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90_SB1516

      20 ILCS 1305/10-30 new
      30 ILCS 105/5.480 new
      35 ILCS 5/507U 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  by  creating  a  tax
      checkoff  for  the  Child  Care Improvement Fund.  Amends the
      State Finance Act to create the Fund.  Amends the  Department
      of Human Services Act to provide that the Department may make
      grants  to  public  and  private organizations to improve the
      quality and capacity of child care services  in  Illinois  by
      providing  for  training  for child care personnel, increased
      salaries and  benefits  for  child  care  personnel,  capital
      improvements,  and  expanded  hours  of operation.  Effective
      January 1, 1999.
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 1        AN ACT concerning taxes, amending named Acts.
 2        Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:
 4        Section  5.  The  Department  of  Human  Services  Act is
 5    amended by adding Section 10-30 as follows:
 6        (20 ILCS 1305/10-30 new)
 7        Sec. 10-30.  Child care grants.  The Department may  make
 8    grants  to  public  and  private organizations from the Child
 9    Care Improvement Fund to improve the quality and capacity  of
10    child care services in Illinois.  The grants may be used for,
11    but  are  not  limited to, training for child care personnel,
12    increasing the salaries and benefits of child care personnel,
13    capital development, and the expansion of hours of operation.
14        Section 10.  The State Finance Act is amended  by  adding
15    Section 5.480 as follows:
16        (30 ILCS 105/5.480 new)
17        Sec. 5.480.  The Child Care Improvement Fund.
18        Section  15.   The  Illinois Income Tax Act is amended by
19    adding Sections 507U and changing Sections  509  and  510  as
20    follows:
21        (35 ILCS 5/507U new)
22        Sec.  507U.  The  Child  Care  Improvement Fund checkoff.
23    The Department shall print on its standard individual  income
24    tax  form  a provision indicating that if the taxpayer wishes
25    to  contribute  to  the  Child  Care  Improvement  Fund,   as
26    authorized  by  this amendatory Act of 1998, he or she may do
27    so by stating the amount of the contribution (not  less  than
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 1    $1)  on  the return and that the contribution will reduce the
 2    taxpayer's refund  or  increase  the  amount  of  payment  to
 3    accompany  the  return.   Failure  to  remit  any  amount  of
 4    increased  payment shall reduce the contribution accordingly.
 5    This Section shall not apply to any amended return.
 6        (35 ILCS 5/509) (from Ch. 120, par. 5-509)
 7        Sec. 509.  Tax  checkoff  explanations.   All  individual
 8    income   tax   return   forms   shall   contain   appropriate
 9    explanations  and spaces to enable the taxpayers to designate
10    contributions to the Child  Abuse  Prevention  Fund,  to  the
11    Community  Health  Center Care Fund, to the Illinois Wildlife
12    Preservation  Fund  as  required  by  the  Illinois  Non-Game
13    Wildlife Protection Act, to the Alzheimer's Disease  Research
14    Fund  as required by the Alzheimer's Disease Research Act, to
15    the Assistance to the Homeless Fund as required by this  Act,
16    to the Heritage Preservation Fund as required by the Heritage
17    Preservation Act, to the Child Care Expansion Program Fund as
18    required by the Child Care Expansion Program Act, to the Ryan
19    White   AIDS   Victims  Assistance  Fund,  to  the  Assistive
20    Technology  for  Persons  with  Disabilities  Fund,  to   the
21    Domestic  Violence  Shelter  and  Service Fund, to the United
22    States Olympians Assistance Fund, to  the  Youth  Drug  Abuse
23    Prevention  Fund, to the Persian Gulf Conflict Veterans Fund,
24    to the Literacy Advancement Fund, to the Ryan White Pediatric
25    and  Adult  AIDS  Fund,  to  the  Illinois  Special  Olympics
26    Checkoff Fund, to the Breast  and  Cervical  Cancer  Research
27    Fund,  to  the Korean War Memorial Fund, to the Heart Disease
28    Treatment and Prevention Fund, to  the  Hemophilia  Treatment
29    Fund,  to  the Mental Health Research Fund, to the Children's
30    Cancer Fund, to the American Diabetes Association  Fund,  the
31    Women  in  Military  Service Memorial Fund, to the Child Care
32    Improvement Fund, and to the Meals on Wheels Fund. Each  form
33    shall  contain a statement that the contributions will reduce
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 1    the taxpayer's refund or increase the amount  of  payment  to
 2    accompany  the  return.   Failure  to  remit  any  amount  of
 3    increased payment shall reduce the contribution accordingly.
 4        If,  on October 1 of any year, the total contributions to
 5    any one of the funds made under this  Section  do  not  equal
 6    $100,000 or more, the explanations and spaces for designating
 7    contributions   to   the  fund  shall  be  removed  from  the
 8    individual income tax return forms for the following and  all
 9    subsequent years and all subsequent contributions to the fund
10    shall be refunded to the taxpayer.
11    (Source: P.A.  89-230,  eff.  1-1-96;  89-324,  eff. 8-13-95;
12    90-171, eff. 7-23-97.)
13        (35 ILCS 5/510) (from Ch. 120, par. 5-510)
14        Sec. 510.  Determination  of  amounts  contributed.   The
15    Department  shall  determine  the total amount contributed to
16    each of the following: the Child Abuse Prevention  Fund,  the
17    Illinois  Wildlife  Preservation  Fund,  the Community Health
18    Center Care Fund, the Assistance to the  Homeless  Fund,  the
19    Alzheimer's  Disease Research Fund, the Heritage Preservation
20    Fund, the Child Care Expansion Program Fund, the  Ryan  White
21    AIDS  Victims  Assistance  Fund, the Assistive Technology for
22    Persons with Disabilities Fund, the Domestic Violence Shelter
23    and Service Fund,  the  United  States  Olympians  Assistance
24    Fund,  the Youth Drug Abuse Prevention Fund, the Persian Gulf
25    Conflict Veterans Fund, the Literacy  Advancement  Fund,  the
26    Ryan  White  Pediatric  and  Adult  AIDS  Fund,  the Illinois
27    Special Olympics  Checkoff  Fund,  the  Breast  and  Cervical
28    Cancer Research Fund, the Korean War Memorial Fund, the Heart
29    Disease   Treatment   and  Prevention  Fund,  the  Hemophilia
30    Treatment  Fund,  the  Mental  Health  Research   Fund,   the
31    Children's  Cancer  Fund,  the American  Diabetes Association
32    Fund, the Women in Military Service Memorial Fund, the  Child
33    Care  Improvement  Fund,  and  the  Meals on Wheels Fund; and
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 1    shall notify the State Comptroller and the State Treasurer of
 2    the amounts to be transferred from the General  Revenue  Fund
 3    to each fund, and upon receipt of such notification the State
 4    Treasurer and Comptroller shall transfer the amounts.
 5    (Source: P.A.  89-230,  eff.  1-1-96;  89-324,  eff. 8-13-95;
 6    90-171, eff. 7-23-97.)
 7        Section 99.  Effective date.  This Act  takes  effect  on
 8    January 1, 1999.

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