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Public Act 91-0107
SB248 Enrolled LRB9102561PTpk
AN ACT concerning breast and cervical cancer.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is
amended by changing Section 55.70 as follows:
(20 ILCS 2310/55.70)
Sec. 55.70. Penny Severns Breast and Cervical Cancer
Research Fund. From funds appropriated from the Penny Severns
Breast and Cervical Cancer Research Fund, the Department of
Public Health shall award grants to eligible physicians,
hospitals, laboratories, education institutions, and other
organizations and persons to enable organizations and persons
to conduct research. For the purposes of this Section,
"research" includes, but is not limited to, expenditures to
develop and advance the understanding, techniques, and
modalities effective in early detection, prevention, cure,
screening, and treatment of breast and cervical cancer and
may include clinical trials.
Moneys received for the purposes of this Section,
including but not limited to income tax checkoff receipts and
gifts, grants, and awards from private foundations, nonprofit
organizations, other governmental entities and persons shall
be deposited into the Penny Severns Breast and Cervical
Cancer Research Fund, which is hereby created as a special
fund in the State treasury.
The Department of Public Health shall create an advisory
committee with members from, but not limited to, the Illinois
Chapter of the American Cancer Society, Y-Me, the Susan G.
Komen Foundation, and the State Board of Health for the
purpose of awarding research grants under this Section.
Members of the advisory committee shall not be eligible for
any financial compensation or reimbursement.
(Source: P.A. 88-85; 88-459; 88-670, eff. 12-2-94.)
Section 10. The State Finance Act is amended by changing
Section 5.362 as follows:
(30 ILCS 105/5.362)
Sec. 5.362. The Penny Severns Breast and Cervical Cancer
Research Fund.
(Source: P.A. 88-85; 88-459; 88-670, eff. 12-2-94; 89-235,
eff. 8-4-95.)
Section 15. The Illinois Income Tax Act is amended by
changing Sections 507L, 509, and 510 as follows:
(35 ILCS 5/507L)
Sec. 507L. Penny Severns Breast and Cervical Cancer
Research Fund checkoff. Beginning with taxable years ending
on December 31, 1999 1993, the Department shall print on its
standard individual income tax form a provision indicating
that if the taxpayer wishes to contribute to the Penny
Severns Breast and Cervical Cancer Research Fund as
authorized by this amendatory Act of the 91st General
Assembly Public Acts 88-85 and 88-459, 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 the payment to
accompany the return. Failure to remit any amount of
increased payment shall reduce the contribution accordingly.
This Section shall not apply to an amended return.
(Source: P.A. 88-85; 88-459; 88-670, eff. 12-2-94.)
(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 Child Abuse Prevention Fund, to the
Community Health Center Care 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 Heritage Preservation Fund as required by the Heritage
Preservation Act, to the Child Care Expansion Program Fund as
required by the Child Care Expansion Program Act, to the Ryan
White AIDS Victims Assistance Fund, to the Assistive
Technology for Persons with Disabilities Fund, to the
Domestic Violence Shelter and Service Fund, to the United
States Olympians Assistance Fund, to the Youth Drug Abuse
Prevention Fund, to the Persian Gulf Conflict Veterans Fund,
to the Literacy Advancement Fund, to the Ryan White Pediatric
and Adult AIDS Fund, to the Illinois Special Olympics
Checkoff Fund, to the Penny Severns Breast and Cervical
Cancer Research Fund, to the Korean War Memorial Fund, to the
Heart Disease Treatment and Prevention Fund, to the
Hemophilia Treatment Fund, to the Mental Health Research
Fund, to the Children's Cancer Fund, to the American Diabetes
Association Fund, to the Women in Military Service Memorial
Fund, and to the Meals on Wheels 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. 89-230, eff. 1-1-96; 89-324, eff. 8-13-95;
90-171, eff. 7-23-97; revised 10-31-98.)
(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 Community Health
Center Care Fund, the Assistance to the Homeless Fund, the
Alzheimer's Disease Research Fund, the Heritage Preservation
Fund, the Child Care Expansion Program Fund, the Ryan White
AIDS Victims Assistance Fund, the Assistive Technology for
Persons with Disabilities Fund, the Domestic Violence Shelter
and Service Fund, the United States Olympians Assistance
Fund, the Youth Drug Abuse Prevention Fund, the Persian Gulf
Conflict Veterans Fund, the Literacy Advancement Fund, the
Ryan White Pediatric and Adult AIDS Fund, the Illinois
Special Olympics Checkoff Fund, the Penny Severns Breast and
Cervical Cancer Research Fund, the Korean War Memorial Fund,
the Heart Disease Treatment and Prevention Fund, the
Hemophilia Treatment Fund, the Mental Health Research Fund,
the Children's Cancer Fund, the American Diabetes
Association Fund, the Women in Military Service Memorial
Fund, and the Meals on Wheels 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. 89-230, eff. 1-1-96; 89-324, eff. 8-13-95;
90-171, eff. 7-23-97.)
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.
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