,  to  the  Illinois  Special  Olympics
12    Checkoff  Fund,  to  the  Breast and Cervical Cancer Research
13    Fund, to the Korean War Memorial Fund, to the  Heart  Disease
14    Treatment  and  Prevention  Fund, to the Hemophilia Treatment
15    Fund, to the Mental Health Research Fund, to  the  Children's
16    Cancer  Fund,  to the American Diabetes Association Fund, the
17    Women in Military Service Memorial Fund, and to the Meals  on
18    Wheels  Fund.  Each  form  shall contain a statement that the
19    contributions will reduce the taxpayer's refund  or  increase
20    the  amount  of  payment to accompany the return.  Failure to
21    remit any  amount  of  increased  payment  shall  reduce  the
22    contribution accordingly.
23        If,  on October 1 of any year, the total contributions to
24    any one of the funds made under this  Section  do  not  equal
25    $100,000 or more, the explanations and spaces for designating
26    contributions   to   the  fund  shall  be  removed  from  the
27    individual income tax return forms for the following and  all
28    subsequent years and all subsequent contributions to the fund
29    shall be refunded to the taxpayer.
30    (Source: P.A.  88-85;  88-130;  88-459; 88-666, eff. 9-16-94;
31    88-670, eff.  12-2-94;  89-230,  eff.  1-1-96;  89-324,  eff.
32    8-13-95.)
33        (35 ILCS 5/510) (from Ch. 120, par. 5-510)
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 1        Sec.  510.  Determination  of  amounts  contributed.  The
 2    Department shall determine the total  amount  contributed  to
 3    each  of  the following: the Child Abuse Prevention Fund, the
 4    Illinois Wildlife Preservation  Fund,  the  Community  Health
 5    Center  Care  Fund,  the Assistance to the Homeless Fund, the
 6    Alzheimer's Disease Research Fund, the Heritage  Preservation
 7    Fund,  the  Child Care Expansion Program Fund, the Ryan White
 8    AIDS Victims Assistance Fund, the  Assistive  Technology  for
 9    Persons with Disabilities Fund, the Domestic Violence Shelter
10    and  Service  Fund,  the  United  States Olympians Assistance
11    Fund, the Youth Drug Abuse Prevention Fund, the Persian  Gulf
12    Conflict  Veterans  Fund,  the Literacy Advancement Fund, the
13    Ryan White  Pediatric  and  Adult  AIDS  Fund,  the  Illinois
14    Special  Olympics  Checkoff  Fund,  the  Breast  and Cervical
15    Cancer Research Fund, the Korean War Memorial Fund, the Heart
16    Disease  Treatment  and  Prevention  Fund,   the   Hemophilia
17    Treatment   Fund,   the  Mental  Health  Research  Fund,  the
18    Children's Cancer Fund, the  American   Diabetes  Association
19    Fund,  the  Women  in Military Service Memorial Fund, and the
20    Meals on Wheels Fund; and shall notify the State  Comptroller
21    and the State Treasurer of the amounts to be transferred from
22    the  General  Revenue  Fund to each fund, and upon receipt of
23    such notification the State Treasurer and  Comptroller  shall
24    transfer the amounts.
25    (Source: P.A.  88-85;  88-130;  88-459; 88-666, eff. 9-16-94;
26    88-670, eff.  12-2-94;  89-230,  eff.  1-1-96;  89-324,  eff.
27    8-13-95.)
28        Section  99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect upon
29    becoming law.

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