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 1        AN ACT in relation to taxation.

 2        Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:

 4        Section 5.  The Department of Public Aid Law of the Civil
 5    Administrative  Code of Illinois is amended by adding Section
 6    2205-15 as follows:

 7        (20 ILCS 2205/2205-15 new)
 8        Sec. 2205-15. Grants to the Les  Turner  ALS  Foundation.
 9    Subject  to appropriation, the Department of Public Aid shall
10    make grants from the  Lou  Gehrig's  Disease  (ALS)  Research
11    Fund, a special fund in the State treasury, to the Les Turner
12    ALS  Foundation for research on Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
13    (ALS).

14        Section 10.  The State Finance Act is amended  by  adding
15    Section 5.545 as follows:

16        (30 ILCS 105/5.545 new)
17        Sec.  5.545.   The  Lou  Gehrig's  Disease (ALS) Research
18    Fund.

19        Section 15.  The Illinois Income Tax Act  is  amended  by
20    changing  Sections  509 and 510 and by adding Section 507W as
21    follows:

22        (35 ILCS 5/507W new)
23        Sec. 507W.  The Lou Gehrig's Disease (ALS) Research  Fund
24    checkoff.    The  Department  shall  print  on  its  standard
25    individual income tax form a provision indicating that if the
26    taxpayer wishes to contribute to  the  Lou  Gehrig's  Disease
27    (ALS)  Research Fund, as authorized by this amendatory Act of
 
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 1    the 92nd General Assembly, he or she may do so by stating the
 2    amount of the contribution (not less than $1) on  the  return
 3    and  that  the contribution will reduce the taxpayer's refund
 4    or increase the amount of payment to  accompany  the  return.
 5    Failure to remit any amount of increased payment shall reduce
 6    the  contribution  accordingly.  This Section shall not apply
 7    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  Penny  Severns  Breast  and  Cervical
29    Cancer Research Fund, to the Korean War Memorial Fund, to the
30    Heart   Disease   Treatment   and  Prevention  Fund,  to  the
31    Hemophilia Treatment Fund,  to  the  Mental  Health  Research
32    Fund, to the Children's Cancer Fund, to the American Diabetes
33    Association Fund, to the National World War II Memorial Fund,
 
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 1    to  the  Prostate  Cancer  Research Fund, to the Lou Gehrig's
 2    Disease (ALS) Research Fund, and to the Meals on Wheels Fund.
 3    Each form shall contain a statement  that  the  contributions
 4    will  reduce  the taxpayer's refund or increase the amount of
 5    payment to accompany the return.  Failure to remit any amount
 6    of  increased   payment   shall   reduce   the   contribution
 7    accordingly.
 8        If,  on October 1 of any year, the total contributions to
 9    any one of the funds made under this  Section  do  not  equal
10    $100,000 or more, the explanations and spaces for designating
11    contributions   to   the  fund  shall  be  removed  from  the
12    individual income tax return forms for the following and  all
13    subsequent years and all subsequent contributions to the fund
14    shall be refunded to the taxpayer.
15    (Source: P.A.  90-171,  eff.  7-23-97;  91-104, eff. 7-13-99;
16    91-107, eff. 7-13-99;  91-357,  eff.  7-29-99;  91-833,  eff.
17    1-1-01; 91-836, eff. 1-1-01.)

18        (35 ILCS 5/510) (from Ch. 120, par. 5-510)
19        Sec.  510.  Determination  of  amounts  contributed.  The
20    Department shall determine the total  amount  contributed  to
21    each  of  the following: the Child Abuse Prevention Fund, the
22    Illinois Wildlife Preservation  Fund,  the  Community  Health
23    Center  Care  Fund,  the Assistance to the Homeless Fund, the
24    Alzheimer's Disease Research Fund, the Heritage  Preservation
25    Fund,  the  Child Care Expansion Program Fund, the Ryan White
26    AIDS Victims Assistance Fund, the  Assistive  Technology  for
27    Persons with Disabilities Fund, the Domestic Violence Shelter
28    and  Service  Fund,  the  United  States Olympians Assistance
29    Fund, the Youth Drug Abuse Prevention Fund, the Persian  Gulf
30    Conflict  Veterans  Fund,  the Literacy Advancement Fund, the
31    Ryan White  Pediatric  and  Adult  AIDS  Fund,  the  Illinois
32    Special  Olympics Checkoff Fund, the Penny Severns Breast and
33    Cervical Cancer Research Fund, the Korean War Memorial  Fund,
 
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 1    the   Heart   Disease  Treatment  and  Prevention  Fund,  the
 2    Hemophilia Treatment Fund, the Mental Health  Research  Fund,
 3    the   Children's   Cancer   Fund,   the   American   Diabetes
 4    Association Fund, the National World War  II  Memorial  Fund,
 5    the  Prostate  Cancer Research Fund, the Lou Gehrig's Disease
 6    (ALS) Research Fund, and the Meals on Wheels Fund; and  shall
 7    notify  the  State Comptroller and the State Treasurer of the
 8    amounts to be transferred from the General  Revenue  Fund  to
 9    each  fund,  and  upon receipt of such notification the State
10    Treasurer and Comptroller shall transfer the amounts.
11    (Source: P.A. 90-171, eff.  7-23-97;  91-104,  eff.  7-13-99;
12    91-107,  eff.  7-13-99;  91-833,  eff.  1-1-01;  91-836, eff.
13    1-1-01.)

14        Section 99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect  upon
15    becoming law.

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