Public Act 93-0324

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    AN ACT in relation to taxes.

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

    Section  5.   The  Department of Public Health Powers and
Duties Law of the Civil Administrative Code  of  Illinois  is
amended by adding Section 2310-357 as follows:

    (20 ILCS 2310/2310-357 new)
    Sec.  2310-357.  Leukemia,  lymphoma, and myeloma grants.
The Department of Public Health may make grants to public and
private hospitals,  medical  centers,  medical  schools,  and
other   organizations  for  education  on  and  treatment  of
leukemia, lymphoma, and myeloma from  appropriations  to  the
Department  from the Leukemia Treatment and Education Fund, a
special fund created in the State treasury.

    Section 10.  The State Finance Act is amended  by  adding
Section 5.595 as follows:

    (30 ILCS 105/5.595 new)
    Sec. 5.595.  The Leukemia Treatment and Education  Fund.

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

    (35 ILCS 5/507Y new)
    Sec.   507Y.    The   Leukemia  Treatment  and  Education
checkoff.   The  Department  shall  print  on  its   standard
individual income tax form a provision indicating that if the
taxpayer  wishes  to contribute to the Leukemia Treatment and
Education Fund, as authorized by this amendatory Act  of  the
93rd  General  Assembly,  he  or she may do so be stating the
amount of the contribution (not less than $1) on  the  return
and  that  the contribution will reduce the taxpayer's refund
or increase the amount of payment to  accompany  the  return.
Failure to remit any amount of increased payment shall reduce
the  contribution  accordingly.  This Section shall not apply
to any amended return.

    (35 ILCS 5/509) (from Ch. 120, par. 5-509)
    Sec. 509.  Tax  checkoff  explanations.   All  individual
income   tax   return   forms   shall   contain   appropriate
explanations  and spaces to enable the taxpayers to designate
contributions to  the  following  funds:    the  Child  Abuse
Prevention  Fund,  to the Illinois Wildlife Preservation Fund
(as required by the  Illinois  Non-Game  Wildlife  Protection
Act),  to  the Alzheimer's Disease Research Fund (as required
by the Alzheimer's Disease Research Act), to  the  Assistance
to  the Homeless Fund (as required by this Act), to the Penny
Severns Breast and Cervical  Cancer  Research  Fund,  to  the
National  World  War II Memorial Fund, to the Prostate Cancer
Research Fund, the Multiple Sclerosis  Assistance  Fund,  the
Leukemia  Treatment and Education Fund, and to the Korean War
Veterans National Museum and Library Fund.
    Each  form   shall   contain   a   statement   that   the
contributions  will  reduce the taxpayer's refund or increase
the amount of payment to accompany the return.    Failure  to
remit  any  amount  of  increased  payment  shall  reduce the
contribution accordingly.
    If, on October 1 of any year, the total contributions  to
any  one  of  the  funds made under this Section do not equal
$100,000 or more, the explanations and spaces for designating
contributions  to  the  fund  shall  be  removed   from   the
individual  income tax return forms for the following and all
subsequent years and all subsequent contributions to the fund
shall be refunded to the taxpayer.
(Source: P.A. 91-104, eff.  7-13-99;  91-107,  eff.  7-13-99;
91-357,  eff.  7-29-99;  91-833,  eff.  1-1-01;  91-836, eff.
1-1-01; 92-84, eff. 7-1-02; 92-198, eff. 8-1-01; 92-651, eff.
7-11-02; 92-772, eff. 8-6-02; revised 1-2-03.)

    (35 ILCS 5/510) (from Ch. 120, par. 5-510)
    Sec. 510.  Determination  of  amounts  contributed.   The
Department  shall  determine  the total amount contributed to
each of the following: the Child Abuse Prevention  Fund,  the
Illinois  Wildlife  Preservation  Fund, the Assistance to the
Homeless Fund, the Alzheimer's  Disease  Research  Fund,  the
Penny  Severns  Breast and Cervical Cancer Research Fund, the
National World War II  Memorial  Fund,  the  Prostate  Cancer
Research  Fund,  the  Multiple Sclerosis Assistance Fund, the
Leukemia Treatment and Education Fund,  and  the  Korean  War
Veterans  National  Museum and Library Fund; and shall notify
the State Comptroller and the State Treasurer of the  amounts
to be transferred from the General Revenue Fund to each fund,
and upon receipt of such notification the State Treasurer and
Comptroller shall transfer the amounts.
(Source: P.A.  91-104,  eff.  7-13-99;  91-107, eff. 7-13-99;
91-833, eff. 1-1-01; 91-836, eff. 1-1-01; 92-84, eff. 7-1-02;
92-198, eff.  8-1-01;  92-651,  eff.  7-11-02;  92-772,  eff.
8-6-02.)

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