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Public Act 094-0602
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LRB094 06840 AJO 36946 b |
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AN ACT concerning public health.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Department of Public Health Powers and |
Duties Law of the
Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is |
amended by adding Section 2310-612 as follows:
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(20 ILCS 2310/2310-612 new) |
Sec. 2310-612. Blindness prevention grants. |
(a) From funds appropriated from the Blindness Prevention |
Fund, a special fund created in the State treasury, the |
Department must make grants to charitable or educational |
entities in Illinois for the purpose of funding (i) public |
education on the importance of eye care and the prevention of |
blindness and (ii) the provision of eye care to children, |
senior citizens, and other needy individuals whose needs are |
not covered by any other source of funds. |
(b) Grants under this Section must be awarded on both a |
statewide and regional basis, taking into consideration each |
region's contributions to the Fund. At least 25% of the grants |
must be made to regional grantees. |
(c) A grant under this Section shall be made for a period |
of one year and, subject to the availability of funds, may be |
renewed by the Department. |
(d) The Department must create an advisory committee to |
make recommendations to the Department concerning grant |
proposals. The advisory committee shall consist of one |
representative from the Illinois Society for the Prevention of |
Blindness, one licensed doctor of optometry, one member of the |
Gateway Lions & Partners, one optometric educator from a school |
of optometry located within Illinois, and one member from the |
general public. Members of the advisory committee may not |
receive compensation or reimbursement for their services. |
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Members of the committee must recuse themselves from |
consideration of any grant proposals submitted by any entity |
from which they were appointed. |
(e) The Department must adopt any rules necessary to |
implement and administer this Section, including, without |
limitation, a methodology for determining regions of the State.
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Section 10. The State Finance Act is amended by adding |
Section
5.640 as follows:
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(30 ILCS 105/5.640 new)
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Sec. 5.640. The Blindness Prevention Fund.
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Section 15. The Illinois Income Tax Act is amended by |
adding Section 507EE and amending Sections 509 and 510 as |
follows:
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(35 ILCS 5/507EE new) |
Sec. 507EE. Blindness Prevention Fund checkoff. For |
taxable years ending on or after December 31, 2005, the |
Department
shall print on its standard individual income tax |
form a provision indicating
that if the taxpayer wishes to |
contribute to the Blindness Prevention Fund, as authorized by |
this amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly, he or she may |
do so by
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
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payment shall reduce the contribution accordingly. This |
Section shall not
apply to any amended return.
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(35 ILCS 5/509) (from Ch. 120, par. 5-509)
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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 |
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the following funds:
the Child Abuse Prevention Fund,
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Illinois Wildlife Preservation Fund (as required by the |
Illinois
Non-Game Wildlife Protection Act),
the Alzheimer's |
Disease Research Fund (as required by the Alzheimer's
Disease |
Research Act),
the Assistance to the Homeless Fund (as required |
by this Act),
the Penny Severns Breast and Cervical Cancer |
Research Fund,
the National World War II Memorial Fund,
the |
Prostate Cancer Research Fund,
the Lou Gehrig's Disease (ALS) |
Research Fund,
the Multiple Sclerosis Assistance Fund,
the |
Leukemia Treatment and Education Fund,
the World War II |
Illinois Veterans Memorial Fund,
the Korean War Veterans |
National Museum and Library Fund,
the Illinois Military Family |
Relief Fund,
the Blindness Prevention Fund, the Illinois |
Veterans' Homes Fund, and the Asthma and Lung Research Fund.
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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.
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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.
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(Source: P.A. 92-84, eff. 7-1-02; 92-198, eff. 8-1-01; 92-651, |
eff. 7-11-02; 92-772, eff. 8-6-02; 92-886, eff. 2-7-03; 93-36, |
eff. 6-24-03; 93-131, eff. 7-10-03; 93-292, eff. 7-22-03; |
93-324, eff. 7-23-03; 93-776, eff. 7-21-04.)
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(35 ILCS 5/510) (from Ch. 120, par. 5-510)
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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 |
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Breast and Cervical Cancer Research Fund,
the National World |
War II Memorial Fund,
the Prostate Cancer Research Fund,
the |
Illinois Military Family Relief Fund,
the Lou Gehrig's Disease |
(ALS) Research Fund,
the Multiple Sclerosis Assistance Fund,
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the Leukemia Treatment and Education Fund,
the World War II |
Illinois Veterans Memorial Fund,
the Korean War Veterans |
National Museum and Library Fund, the Illinois Veterans' Homes |
Fund, the Blindness Prevention Fund, and
the Asthma and Lung |
Research 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.
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(Source: P.A. 92-84, eff. 7-1-02; 92-198, eff. 8-1-01; 92-651, |
eff. 7-11-02; 92-772, eff. 8-6-02; 92-886, eff. 2-7-03; 93-36, |
eff. 6-24-03; 93-131, eff. 7-10-03; 93-292, eff. 7-22-03; |
93-324, eff. 7-23-03; 93-776, eff. 7-21-04.)
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Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
becoming law.
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