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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 5.595 as follows:

16        (30 ILCS 105/5.595 new)
17        Sec.  5.595.   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 507Y as
21    follows:

22        (35 ILCS 5/507Y new)
23        Sec. 507Y.  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 93rd 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  following  funds:    the  Child  Abuse
13    Prevention  Fund,  to the Illinois Wildlife Preservation Fund
14    (as required by the  Illinois  Non-Game  Wildlife  Protection
15    Act),  to  the Alzheimer's Disease Research Fund (as required
16    by the Alzheimer's Disease Research Act), to  the  Assistance
17    to  the Homeless Fund (as required by this Act), to the Penny
18    Severns Breast and Cervical  Cancer  Research  Fund,  to  the
19    National  World  War II Memorial Fund, to the Prostate Cancer
20    Research Fund, the Lou Gehrig's Disease (ALS) Research  Fund,
21    the Multiple Sclerosis Assistance Fund, and to the Korean War
22    Veterans National Museum and Library Fund.
23        Each   form   shall   contain   a   statement   that  the
24    contributions will reduce the taxpayer's refund  or  increase
25    the  amount  of  payment to accompany the return.  Failure to
26    remit any  amount  of  increased  payment  shall  reduce  the
27    contribution accordingly.
28        If,  on October 1 of any year, the total contributions to
29    any one of the funds made under this  Section  do  not  equal
30    $100,000 or more, the explanations and spaces for designating
31    contributions   to   the  fund  shall  be  removed  from  the
32    individual income tax return forms for the following and  all
33    subsequent years and all subsequent contributions to the fund
 
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 1    shall be refunded to the taxpayer.
 2    (Source: P.A.  91-104,  eff.  7-13-99;  91-107, eff. 7-13-99;
 3    91-357, eff.  7-29-99;  91-833,  eff.  1-1-01;  91-836,  eff.
 4    1-1-01; 92-84, eff. 7-1-02; 92-198, eff. 8-1-01; 92-651, eff.
 5    7-11-02; 92-772, eff. 8-6-02; revised 1-2-03.)

 6        (35 ILCS 5/510) (from Ch. 120, par. 5-510)
 7        Sec.  510.  Determination  of  amounts  contributed.  The
 8    Department shall determine the total  amount  contributed  to
 9    each  of  the following: the Child Abuse Prevention Fund, the
10    Illinois Wildlife Preservation Fund, the  Assistance  to  the
11    Homeless  Fund,  the  Alzheimer's  Disease Research Fund, the
12    Penny Severns Breast and Cervical Cancer Research  Fund,  the
13    National  World  War  II  Memorial  Fund, the Prostate Cancer
14    Research Fund, the Lou Gehrig's Disease (ALS) Research  Fund,
15    the  Multiple  Sclerosis  Assistance Fund, and the Korean War
16    Veterans National Museum and Library Fund; and  shall  notify
17    the  State Comptroller and the State Treasurer of the amounts
18    to be transferred from the General Revenue Fund to each fund,
19    and upon receipt of such notification the State Treasurer and
20    Comptroller shall transfer the amounts.
21    (Source: P.A. 91-104, eff.  7-13-99;  91-107,  eff.  7-13-99;
22    91-833, eff. 1-1-01; 91-836, eff. 1-1-01; 92-84, eff. 7-1-02;
23    92-198,  eff.  8-1-01;  92-651,  eff.  7-11-02;  92-772, eff.
24    8-6-02.)

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